Too out-of-date to make a joke
03-10-10 | 12:28 PM
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Too out-of-date to make a joke
Maybe this belongs in foo, but the other day I thought it'd be funny to grab some carbon paper and wrap it around a fork and post a pic here of my new carbon fork. Then I realized I had no carbon paper at home, so the next day I went to the local office supply store during lunch. Turns out there's not a large demand for carbon paper these days. 
03-10-10 | 12:46 PM
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Carbon paper?
I can't even think of why you'd want to make paper out of carbon. It'd be all black and stuff...
I can't even think of why you'd want to make paper out of carbon. It'd be all black and stuff...
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Commence to jigglin’ huh?!?!
"But hey, always love to hear from opinionated amateurs." -says some guy to Mr. Marshall.
03-10-10 | 01:14 PM
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I was going there anyway, but yeah. I felt very foolish.
03-10-10 | 01:19 PM
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Just tape a few pencils around your fork legs and it should do for the joke!...but make sure you sharpen them so we see enough...uhmmm....C.....
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03-10-10 | 01:21 PM
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03-10-10 | 01:32 PM
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Carbon paper just wouldn't have had the proper weave effect, as it was solid black.
But as an aside: Could I interest you in a mimeograph?
But as an aside: Could I interest you in a mimeograph?
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03-10-10 | 01:59 PM
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03-10-10 | 02:16 PM
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That Royal Oak is some damned fine charcoal.
Jimmy I was gonna suggest taking the carbon paper out of a Checkbook but then I went and looked and even those don't have carbon paper anymore.
Jimmy I was gonna suggest taking the carbon paper out of a Checkbook but then I went and looked and even those don't have carbon paper anymore.
03-10-10 | 03:23 PM
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Hey BigPolishJimmy - Half of the people on this forum probably have never seen/used carbon paper !
- Got to be careful about making such arcane references here, or they may banish you to the old fogie's forum.
- Got to be careful about making such arcane references here, or they may banish you to the old fogie's forum.
03-10-10 | 03:28 PM
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03-10-10 | 03:52 PM
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A few years ago, my company had a stockroom for all sorts of office supplies and other things. I asked the lady behind the counter for non-motorized, hand-cranked pencil sharpener. She actually had one left but thought it was so funny that I wanted it. She laughed hard and long about it. I laughed with her, but man, did she laugh for a long time!
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03-10-10 | 04:00 PM
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Commence to jigglin’ huh?!?!
"But hey, always love to hear from opinionated amateurs." -says some guy to Mr. Marshall.
Commence to jigglin’ huh?!?!
"But hey, always love to hear from opinionated amateurs." -says some guy to Mr. Marshall.
03-10-10 | 04:39 PM
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03-10-10 | 04:41 PM
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30 year old and i know what carbon paper is we used to take it from my grandmother and use it to draw.
03-10-10 | 04:49 PM
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And rubber cement and white-out....it's a wonder any of us have any brain cells left. Or maybe that's the crux of the problem?
03-10-10 | 04:57 PM
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Carb on paper?
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03-10-10 | 05:13 PM
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I'm beginning to wonder if this forum is about classic and vintage bicycles, or about classic and vintage bicyclists.
Along those lines, I have a t-shirt with this design printed on it:
https://www.bbhq.com/gr10b/45adapter.jpg
Everyone over the age of 45 knows what it is, and a surprising number of people younger than 25 know what it is, but almost no one between the ages of 25 and 45 has the slightest clue what it is.
Along those lines, I have a t-shirt with this design printed on it:
https://www.bbhq.com/gr10b/45adapter.jpg
Everyone over the age of 45 knows what it is, and a surprising number of people younger than 25 know what it is, but almost no one between the ages of 25 and 45 has the slightest clue what it is.
03-10-10 | 05:13 PM
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03-10-10 | 05:35 PM
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@ Buck Mulligan its a 45 adaptor...
I collect vinyl too, and old cameras....
Its funny my family would always call me a kul'i or old man in Pima. I take that name with pride.
i also named my 1988 raleigh Kul'i cause it belonged to a older gentleman that rode it until he broke his hip and couldn't ride no more.
I told his son i would ride it all the time just for him....
I collect vinyl too, and old cameras....
Its funny my family would always call me a kul'i or old man in Pima. I take that name with pride.
i also named my 1988 raleigh Kul'i cause it belonged to a older gentleman that rode it until he broke his hip and couldn't ride no more.
I told his son i would ride it all the time just for him....
03-10-10 | 06:35 PM
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