I can't remember what led up to it, but I found myself explaining what mimeographs were to the kids the other night. This led to memories of other long-forgotten classroom devices such as the reel-to-reel projectors that would begin to flicker until you pushed the little lever to put the loop back in the film and the top-loading slide projectors that looked like little cannons. Start the record player and move to the next slide when it beeps...

Singularly appropriate since I've increased in vintage just this day.

Here's a chance for everyone else to disclose their vintage: Who can tell me the first thing everyone did when a teacher passed out mimeographed sheets?