Lost Arts (and Crafts)
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Reading the post about playdoh started me thinking about all the things we used to do and make, like playdoh for the kids.
But what really has me reminiscing is the old mimeograph copies. Somewhere I still have a recipe to make a pan of jelly stuff that will hold ink long enough to press multiple sheets against it so you can have copies of whatever. Now, with computers/printers and photocopiers, putting the time and effort into that would be ridiculous.
What other arts have been lost to technology?
But what really has me reminiscing is the old mimeograph copies. Somewhere I still have a recipe to make a pan of jelly stuff that will hold ink long enough to press multiple sheets against it so you can have copies of whatever. Now, with computers/printers and photocopiers, putting the time and effort into that would be ridiculous.
What other arts have been lost to technology?
#3
I think hand embroidery is fast becoming a lost art. An inexpensive machine can do embroidery. No more blackboards in schools, it's all dry erase boards now. No more cleaning the chalk erasers outside! I use to think that was so much fun.
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Originally Posted by NikkiLu
Typing paper - bet you can't find it anymore.
Also, we used to buy really thin tissue paper to write on - for airmail letters - they cost more than regular letters.
Also, we used to buy really thin tissue paper to write on - for airmail letters - they cost more than regular letters.
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Counting change out? If the register doesn't tell them how much to give you in change, they're lost!
I love the look on someones face when I let them ring up my money, then throw them a few pennies. Sometimes I'll say "here's 3 pennies, just give me a quarter back". lol
I love the look on someones face when I let them ring up my money, then throw them a few pennies. Sometimes I'll say "here's 3 pennies, just give me a quarter back". lol
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Originally Posted by isnthatodd
Calligraphy comes to mind.
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