[SEL] Bill's Selling a toy

[Orrin B Iseminger]

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AND,,,,, The catalog laying there was always in a different state of use.
In other words it was very obvious that when there was no company all they
used were Sears and Monkey Wards catalogs.
 
I asked Mom about that and she had grown up that way.
Except in the Summer they would grab a handful of leaves on their way to the
outhouse.
About the catalog pages Mom told me that as you sat down you would tear off
however many pages you figured you would need and start crinkling them up
while you did your job.

Alan in Michigan
 
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I grew up using a two-holer.  We used old catalogs, too.  When we'd get a
fresh one everybody would use the index pages, first, because they were
unglazed paper and somewhat absorbent, like newspaper stock. 

I always hated it when only the glossy pages were left.  They were stiff as
a board and about as absorbent as a piece of cellophane.  

I didn't grow up in "the good old days."  They were not all that good.  We
worked like slaves in weather that wasn't fit for man or beast.  The good
old days are right here and now.

Orrin

Orrin Iseminger
Colton, Washington, USA
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So many projects.  So little time.