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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
Speaking of outdated gadgets, how about this:
I got something similar to this my junior year in college; it was cutting edge technology at the time. My daughters spied it when I was cleaning out the garage when we moved last year and were fascinated by it. "You have to put paper in it?" "What if you make a mistake?" "correction tape?"
It was like they'd unearthed a fossil or something 
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Storytime!
When I was in high school (a few years ago), I used to work at a senior center close to my house. My first day there, they decided to have me make new labels for their file cabinets. While I was wondering which of the two vacant computers they would have me use to complete the task, the manager handed me a package of labels and said "You can go ahead and get started-- you'll be using the typewriter in the corner." I was like
since I had never even seen a typewriter before, much less ever used one! They thought it was downright hilarious that I hadn't seen or used one before (and I thought they were incredibly outdated and strange for still having one).
