They aren't past particles as found in a physics textbok or as part of language in an English class.
What I'm referring to here are particles from my past office life.
For example, does anybody use paper clips anymore?
I have a plastic box full of them.
I used some the other day when I was sorting through some recipes, to keep each bunch in its proper category.
How about this?
Those evil looking jaws are designed to pull staples from paper that's been connected together without destroying the paper.
It works well, too.
(Pardon the beat up old desk top. It's a piece of junk but I suppose I could paint it some day.)
Speaking of evil looking devices, take a look at this one.
That's a letter opener and that pointed blade sticking out of the upper left is very sharp.
The device is resting on a cover for that end that protects the user who's searching for it in a dark desk drawer.
But turning back for a jiffy, I showed you a staple puller but does anyone under the age of 30 know what a staple or a stapler is?
Here's mine.
The staples were made by Stanley Bostitch but the stapler came from a different company.
There's a lot of history in these office tools but I was just wondering with the advent of computers and on-line document storage, if any of them are used anymore.
Letter writing, by the way, has been largely replaced by email and texting so that letter opener in my desk may gather more dust than this blog writer.
(Probably just as well, she said, as she wiped up the latest bloodstains!)
I still have all that stuff. Rubber bands too. And an electric pencil sharpener.
ReplyDeleteOh rubber bands are indispensable in the kitchen. And I remember the electric pencil sharpener, which always seemed to take more of the pencil off than was necessary! 😄
DeleteI have this stuff and use it! For pencils I use an xacto blade. Very high tech!
ReplyDeleteI still use our letter opener, stapler, rubber bands and occasionally paper clips. They are more modern than I am. :)
ReplyDeleteAs a teacher, I recognize all these items and still have a stapler. I also have a paper cutter! There have been several occasions when dealing with my mom's estate where I've desperately needed some paper clips. I used to have a bunch, but they've disappeared!
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