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Being in the earliest cohort of Gen-X (a.k.a., the Baby Bust born in the 1960s and 1970s)... to this day, I am grateful that I no longer have to:

--Type through layers of carbon.
--Use white-out.
--Use typewriter correction tape.
--Retype an entire page because the footnotes came out in the wrong spot or I changed my mind about something.
--Physically go to a library and use a card catalog to find things.
--Use the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, in book form, going year by year.
--Negotiate with a graphic artist if my document needs pictures.
--Get out-of-town newspapers a week late, if I can find a news stand that carries them at all.
--Read microfilm for any newspaper article more than a month old.
--Go in person, during business hours, to the county or the state to get a look at public records.
--Take film to be developed.
--Write a letter and mail it if I wanted to talk with someone (or pay outrageous long-distance charges, if I could find the right time to call across time zones).
--Use a mimeograph machine for anything.

I love living in the future!

Right on, Wende! Anyone who remembers carbon paper will get a kick (or maybe a shudder) out of this little item:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320159751269

On the other hand, we owe a debt to the term "Carbon Copy" for introducing us to the gorgeous young Denzel:

http://tinyurl.com/2rr3fk