If you remember ditto machines, you immediately remember what it smelled like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccYLLzpeVnU
@estherschindler The teacher would pass out the test and we'd all take a whiff before starting.
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though I was too young to actually use the machines, I remember the results, calked mimeographs. The fresh pages smelled like rubbing alcohol.
@estherschindler I do!