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Remember These???

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eclark1894

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unreal said:
I remember every year, the little school kit we'd buy would have one of these. We never used them. Remember eraser smell? ^.^

My dad used to do taxes using that and an abacus, though. My brother and I used the abacus as a skateboard (in the time before skateboards. Maybe we invented them???). Dad wasn't happy with the creativity, though.
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Skateboards originated in the 1940s. We used to take our old roller skates and nail them to two by fours then go hurtling down the most dangerous hill in town.
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unreal

unreal

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Other prior art: Michael J. Fox in the 1950's.

Actually, I remember screwing roller skate wheels to the bottom of a board as well. Those old-school steel things, with the slider center-rail with the screw to change the size. But I'm sure I did that after skating on an abacus. But before my first skateboard (bought from "we-b-toys" the day after 7/7/77). Which were more or less plastic glorified versions of "board with roller skate wheels" compared to boards I had in the late 80's.
 
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