Thursday, August 4, 2022

So, Do You?

 I forgot to mention the conversation the cashier at Barnes & Noble and I had.  She remarked on how old my B&N card was.  It was in a nice way, as in my having been a customer for a long time.  That led to a discussion of how credit cards used to be, which led to carbon paper, which led to this:


Do you remember?  The smell, the kinda-cold-kinda-damp feel?  Every single time I think about it, those flood in.  It was a big deal to get picked to go run something off.


1 comment:

Kim in Oregon said...

"Run something off" is a phrase that many young 'uns wouldn't understand.

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