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Stereopticon do you remember when we could travel the world through a stereopticon or a viewmaster?
I remember the living colour and 3-D pictures long before colour TV. 
I remember that we still don't have 3-D  TV.		 Viewmaster

 
 
Stereopticon slides do you remember stereopticon slides and viewmaster reels?

I remember Stereopticon pictures were either coloured drawings or black and white photos.
I remember Viewmaster reels were colour photos.
I remember when the "Wonders of the World" numbered only seven, and they all fit on one reel.
 

 Viewmaster reels

 
 

do you know what these have in common?
What does this have in common with this?

(The answer is at the bottom of the page)

 
 
metal shoe trees do you remember when we used to put show trees in our shoes?
I remember we had metal shoe trees just like these ones.
I also remember wooden shoe trees with springs in them.
I remember that leather shoes used to shrink if you forgot to put shoe trees in them.
I remember I still own a pair of leather shoes that I haven't worn for twenty years.  If I am lucky, I forgot to put shoe trees in them and will never have to wear them again.

 
 
do you remember when ladies held their hair in place with hair pins?

Do you remember fancy ones with beads on them?
Do you remember the paper packages they came in?

 hair pins

 
 
 
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do you know what these have in common?
answer:
terebra maculata - spotted auger woodworker's auger bit
They are both augers.
The terebra maculata at left is commonly known as the spotted auger.  At right is a woodworker's auger.
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