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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 12, 2024 13:35:24 GMT
How many of these did you hoard? I found it in my mom’s stash that I’m slowly helping her get rid of. This is a keeper though 🤣🤣  |
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Post by ntsf on Jul 12, 2024 13:42:56 GMT
we have two phone lines wired into our house. dh worked for a software services company that had an internal messaging service.. we never ever had aol.. always cutting edge tech. which was not aol. he even worked from home sometimes in the late 80's.. so we had the modem on one line and our phone on the other. anyone on user groups?
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Post by KikiPea on Jul 12, 2024 13:46:56 GMT
I remember that trend, but I never jumped into it.
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Post by katlady on Jul 12, 2024 15:22:25 GMT
I still have two that came in a wooden mailer.
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Post by BSnyder on Jul 12, 2024 20:03:36 GMT
Hmmmm... I have no idea what that is. But we never had AOL, even though we had internet since 1993. My husband was/is in tech, so I remember the old days before web pages really existed. Then when they started to become more common the pages would come up on the screen line by line. I hated the internet. I had no patience for that!  |
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jul 12, 2024 20:06:33 GMT
I had that back in the day, then I switched to gmail and chrome.
If I had any....all unnecessary office stuff was tossed, as a part of my downsizing my life plan.
Edited to add.... this thread has me thinking about the slow slow slow! days of "dial up".
I would start the log on....then listen to the dial up noise, as I made a cup of tea, toast, started a load of laundry, take something out of the freezer to defrost, etc... 10-12 minutes later >> I was online.
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Post by katlady on Jul 12, 2024 20:06:50 GMT
Hmmmm... I have no idea what that is. But we never had AOL, even though we had internet since 1993. AOL used to mail disks so that you could put their software on your computer. It came with an access code for logging on to AOL. The trend was not about using AOL but it was a crafting trend to keep the tin container they came in to alter. I got the tins, and also some wooden mailers that flipped open. Pretty cool box. |
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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 12, 2024 20:19:34 GMT
Yeah we used to get those in the mail almost weekly. We had AOL for a short time, but besides that we would get these ALL the time. Tin cans, cardboard mailers. The tins were altered or used for magnetic alphabets, I think from Making Memories. In fact I still have the alphabet in a cabinet in one of those tins. I see it occasionally. I would have a stack of them and gift them to other scrappers who were using them.
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Post by BSnyder on Jul 12, 2024 20:28:16 GMT
Hmmmm... I have no idea what that is. But we never had AOL, even though we had internet since 1993. AOL used to mail disks so that you could put their software on your computer. It came with an access code for logging on to AOL. The trend was not about using AOL but it was a crafting trend to keep the tin container they came in to alter. I got the tins, and also some wooden mailers that flipped open. Pretty cool box. Got it. Thanks for the explanation. I've been a scrapper for a long time, but somehow I missed that scrappy trend. |
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Post by ddly on Jul 12, 2024 23:43:38 GMT
I used to also decorate the cds!
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Post by FurryP on Jul 13, 2024 2:09:25 GMT
My BILs sister lived at an apartment complex and his mother collected a whole chunk for me. I never ended using them and finally got rid of them. But yes, I remember them very well.
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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 13, 2024 3:51:02 GMT
I used to also decorate the cds! Oh and they use to use them as a paint palette.... I just remembered that!.. haha |
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Post by iowgirl on Jul 13, 2024 18:03:50 GMT
this thread has me thinking about the slow slow slow! days of "dial up". I would start the log on....then listen to the dial up noise, as I made a cup of tea, toast, started a load of laundry, take something out of the freezer to defrost, etc... 10-12 minutes later >> I was online. I would get more done around my house if this incentive was still a thing! LOL |
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Post by pepperwood on Jul 14, 2024 2:28:27 GMT
I remember them well. I started out with CompuServe on dial-up then "upgraded" to AOL later. Heck, I still use my aol email (but also created a gmail account for my professional emails.)
I remember that the late Carol Duvall did a segment on different ways to us the CD's on her crafting show. It seemed sacrilegious to throw them out!
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jul 14, 2024 12:19:44 GMT
Hmmmm... I have no idea what that is. But we never had AOL, even though we had internet since 1993. AOL used to mail disks so that you could put their software on your computer. It came with an access code for logging on to AOL. The trend was not about using AOL but it was a crafting trend to keep the tin container they came in to alter. I got the tins, and also some wooden mailers that flipped open. Pretty cool box. I forgot about people altering the boxes. I don’t think I got them after I heard about the trend. But I do remember decorating cd cases. |
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Post by TankTop on Jul 14, 2024 13:07:27 GMT
Too funny! I had hundreds!
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Post by TankTop on Jul 14, 2024 13:08:01 GMT
Do you remember using the clear plastic ones to hold unmounted rubber stamps?
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Post by iowgirl on Jul 14, 2024 14:12:29 GMT
I remember that the late Carol Duvall did a segment on different ways to us the CD's on her crafting show. It seemed sacrilegious to throw them out! Oh how I miss her! Her shows were the highlight of my day. And the Christmas week shows! Her and Martha Stewart. I loved their TV shows. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jul 14, 2024 14:54:08 GMT
I never decorated those but I did alter several Altoids and Band Aid tins back in the day.
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Post by alsomsknit on Jul 14, 2024 15:03:12 GMT
😂 I remember those. Had quite a collection at one time. I think they were tossed a number of years ago when I realized I wasn’t going to do anything with them.
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Post by waffles on Jul 17, 2024 4:17:43 GMT
Yes!! We would try to turn everything into something we could scrap!
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Post by melanell on Jul 17, 2024 11:17:52 GMT
I used to also decorate the cds! Yep, I remember adhering a small panel from a holiday fabric to one as an ornament once, and decorating some to hang outside, too! |
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Post by katieanna on Jul 17, 2024 12:00:13 GMT
I had that back in the day, then I switched to gmail and chrome. If I had any....all unnecessary office stuff was tossed, as a part of my downsizing my life plan. Edited to add.... this thread has me thinking about the slow slow slow! days of "dial up". I would start the log on....then listen to the dial up noise, as I made a cup of tea, toast, started a load of laundry, take something out of the freezer to defrost, etc... 10-12 minutes later >> I was online. Your ETA gave me a chuckle. I remember that, too. |
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