Let’s see if any of you young people know what this is. Take a guess in the comments below. Don’t be afraid of making a mistake; it’s all just for fun.
Any of you who are near my age will know what it is, as well as the most frustrating part of using it. Do you know what I’m talking about?
Lastly, does anyone know where this sculpture is located?
If you’re ready to find out more, click here.
Happy Friday!
Chambers on the Road 
I haven’t got a clue….
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I’m not surprised. Even so, I am chuckling just a bit. 🙂 Enjoy your day!
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🤔
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Now, I’m not chuckling at you. Just at how us older folks very much know what this is, and you youngsters don’t have a clue. Times have changed, and in this case, that’s a good thing!
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Funny how at 50 years old I don’t feel like a youngster 😂. But I will take it! 😍 thank you
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I don’t have a clue either and I’m “old.”
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Well, I am not sure, but I think I am a tad older. When this become obsolete, it did so very quickly – five years at the very most. You might have been just enough younger to miss out! Enjoy your day!
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I know! I used one many times
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Me, too! A whole lot of times! Have a good day!
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I have never seen something like that but it looks like a pizza cutter with a pastry brush on the other end.
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Now, that is a very good guess. It does look like a pizza cutter with a pastry brush, but ….no. I would have rather been eating pizza, than…. Thanks for your guess! Have a good day!
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I hope you will tell us what it is at some point!
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Oh yes! I will update the post late afternoon/early evening. Thank you for asking!
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So FUNNY – we have that piece here in Seattle (I don’t want to ruin it for anyone by telling what it is – I’m OLD and used that many times!!). When we were in DC our son was not happy that they had OUR art piece, thinking it was a one and only piece!
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I agree with your son! When I read this sculpture was in a few places, it felt odd, like that wasn’t right. But I guess, it’s just that interesting!!! I’ve used it many times, too. Do you know the frustrating part I mentioned? Someone with better skills may not have had the issue. Thanks for your comment – and keeping it quiet for a bit more – and enjoy your day!
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Love this, Betty! I found one cleaning out Mom’s house, and yep, frustrating memories flooded! Call me sentimental, I brought it home with me. What a fun post.
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I am glad you kept it! There are probably very few left, and they sure aren’t made anymore! I sure wouldn’t have thought to keep mine at the time! Have a good Friday!
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It’s an eraser to use on a typing mistake. The brush is to flick away the eraser dust pieces. Long, long ago we had to type on a thing called a typwriter. If we made a mistake the typewriter didn’t correct it for us and it was not possible to backspace over the mistake to make it disappear. As time progressed, IBM made a typewriter that could be backspaced to correct a mistake. And then…..ta da….word processing arrived and saved us all from erasers, carbon paper, white out, and correct tape.
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Of course, you are right, Beth! I took two years of typing in high school. And it was hard for me! I remember so many times using that darn typewriter eraser, I’d get a hole in my paper. If your paper had a hole, you had to redo it! I remember so many times holding my paper up to the light hoping I had not totally broke through! Lol! Oh my, how much better for typing now! Thanks for your comment, and enjoy your day!
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I had to come back to see what it was! I guess, curiosity got to me. I’ve never seen one, but I did use that white liquid stuff to blot out mistakes, had to let it dry of course, and then resume typing. I’m glad all I have to do now, is push the delete button! Thanks for sharing, 🙂
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Thank you for coming back! I remember “liquid paper”, too! That was around shortly after the typewriter eraser. I was in love with that stuff; although, sometimes I had a little mound of dried liquid paper on my paper. 🙂 I wasn’t a very good typist back then. My grandma used to say, “The good ole days? – You can have ’em!” And when it comes to typing, I couldn’t agree more. Hope you have a great weekend!
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Thank you Betty, you too!
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Fun post. I have no idea what it is 🤷♀️ … and I’m pretty sure I’m older than you are, Betty
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Well, perhaps since you became a nurse, you did not take the same classes as me in high school. 🙂 I have updated the post with info.
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Well there you go! When I went to high school, there was no such thing as typing class. See how old I am? 😉
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Well, maybe your high school was in a more rural area – where typing skills weren’t as needed. Don’t tell me you are old. First, with your power walking I am sure your “body age” is younger than mine. And two, I know I’m close, so that would make me old, too. Let’s just laugh and feel young!
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Yes, our high school was in a small town. “Deal” on the age thing 😊
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I was about to guess this is a “window screen fixing do-hickey,” but someone correctly answered the riddle. Sometimes it pays to be a late commenter!
There’s never a dull moment at Chamber’s on the Road!
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Well, “window screen fixing do-hickey” would have been a good guess! Maybe use the end to brush the bugs away? 🙂 I used to have one of those, too. And as they say, “Better Late than Never!” Enjoy your Saturday, David!
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Ah yes, a typewriter eraser! Remember them from my high school days when I took a typewriter class. Been a long time since I’ve seen one. Have a great weekend.
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I haven’t seen a real one since I finished my high school typing class and threw it in the trash can as fast as I could. Hope you have a great weekend, too!
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I used to use one all the time back when with the old Selectric. That should be a hint…
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You are part of the “I know what that it is” club! I remember being happy we had Selectric typewriters rather than the manual ones! I am glad typing is so much easier now!! Have a great weekend!
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Oh yes now is great… I remember carbon paper!! Gadzzz!
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I’m old enough to know but still got it wrong! I thought it was one of those cutters used for cloth (like cutting a jacket sleeve 😉). I clicked on the link and see you do indeed enjoy sculptures.
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Well, David, you may be old enough, but did you ever use one? I almost always got a hole in my paper when I had to use it. Then I had to retype the whole assignment! I do remember those cutters. It also reminded me of a “wheel” tool I had to put chalk marks on a sewing project. Not sure why I needed to do that anymore! And yes, I do enjoy seeing sculptures. Especially ones with “movement.” And especially when they are outside!
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I’m old enough to have taken typing class in HS on typewriters and I used an old non-electronic typewriter when I worked at the school library… but the head librarian was very particular. No erasers for me, if I made a mistake on that old machine I had to start over. I worked very slowly! Lol 😂
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That had to be rough! I wouldn’t have been able to work in the library! Glad you survived!
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I remember them well, but by the time I had my own typewriter I was using Ko-Rec-Type papers (which never really hid the original mistake very well!). Funny piece of sculpture. 🙂 – Marty
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Oh yes, I remember those little papers, now that you mention them. I don’t think they were out too long before “auto-correct” was a feature on the typewriters. At least, that’s how I remember it. You are right though. I think I always said a prayer when I turned in my assignment, a prayer that the instructor wouldn’t notice my mistakes! Or at least the instructor would have mercy on me!
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My mama had one of these; it was so old the eraser part was dried up and no longer actually erased. As a kid, I thought it was fun to play with. When I took typing in high school we had a different “pencil” style eraser.
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Now that you say that, I think I had the “pencil” style, too. Maybe it was an upgrade in my second year of typing. If I remember correctly, it worked just as well – putting holes in my paper! Hope you have a great week ahead!
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Give me a computer word processing program any day!!
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I agree!!
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Well am 66 November 25th so would I be concentered as a young folk? I remember in the day when I was in elementary school using it for erasing mistakes on our paperwork. oops I think I gave the answer.
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Yes, you are young folk! I used it for typewriter mistakes, but it will erase either kind of mistake. Unfortunately, I seemed to always erase a hole in my typing paper and had to redo! Hope you have a great Sunday!
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