So we had a company meeting last night, catered by Chick-fil-A. It's so much easier to think when you have a stomach full of yummy chicken. So we were able to get the ball rolling on a lot of good ideas for improving our websites, customer service, and some other technical things that will help us out. There is a lot of new technology that we want to start taking advantage of in the near future.
Speaking of which, check out these gems from the Flower Cart Museum of Ancient and Obsolete Technology:
TELEVIDEO MONITOR
CONTINUOUS FEED PRINTER
ENORMOUS COPIER MACHINE (with storage?)
SOME KIND OF SAFE?
????????????????????? with a hand crank
ANTIQUE PORCELAIN STAMP ROLLER!
This last one was a complete mystery to me for quite some time. Finally, I approached Miss Bev with the object and she identified it for me immediately. Apparently one would fill the basin with water and roll the cylinder to wet it, then wipe a postage stamp on the wet surface. Then one would apply the stamp to an envelope containing a piece of paper with words on it. Then someone picks up the envelope in a truck and delivers it to the intended recipient's home within a few days.
It's so.....primitive.
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