Back In The Day: Do you remember these now-obsolete office items?

& by Alonzo Kittrels Tribune Correspondent If you are working in an office environment today and were in the workplace during the ‘50s and ‘60s, then you certainly realize how much things have changed. Rules in the workplace are different, but most notably much of the office equipment has changed significantly, or even disappeared. Even home offices have instituted major differences. So, what memories do you have of office equipment and supplies that were prevalent in offices, back in the day? This idea came to mind last week when I received an email that contained a form to be completed. Wanting to be as neat as possible and reluctant to fill it out by hand, I thought about how we turned to completing such forms using an item that was routinely found in most offices in the past. How many of you still have access to a typewriter? I believe many did in the past. It was not only useful in completing forms in the past, but was also useful in typing information on an envelope. You might have memories of every desk in an office having a typewriter. Today, however, you will be lucky to locate one in your...