# Timeline of Plastic Use

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 20, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeline-of-plastic-use/968268 "2022-07-20T16:48:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeline-of-plastic-use/968268/9 "2022-07-20T17:58:18Z")

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This thread reminded me of when I temped at the HQ of a worldwide membership organization ~30 years ago:

> [@I found an 8.25" floppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-an-8-25-floppy/94515/18):
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> Their mainframe software, and presumably the mainframe itself, dated from 1977. And the dumb terminals were so old, they were encased in _wood!_ The only way I know this is from one that had a chipped corner. The cases appeared to be plastic, but they were really wood!

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