# Ubiquitous items from relatively recently youngsters may not recognise **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 19, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubiquitous-items-from-relatively-recently-youngsters-may-not-recognise/981362 "2023-03-19T15:27:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 569
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubiquitous-items-from-relatively-recently-youngsters-may-not-recognise/981362/569 "2025-10-08T18:12:33Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > Have you showed him Carbon Paper? That’s getting pretty hard to find. The ‘two part’ carbonless duplication paper is a little easier to find in delivery and service call slips like the plumber, oil change, or appliance delivery person might bring but especially in restaurants. Short order kitchens, catering, stapled to the bag or pizza box, a yellow copy for the customer. But actual pressure transfer purple/black paper like the old credit card kerchunkers, gone. Speaking of that, impact printers. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubiquitous-items-from-relatively-recently-youngsters-may-not-recognise/981362)._