Inspired by a bowl of oatmeal I found on my desk one midwinter morning

[cjsmith]

My apologies for the clumsiness of the dual questions here. I don't know how to make LJ polls correlate stuff any better than this.

[Poll #1100464]

My coworker, who is about six months younger than I am, has seen and touched wallpaper paste. So have I. I remember, though, that it wasn't long before the paste was manufactured as part of the paper, and with that step done, wallpaper hanging involved a big tray of water. So I'm curious in a completely unscientific way. Plus polls are fun. :)

Comments

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

I remember wallpaper paste, and the big brush my mom used to apply it. I also remember her dipping the long strands of paper into the big tray of water. I conclude from this that my mother changed the wallpaper waaaaay too frequently. ;)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

As did mine. I remember the books of samples, too, and the hours spent scoring and steaming and scraping the old stuff off.