School Bag - PS 164 Alumni 2016-12-03T04:17:52Z http://www.ps164alumni.net/forum/topics/school-bag?commentId=1978143%3AComment%3A32166&feed=yes&xn_auth=no hi yumiko, i do not remember… tag:www.ps164alumni.net,2010-05-15:1978143:Comment:32204 2010-05-15T17:45:15.830Z Peter Monroe http://www.ps164alumni.net/profile/PeterMonroe hi yumiko,<br /> i do not remember girls carrying full-size briefcases. i used a boy scout backpack for a while in 7th grade and got made fun of in long island. i had a medium blue elastric book strap. remember that sometimes books sandwiched in the middle had a tendency to fall out and other stuff too, like pencil bags or stray sheets of paper. btw, do you remember how good the purple freshly-mimeographed sheets smelled? those are what our tests, quizzes or other info passed out by teachers were… hi yumiko,<br /> i do not remember girls carrying full-size briefcases. i used a boy scout backpack for a while in 7th grade and got made fun of in long island. i had a medium blue elastric book strap. remember that sometimes books sandwiched in the middle had a tendency to fall out and other stuff too, like pencil bags or stray sheets of paper. btw, do you remember how good the purple freshly-mimeographed sheets smelled? those are what our tests, quizzes or other info passed out by teachers were printed with. did you ever watch the sitcom "the wonder years?" took place about 1967 and they used to use book straps. Hi Peter! I remember starting… tag:www.ps164alumni.net,2010-05-14:1978143:Comment:32170 2010-05-14T16:23:47.952Z Yumiko Hoshi http://www.ps164alumni.net/profile/YumikoHoshi Hi Peter!<br /> I remember starting out in first grade with a brief case like bag...Blue and purple plaid...I am sure mine was the same as the one Patricia Weppler is carrying in one of her photos. Then I discovered the elastic book strap. I had two -- red and blue. And then I saw the older girls' bags....I wanted that one SO much! Interesting how the kids in Long Island were different from P.S. 164. Hi Peter!<br /> I remember starting out in first grade with a brief case like bag...Blue and purple plaid...I am sure mine was the same as the one Patricia Weppler is carrying in one of her photos. Then I discovered the elastic book strap. I had two -- red and blue. And then I saw the older girls' bags....I wanted that one SO much! Interesting how the kids in Long Island were different from P.S. 164. hi yumiko, going slightly off… tag:www.ps164alumni.net,2010-05-14:1978143:Comment:32166 2010-05-14T16:14:08.976Z Peter Monroe http://www.ps164alumni.net/profile/PeterMonroe hi yumiko,<br /> going slightly off-topic (was unaware of girl's bags) - us boys all had briefcases. to be funny in about 4th grade i wrote with magic marker on the side of it "bored of education." my father carried an attache' case to work and to emulate him, i started using that for schoolbooks. when we moved to long island and i brought my attache case or briefcase i was made fun of - it was only 'cool' to use an elastic bookstrap. hi yumiko,<br /> going slightly off-topic (was unaware of girl's bags) - us boys all had briefcases. to be funny in about 4th grade i wrote with magic marker on the side of it "bored of education." my father carried an attache' case to work and to emulate him, i started using that for schoolbooks. when we moved to long island and i brought my attache case or briefcase i was made fun of - it was only 'cool' to use an elastic bookstrap.