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		<title>Wire-O and Spiral Notebooks  from My Collection, Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2020 12:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Continuing with Part 2 of my exploration of spiral notebooks and wire-o notebooks from my collection! As in Part 1, all of these are 3 x 5&#8243; notebooks unless otherwise noted, and mostly from the 1980s. The Roaring Spring notebooks seem very classic and looked a little retro even in the &#8217;80s. I loved those &#8230; <a href="https://www.notebookstories.com/2020/05/20/wire-o-and-spiral-notebooks-from-my-collection-part-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Wire-O and Spiral Notebooks  from My Collection, Part 2</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Spiral and Wire-O Notebooks from My Collection, Part 1</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nifty Notebook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2020 12:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some of my earliest notebook obsessions were spiral and wire-o binding notebooks. Back when I was a kid, other kinds of notebook were not as easy to find, or were prohibitively expensive for a kid to buy with her allowance. Nowadays, I rarely find myself using a wire bound notebook, but I thought I&#8217;d take &#8230; <a href="https://www.notebookstories.com/2020/05/11/spiral-and-wire-o-notebooks-from-my-collection-part-1/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Spiral and Wire-O Notebooks from My Collection, Part 1</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mottled Pressboard Notebooks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nifty Notebook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2020 13:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Only the biggest stationery geek in the world goes around saying things like &#8220;I LOVE MOTTLED PRESSBOARD!&#8221; Only the biggest stationery geeks probably even know what it is&#8230; in fact, I myself didn&#8217;t know what it was until just recently. Or rather, I knew what it was but I didn&#8217;t know what it was called. &#8230; <a href="https://www.notebookstories.com/2020/03/03/mottled-pressboard-notebooks/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Mottled Pressboard Notebooks</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Roaring Spring Notebook from the 1980s?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nifty Notebook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2019 13:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting question from a reader named Jeff: I have a Roaring Spring notebook that was used as a journal by a family member, the contents are very precious to us but there&#8217;s some confusion as to the year(s) that the contents refer to!Â  (The writer only used Month/Day annotations, no year.)Â  Some family &#8230; <a href="https://www.notebookstories.com/2019/01/15/roaring-spring-notebook-from-the-1980s/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Roaring Spring Notebook from the 1980s?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Revisiting the Past: 1980s Roaring Spring Spiral Notebook (2009)</title>
		<link>https://www.notebookstories.com/2018/09/24/revisiting-the-past-1980s-roaring-spring-spiral-notebook-2009/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nifty Notebook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Continuing to celebrate this blog&#8217;s 10th anniversary, here&#8217;s another blast from the past&#8211; the past of this blog, and my own past as a notebook addict! The post below is just one of many I&#8217;ve written about my own collection of notebooks saved from throughout my life. (See My Collection) The 1970s and 1980s ones &#8230; <a href="https://www.notebookstories.com/2018/09/24/revisiting-the-past-1980s-roaring-spring-spiral-notebook-2009/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Revisiting the Past: 1980s Roaring Spring Spiral Notebook (2009)</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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