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Pencils and paper? What a waste, I used chalk on a slate tablet.

I would probably go with more traditional wax inside wooden frame. I don't think slate is childproof enough. And the chalk is consumable waste...

Chalk on a slate tablet? What a waste, I just burned several chunks of wood in a particular way.

Luxury!

Kids today:

https://tinyapps.org/blog/200702250700_why_in_my_day.html

Burning wood? Luxury! Growing up we had to inscribe our cuneiform on clay tablets. And it really was the best way, because our tablets would last thousands of years.

- Ea-Nasir

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