I was wiping the counter with a paper towel, this morning and thinking, "I can't imagine living without paper towels."

Then I thought, "I don't remember Mother ever using paper towels when we were kids.  Could I, actually, be older than paper towels?"

Turns out, I'm not.  Paper towels had been around for a few years before I was born.  Arthur Scott invented them in 1931.

I still don't remember Mother ever using them.