Who had this Trapper Keeper?

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wmaphoto@reddit

This photo was on THE Trapper Keeper to have in my class.

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freerangeXkid@reddit

Plain royal blue one, but I put in Star Wars folders that I had to three-hole punch to put them into the Keeper

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ONROSREPUS@reddit

Not I, but I remember seeing a lot of them. Mine was dark blue and had a night sky seen on it.

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Horror_Zone_1327@reddit

I had one with a blue background with white horses that my mom took over.

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sits_with_cats@reddit

Great fir school, or all your D & D stuff!

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I did,I miss when we were growing up in the 80s,it was the best time of our lives and we didn't even know. I wanna go back so bad,I sit in my bedroom and think about how special Christmas was and on Christmas Eve night my mama would be in the kitchen cooking and baking for Christmas. My m also let me and my sister open up I gift on Christmas Eve. I think about the Christmas parties we had in school, going to nursing homes and singing Christmas Carol's to the residents,Halloween parties as well. Being in elementary school in the early 80s will always be a favorite memory of mine.

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AlfalfaUnable1629@reddit

I too miss it 😢

I love the internet but it ruined everything 😭

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BreathClassic5211@reddit

I agree, nothing is the same anymore. I wanna go back to a place that doesn't exist, the memories I have is good enough for me.

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PortlandiaCrone@reddit

That photo brings up allll kinds of memories. Kind of like acid reflux.

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hippiechick725@reddit

Thanks, you just reminded me I forgot to take my Pepcid.

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hippiechick725@reddit

Guilty! 🙋

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drumgod1969@reddit

Not that particular design but I had a few different Trapper Keepers over the years

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LordChauncyDeschamps@reddit

I had this one

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MinervasOwlAtDusk@reddit

I had that exact one! Loved it.

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Electronic-Lunch7735@reddit

I had a Lisa Frank one, with matching folders.

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baileya71@reddit

She sure turned out to be a thundercant!

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MuttsandHuskies@reddit

I didn’t get a trapper keeper till sixth grade and by then they were already out of style. Story of my life, lol now I don’t care. I just be me.!

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baileya71@reddit

I wouldn’t go back to the bulk of the 80s (before I turned 18, in 1989) for all the money in the world.

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piesRsquare@reddit

I did--6th grade. I chose it

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baileya71@reddit

Same. A nice daydream escape.

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85OhLife@reddit

Mine was royal blue but I can’t remember the picture, maybe hot air balloons?

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Nazz1968@reddit

I picked a red one. It was the best-ever school supply purchase.

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jouleheist@reddit

I had the rainbow one

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Moody_Immortal_1@reddit

California girl, I had this one

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BeebsMuhQueen@reddit

I had this one, too. And this one the longest

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Moody_Immortal_1@reddit

I can hear the Velcro now! LOL. Aww kittens. Always a good choice.

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BeebsMuhQueen@reddit

Around that time I also had a cardboard box with my moms “good towels” I got in trouble for taking because I put them in the box for the stray kittens to be my cats lol

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Moody_Immortal_1@reddit

Aww! You were doing your best to take care of them. LOL, I remember the "good towels" LOL!

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queenofcaffeine76@reddit

Florida girl and I had this one too!

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Moody_Immortal_1@reddit

We loved our sunsets and palm trees!

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queenofcaffeine76@reddit

Lol honestly I don't but it was the only one they had at Kmart

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Moody_Immortal_1@reddit

Yes, there was the tragedy of realising all the other great stuff was already picked over lol

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xczechr@reddit

You can still get this at Mead's webstore.

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medusa63@reddit

Why is it I can look at that picture and smell it. That’s fresh bran new before school starts again, plastic trapper keeper smell.

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cabin-porch-rocker@reddit

Bought a replica of the one I had in 3rd grade! Mead still sells them last I checked

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androidguy50@reddit

Yes, apparently they still do. You can order them on Amazon. I just checked, and trying to figure out what theme to get.

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androidguy50@reddit

I had one.

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nowwhatdoidowiththis@reddit

Meeeeeee!!

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noseleaptilbklyn@reddit

Omg I did

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Ok_Industry3016@reddit

Nostalgia bomb.

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User013579@reddit

!! I had forgotten.

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Agitated-Canary9840@reddit

I think mine had horses

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Sea_Brush4156@reddit

I had a Trapper Keeper with, I believe, a lone kitten on it. I looked up ones with kittens on them, but I haven't been able to find the one I think I had.

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666ForMySorrow@reddit

I had kittens on mine as well.

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beezeebeehazcatz@reddit

I also had one with kittens. My mom let me get it from an end of year clearance rack for .86.

They weren’t cool anymore and I was homeschooled. I treasured it for at least 10 years.

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CrankyDoo@reddit

I only ever had one. They were junk. Flimsy as hell. They didn’t even last a single school year before falling apart. I went back to a quality 3-ring binder with folders.

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goodsocks@reddit

Name checks out!

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808Soultrain@reddit

I found out that they were re-making these and I bought five of them. Have no idea what to do with them now.

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BertaRocks@reddit

Wait, I can get one right now?

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808Soultrain@reddit

Yes you can.

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-LeoKnowz-@reddit

That was mine.

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BertaRocks@reddit

I had a purple one. I wish I had one now as my family binder. I could have a folder for each person and one for house paperwork!

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Educational_Fox2212@reddit

OMG I did!

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SirHairyBear@reddit

Me

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Harley_Mom@reddit

I had a trapper keeper not that one.

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Munneh@reddit

I had hot air balloons

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im_a_sleepy_human@reddit

Me too!!!

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Glitterbomb4274@reddit

Omg I absolutely had that exact one. 😍😍😍

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ticktockyoudontstop@reddit

I did! 4th grade/84

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grayjay18@reddit

I did 💜

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EmpireCityRay@reddit

Didn’t have that one but man I can still hear the Velcro. 😂

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SnuggleMoose44@reddit

Not I. My mother thought they were pretty worthless.

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Fearless_Street5231@reddit

Me

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BOHICAbeast@reddit

A girl classmate--- on whom I had a crush--- had one. I even helped her cover it in stickers of her favorite boy band like the poor simp I was.

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dr01d3tte@reddit

I can hear the Velcro in that picture!

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gojiro0@reddit

And the vinyl smell

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seekayeff@reddit

Ooh I did.

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TheVioletEmpire@reddit

I had the plain red one.

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verstohlen@reddit

Those were after my time, man. I mean, the photographs. Alls we had were like solid red, green, blue and yellow. That's it. It was, take it or leave it, chump. Then came the fancy-pants pictures and patterns.

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Independent-Dog5311@reddit

No, but I went through lots of Pee-Chee folders.

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Longjumping-Flow-983@reddit

🙋‍♀️

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drinkslinger1974@reddit

My dad had an ad agency with some really huge cameras. I use to take far side comics and blow them up to the size of the trapper keeper and replaced the pic it came with. I also used to peel the covers off my textbooks and use packaging tape for pics of the three stooges.

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Tight_Comparison_557@reddit

Every year in grade school

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Molly_Deconstructing@reddit

Oh. You were one of the rich kids.

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Moveyourbloominass@reddit

Right. I'm the youngest of 6, no way these were in the budget.

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Global-Ad9080@reddit

And a good fight weapon to.

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Natural_King2704@reddit

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saltseasand@reddit

Those corners wear sharp when they started to wear halfway through the school year!

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this_kitty68@reddit

OMG!!!! I didn’t, but my bestie did!

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Duran518@reddit

I did

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snausagemclinx@reddit

ME!

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Nerdbaba@reddit

Oh damn! I had no memory of which one I had until I saw this. I had this one!!

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LizzieKay289@reddit

I can smell the plastic

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ER_Support_Plant17@reddit

I can hear the Velcro

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Userdmcm@reddit

I used to live in the same subdivision as the inventor of the trapper keeper. He passed away a few years ago.

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moltenwater@reddit

Yearly rite of passage

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SweaterSteve1966@reddit

Had? I still have one. It’s a family heirloom.

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DDD_LA@reddit

Best way to hide a boner while walking down the hall in middle school... Carry that trapper keeper in front of your crotch.

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SassyCatLady442@reddit

I had one until my older brother emptied it out to trade it to one of his friends

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Comedywriter1@reddit

Didn’t have it, but it’s a lovely image. I’m flashing back to that Incredible Hulk episode where David gets married in Hawaii.

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ManyProfessional3324@reddit

Omfg I did!!

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Flight_to_nowhere_26@reddit

I had this exact one too! Trapper Keepers were the most brilliant thing invented for an undiagnosed ADHD child (as a lot of us were and didn’t even realize it until adulthood). I still keep my office at work meticulously organized with lists and notes and folders, pouches for pens and other supplies.

I remember zoning out and staring at that waterfall at least half of every school day.

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