Rick rolling aside, what happened?

Thank you, Slatlun. It’s a pet peeve of mine. I read somewhere that not rewriting article headlines is a holdover from some subreddits who prohibited the practice.

How about saying which states, rather than posting a clickbait headline?

She was most certainly real. Here’s her Find a Grave memorial with a supporting news article, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/250277859/shirley-elizabeth-highfield , and the r/vintageads subreddit took a detailed look at her some time ago - https://www.reddit.com/r/vintageads/comments/18dxqu3/the_astonishing_mrs_highfield_for_rinsos_soap/

As an aside, I think my fifth grade teacher had those exact glasses. Very much of the era!

I don’t recall ever computing with the monitor next to the CPU. Did anyone else, or was this an aesthetically pleasing way of setting up gear for ad photos?

PLATO is super cool. I highly recommend the book “The Friendly Orange Glow” for a review of the system and network (http://www.friendlyorangeglow.com/ ). It was hugely ahead of its time in many respects.