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Name something you NO LONGER DO, like cleaning the ball in your mouse. (Original Post) Miles Archer Jun 2019 OP
Change typewriter ribbons First Speaker Jun 2019 #1
create mimeo-graph stencils HubertHeaver Jun 2019 #2
Rewinding my video tapes. revmclaren Jun 2019 #3
Be kind, please rewind Niagara Jun 2019 #34
lol Demovictory9 Jun 2019 #160
Put foil on the tv antenna n/t luvallpeeps Jun 2019 #4
I do recall that!! riversedge Jun 2019 #151
Do not use a mouse....just the touch pad northoftheborder Jun 2019 #5
I don't get the touch pad. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #128
Get the TV guide from the Sunday paper JDC Jun 2019 #6
Read a paper newspaper. True Blue American Jun 2019 #104
I read the local newspaper daily.q PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #129
You can get the Newspaper True Blue American Jun 2019 #140
Call my kids Freddie Jun 2019 #7
I no longer have to wonder about things. MuseRider Jun 2019 #8
So true. If you didn't growing up with an encyclopedia set or a library nearby... Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #148
I think back and try to remember MuseRider Jun 2019 #149
No longer use a party line. Lunabell Jun 2019 #9
I use a trackball. Still have to clean it out once in a while. keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #10
Like a glass eye, you can just pop it into your mouth! dchill Jun 2019 #82
Clean the heads on my VCR. Iggo Jun 2019 #11
Make bar bets. Iggo Jun 2019 #12
I was once involved with a case where the felon had 'your name' tattooed on his penis. Shrike47 Jun 2019 #45
Wrap myself in the phone cord during a long telephone conversation. Iggo Jun 2019 #13
Those awful curly True Blue American Jun 2019 #105
Have long telephone conversations. Iggo Jun 2019 #14
Make sure I have change for the pay phone. Iggo Jun 2019 #15
I still do that out of habit! Miles Archer Jun 2019 #19
Make "fake" collect phone calls. MyOwnPeace Jun 2019 #110
Drive a vehicle with a stick shift and clutch Generic Brad Jun 2019 #16
I miss that so much. tymorial Jun 2019 #28
I bought a standard shift car four years ago wryter2000 Jun 2019 #55
Me too. zeusdogmom Jun 2019 #68
What did you get? tymorial Jun 2019 #69
A Chevy Spark wryter2000 Jun 2019 #85
I drive a 2003 Subaru WRX dhol82 Jun 2019 #107
Honda. I currently drive a 2017 Fit which I acquired last September. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #131
I am 70 years old and I still drive a stick shift. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #130
I hated True Blue American Jun 2019 #141
Rewind a cassette tape with a pencil demmiblue Jun 2019 #17
Then there's the dreaded cousin to that... Miles Archer Jun 2019 #20
Hold the telephone cord Leith Jun 2019 #18
Oh yeah! The dial tone! Iggo Jun 2019 #35
Interesting. LNM Jun 2019 #74
Tell the SO to stop for directions. 58Sunliner Jun 2019 #21
I've never been good with directions. Miles Archer Jun 2019 #23
remember where my keys are... Phentex Jun 2019 #22
Never been a "set the keys down, now where did I put them" guy Miles Archer Jun 2019 #24
you're probably a guy with a few keys and loose pants... Phentex Jun 2019 #29
Punch buttons to tune the car radio. Totally Tunsie Jun 2019 #25
Or push or rotary dial a phone. OregonBlue Jun 2019 #119
Shave or get a haircut SeattleVet Jun 2019 #26
HA! I stopped shaving my legs but Phentex Jun 2019 #33
Generally men have a lot smaller surface area to shave. comradebillyboy Jun 2019 #113
Preen my LP vinyl records. PatrickforO Jun 2019 #165
I went the other way. Iggo Jun 2019 #41
Make a collect phone call nt blaze Jun 2019 #27
I thought about that the other day when a situation came up that might've landed me in jail. Iggo Jun 2019 #36
Wash windows Irishxs Jun 2019 #30
Pushing a button to vape my medicine . just inhale. its magic! Kurt V. Jun 2019 #31
Rotary dial a phone. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2019 #32
Sleep in hair rollers. nt tblue37 Jun 2019 #37
Shame. On. You. Iggo Jun 2019 #38
Why? nt tblue37 Jun 2019 #40
I might be a little older than you. Iggo Jun 2019 #42
I'll be 69 in August, so I'm not exactly young. But I have never seen that tblue37 Jun 2019 #47
Sometimes I think the things that are stuck in my head are there because they are well-known... Iggo Jun 2019 #50
I remember it. Was too young to use them but my sister and I loved that ad Dream Girl Jun 2019 #51
Cut and split wood for fires CanonRay Jun 2019 #39
The best..... LakeArenal Jun 2019 #43
Oh gawd, yes! Iggo Jun 2019 #46
That was the first thing that came to my mind! Amerigael Jun 2019 #163
Funny and true! LakeArenal Jun 2019 #164
Listen to the dialup modem handshake csziggy Jun 2019 #44
That is so very, very cool gristy Jun 2019 #127
Edit modem scripts. eppur_se_muova Jun 2019 #137
That is funny! csziggy Jun 2019 #138
Hear the screeling sound of a FAX machine. nt tblue37 Jun 2019 #48
Pull the map book... Snackshack Jun 2019 #49
Use an outhouse like we did at the cottage. applegrove Jun 2019 #52
Like my Dad said when looking for a house..... MyOwnPeace Jun 2019 #111
LOL. Ours was a path through the woods. Try doing that at night. applegrove Jun 2019 #123
Wear panty hose wryter2000 Jun 2019 #53
Wear high heels TexasBushwhacker Jun 2019 #75
hooray! deek Jun 2019 #91
You've made gardening tougher......... MyOwnPeace Jun 2019 #112
LOL wryter2000 Jun 2019 #122
I don't have a phone book anymore backtoblue Jun 2019 #54
First thing I did when moving (or planning to move): acquire a phone book catrose Jun 2019 #59
Unlock my car door by turning a key in the lock. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #56
speaking of floppies Marthe48 Jun 2019 #98
Still speaking of floppies.... Dave in VA Jun 2019 #118
Defrost the freezer dameatball Jun 2019 #57
I used to pack four lunches every morning Ohiogal Jun 2019 #58
Buy things Cartoonist Jun 2019 #60
George knew that! MyOwnPeace Jun 2019 #114
Walking down to the gas station Glamrock Jun 2019 #61
What's a mouse? democratisphere Jun 2019 #62
Why do they True Blue American Jun 2019 #142
Change the oil in my car by myself jmowreader Jun 2019 #63
I no longer do the following Niagara Jun 2019 #64
"Use a library catalog at the public library. " mitch96 Jun 2019 #71
You don't have to get it. All you have to do is go to that part of the library PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #132
"You don't have to get it" mitch96 Jun 2019 #150
The books should be shelved with all the numbers PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #153
" I put books on hold at my library and someone there fetches it of" mitch96 Jun 2019 #157
Cut my grass. This is the year I gave it up and now justhanginon Jun 2019 #65
Fax in timesheets DBoon Jun 2019 #66
order freedom fries to go with my burger rurallib Jun 2019 #67
I no longer enter students' grades in a grade book ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #70
yeah, I figured they would decrease our pay over that NJCher Jun 2019 #161
Back in the day.......... working in Radiology mitch96 Jun 2019 #72
Sit in a certain place or position Leith Jun 2019 #73
Shovel coal into the home furnace. Kaleva Jun 2019 #76
Sleep in my rack with my clothes, jacket, gloves, watch cap and boots on. Kaleva Jun 2019 #77
Admire some Republicans. rusty quoin Jun 2019 #78
Write a letter (snail mail) peacebuzzard Jun 2019 #79
I've sent hundreds of cards and postcards to soldiers overseas Skittles Jun 2019 #80
I gave up, no one can read my cursive writing peacebuzzard Jun 2019 #94
My two daughters live across the country leftieNanner Jun 2019 #154
Shower Adsos Letter Jun 2019 #81
I no longer charge my pager... dchill Jun 2019 #83
Slog to outhouse in rain. Blow dry my now thin hair. Hoyt Jun 2019 #84
Use a roller skate key. BarbaRosa Jun 2019 #86
Time GeorgiaResister Jun 2019 #87
POPCORN Brother Buzz Jun 2019 #100
Go to the gas station JCMach1 Jun 2019 #88
Get up to change channels or volume. rickford66 Jun 2019 #89
Subscribe to the local newspaper. lpbk2713 Jun 2019 #90
Neither do I Ron Obvious Jun 2019 #92
Last Picture On The Roll WiffenPoof Jun 2019 #93
DAMN!!! MyOwnPeace Jun 2019 #116
Run a cleaning cassette through a VCR or boombox krispos42 Jun 2019 #95
I no longer change my children's diapers Little Star Jun 2019 #96
Hope the doorbell signals a singing telegram struggle4progress Jun 2019 #97
Haven't used an egg-timer for years Marthe48 Jun 2019 #99
I do not have a mouse!:) True Blue American Jun 2019 #101
Write music by hand PJMcK Jun 2019 #102
Tie my shoes underpants Jun 2019 #103
Look up movie times in the newspaper. yewberry Jun 2019 #106
Put on a album Soxfan58 Jun 2019 #108
Nope, I still hoard my quarters, in case I run into some Leghorn21 Jun 2019 #109
Stand in line very early in the morning to get concert tickets oregonjen Jun 2019 #115
Have to make sure no one needs the landline before dewsgirl Jun 2019 #117
I don't use a typewriter. Can't remember the last time I did. Grammy23 Jun 2019 #120
Test the TV or Radio vacuum tubes /nt sdfernando Jun 2019 #121
format my floppy disks before using... lastlib Jun 2019 #124
Well Of Course I No Longer Clean My Balls..... becca da bakkah Jun 2019 #125
:) True Blue American Jun 2019 #145
I don't clean the mini blinds I buy new. 42bambi Jun 2019 #126
Well, now True Blue American Jun 2019 #143
I don't rip the edges off the page that just came out of the... ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #133
Credit card procedure IGoToDU Jun 2019 #134
Now waving the card in front of True Blue American Jun 2019 #144
Dial a phone number to find out the correct time. subterranean Jun 2019 #135
Watch the test pattern on TV when it goes off the air... k8conant Jun 2019 #136
Wear a watch customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #139
Now that I still do! True Blue American Jun 2019 #146
I still see a lot of people wearing watches customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #155
Habit.:) True Blue American Jun 2019 #156
Take color slides with camera and use a Polaroid jpak Jun 2019 #147
Call for the time and weather. Walk up to tv to change the channel. lark Jun 2019 #152
No longer receive Netflix envelopes in the mail JonLP24 Jun 2019 #158
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jun 2019 #159
Teach martial arts sakabatou Jun 2019 #162

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,816 posts)
129. I read the local newspaper daily.q
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 10:00 PM
Jun 2019

I have a friend who makes fun of me for that, but I know a fuck of a lot more about what's going on in our city than he does.

But I haven't walked across the floor to change the TV in decades.

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
140. You can get the Newspaper
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 03:38 AM
Jun 2019

On that new fangled device.

But I dropped mine when the price went out of sight. Used to have 2 Newspapers delivered, morning and night.

Occasionally Google for certain articles. For instance our local Cemetery had 171 Monuments blown over, trees uprooted. The Dayton Daily offered the news, but went straight to the source. That is the internet.

Volunteers are working to clean up debris. It hit one corner of the Cemetery. So only one Southwest area was hit.

Freddie

(9,257 posts)
7. Call my kids
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 04:20 PM
Jun 2019

We almost always text. Plus my house is the Land of Dropped Calls which drives me berserk considering how much I pay ATT.

MuseRider

(34,095 posts)
8. I no longer have to wonder about things.
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 04:23 PM
Jun 2019

At any time I can look up what I a wondering about and get my answer. I do still wonder but in a different way .

Laffy Kat

(16,373 posts)
148. So true. If you didn't growing up with an encyclopedia set or a library nearby...
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 07:49 AM
Jun 2019

You were out of luck.

keithbvadu2

(36,669 posts)
10. I use a trackball. Still have to clean it out once in a while.
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 04:31 PM
Jun 2019

I use a trackball. Still have to clean it out once in a while.

I like it better than the moveable mouse.

Easier to clean than the rollerball on the bottom.

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Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
45. I was once involved with a case where the felon had 'your name' tattooed on his penis.
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 06:17 PM
Jun 2019

He would drink a few, get argumentative and aggressive, say ‘I’ve got your name tattooed on my dick.’ He always won that bet.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
19. I still do that out of habit!
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 05:20 PM
Jun 2019

I'm not kidding. The first mobile phone I got was "free" with AAA membership. It had a button in the middle that speed-dialed AAA if you broke down somewhere. It was the size of two large biscotti, side-by side.

But even after that, I still continued to make sure I always had "change for the pay phone."



MyOwnPeace

(16,919 posts)
110. Make "fake" collect phone calls.
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 04:23 PM
Jun 2019

In college - broke - I'd call home asking for "me."
Mom or Dad would say "he's not here" and I'd tell the operator I'd call after 7:00 that night (time & day could vary!).

Now Mom & Dad knew when I'd be home!

Generic Brad

(14,272 posts)
16. Drive a vehicle with a stick shift and clutch
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 04:54 PM
Jun 2019

My lower left leg is no longer freakishly larger than my right lower right leg.

wryter2000

(46,023 posts)
55. I bought a standard shift car four years ago
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 06:42 PM
Jun 2019

Cheaper to buy, better mileage, cheaper repairs. Although it hasn't needed repairs yet. I love standard shift.

zeusdogmom

(987 posts)
68. Me too.
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 08:21 PM
Jun 2019

My little standard transmission Mazda3 is a wonderful car to drive. (It really goes zoom, zoom!!!). 100,000+ miles, just the normal service work, tires,

tymorial

(3,433 posts)
69. What did you get?
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 08:23 PM
Jun 2019

Was it a special order or a sports car? I need a new car soon and I would just kill for a standard.

I have a home office so I drive less than probably 4000 miles a year. The best car I ever had was a standard. It was a Plymouth Sundance. I bought it for 3k in 1995. I think it had been in a wreck and repaired years before because it had low mileage but I never had a problem with that car. I drove it back and forth from UNH to Rhode Island all the time. When gas dropped below a dollar in the 90s I could get home and back on less than 10 bucks.

dhol82

(9,352 posts)
107. I drive a 2003 Subaru WRX
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 04:10 PM
Jun 2019

LOVE my car. Incredible handling. 5 speed turbo.
Just be careful with model years - some have been clunkers.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,816 posts)
131. Honda. I currently drive a 2017 Fit which I acquired last September.
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 10:06 PM
Jun 2019

Before that I drove a 2004 Civic. It's easy to find a stick shift in a Honda, and they are wonderful. My Fit has some kind of thing where when I've stopped on a hill, it simply does not roll backwards when I resume driving.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,816 posts)
130. I am 70 years old and I still drive a stick shift.
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 10:04 PM
Jun 2019

I can't imagine driving an automatic.

I suppose just what kind of car you drive makes a difference. Many years ago, when my first car was a VW bug, I said something to my brother about I didn't understand why so many people wouldn't drive a stick. And this was in about 1968. He said, "Oh, Poindexter. You don't realize the the clutch on most American cars is really stiff and a lot of work." I'm sure he was right about that, but I've haven't driven an American car since about 1968, unless I've rented one and I HATE having to rent an automatic.

I've been driving Honda's for the last 15 years or so, and I'll tell you the clutch on them is incredibly light.

Personally, when I can no longer drive a stick shift I'll know it's time to give up driving.

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
141. I hated
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 03:41 AM
Jun 2019

The stick shift. Like it when my car tells me what to do. Kind of scary when the car parks for you or keeps you in your own lane.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
20. Then there's the dreaded cousin to that...
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 05:23 PM
Jun 2019

...having a matchbook handy to wedge in between the 8-track tape and the player.

My 8-track days were mercifully brief.



Leith

(7,808 posts)
18. Hold the telephone cord
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 05:09 PM
Jun 2019

and watch the receiver as it spins to unwind the cord.

Listen for the dial tone or twirl the dial around.

Answer the phone every time it rings.

Walk to the bus stop.

Iggo

(47,535 posts)
35. Oh yeah! The dial tone!
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 06:03 PM
Jun 2019

Or F Major, for us poor guitar players who could somehow have guitars worth hundreds of dollars, but couldn't seem to scratch together fifty cents for a cheap set of tuning pipes.

(I still walk to the bus stop...lol.)

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
23. I've never been good with directions.
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 05:31 PM
Jun 2019

Here, in South Carolina, many roads are poorly named, or not at all.

You can print out directions with Google Maps or Mapquest and then look for your turns, only to find out that the street you want has a sign like "SR (Service Road) 25."

I depend on Waze on my iPhone to get around these days. A Garman is on my bucket list.

Phentex

(16,330 posts)
22. remember where my keys are...
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 05:31 PM
Jun 2019

they are always in my purse. I push a button to start my car and unlock my house. If I don't have my purse, I can't drive. So I am never searching for my keys in the house anymore. I'd say this has saved me hours!

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
24. Never been a "set the keys down, now where did I put them" guy
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 05:34 PM
Jun 2019

They're always in my pants pocket, and when I hang them up or wash them, they go into a cup next to my laptop, Never anywhere else.

Phentex

(16,330 posts)
29. you're probably a guy with a few keys and loose pants...
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 05:42 PM
Jun 2019

while I have fobs, and rewards thingies, and office keys/post office box keys, etc. I would find it very uncomfortable to have them in my pocket IF I even have a pocket in what I wear. I've carried a purse for as long as I can remember so that is one thing that has not changed.

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)
26. Shave or get a haircut
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 05:40 PM
Jun 2019

Have not put a razor to my face in over 30 years, nor had a haircut in over 25. Stopped even trimming the end of the beard a few years ago.

Everything eventually got to a certain length and has pretty much stabilized there.

Not quite ZZ Top...

Phentex

(16,330 posts)
33. HA! I stopped shaving my legs but
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 05:48 PM
Jun 2019

it's because I had all the hair removed! It's one of the best things I've ever done.

I don't think I could stand to shave my face all the time if I were a guy.

Iggo

(47,535 posts)
41. I went the other way.
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 06:12 PM
Jun 2019

I had hair down to my ass 'til I was in my early 40s.

Now it's never longer than an inch.

Now that I think about it, though, I haven't owned a comb or a blowdryer in fifteen-ish years.

If it ain't one thing, it's another.

Iggo

(47,535 posts)
36. I thought about that the other day when a situation came up that might've landed me in jail.
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 06:08 PM
Jun 2019

Cops: Okay asshole, you got one phone call. Make it count.

Iggo: I don't know anybody with a landline. Guess I'm here 'til the judge kicks me. (Pray for OR, pray for OR, pray for OR...)

tblue37

(65,227 posts)
47. I'll be 69 in August, so I'm not exactly young. But I have never seen that
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 06:17 PM
Jun 2019

commercial (though I still have hot rollers somewhere).

Iggo

(47,535 posts)
50. Sometimes I think the things that are stuck in my head are there because they are well-known...
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 06:36 PM
Jun 2019

...instead of just being stuck in my head...lol.

 

Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)
51. I remember it. Was too young to use them but my sister and I loved that ad
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 06:38 PM
Jun 2019

Knew the lyrics and would sing along

Amerigael

(10 posts)
163. That was the first thing that came to my mind!
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 10:25 AM
Jun 2019

That, and I no longer have to use vice grips to change the channel when the channel dial finally wears out and breaks off

csziggy

(34,131 posts)
44. Listen to the dialup modem handshake
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 06:16 PM
Jun 2019


I did that for years - from 1982 until about 2003. It got really, really old. Of course, so did I.

eppur_se_muova

(36,247 posts)
137. Edit modem scripts.
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 12:50 AM
Jun 2019

Did you know there's a story attached to the Hayes modem language login sequence ? Supposedly a guy from Hayesia lands in NYC not speaking English. He wants to find someplace to eat but none of the locals seems to speak Hayesian. As he's wandering around, he spots a local diner, walks in, and discovers the fellow behind the counter is from Hayesia ! So the following exchange ensues, as he orders himself a traditional breakfast (these codes actually work, and this exchange is repeated with each modem login - minus the punctuation, of course):

FUNEX ?

SVFX !

FUNEM ?

SVFM !

OKLFMNX !

csziggy

(34,131 posts)
138. That is funny!
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 12:58 AM
Jun 2019

I found this while looking for the dialup handshake sound:



It's very informative and stuff I never cared to learn when I was actually using a dialup modem.

MyOwnPeace

(16,919 posts)
111. Like my Dad said when looking for a house.....
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 04:29 PM
Jun 2019

"Hey, this place looks good, it has two bedrooms and a path!"

applegrove

(118,501 posts)
123. LOL. Ours was a path through the woods. Try doing that at night.
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 07:17 PM
Jun 2019

We had flashlights but it was spooky.

wryter2000

(46,023 posts)
53. Wear panty hose
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 06:40 PM
Jun 2019

Never again. I swear if someone puts them on my corpse before my funeral, I'll come back from the dead to haunt them.

MyOwnPeace

(16,919 posts)
112. You've made gardening tougher.........
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 04:32 PM
Jun 2019

nothing better than panty hose for tying up tomato plants. I'm almost embarrassed to ask neighbors for their "used" panty hose - I'm sure they're thinking they're dealing with a perv!

wryter2000

(46,023 posts)
122. LOL
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 06:51 PM
Jun 2019

I'm glad there's one reason for the existence of panty hose. Maybe you should just buy some so you don't look weird. Just say they're for your wife.

catrose

(5,060 posts)
59. First thing I did when moving (or planning to move): acquire a phone book
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 07:05 PM
Jun 2019

Second thing: Buy a Mapsco book or a map of the city.
Heck, I remember sitting in a Kinko's (now FedEx Office) and using their free phone to call about jobs, getting utilities hooked up, all the moving detritus of life.
That's a whole bunch of never-agains right there.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,610 posts)
56. Unlock my car door by turning a key in the lock.
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 06:46 PM
Jun 2019

Partake of the pleasure of ending an angry phone conversation by slamming down the receiver.

Enjoy amusing cat behavior by watching the cats who live with me (actually, I still do that).

Endure clicks, skips and scratches when listening to my favorite music, recorded on those flat plastic disks.

Do word processing with 8" floppy disks in a thing that looked like a toaster.

Dave in VA

(2,035 posts)
118. Still speaking of floppies....
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 05:26 PM
Jun 2019

We were so excited when they came out with the 5 1/4" floppy with twice the storage!!!

Yes, I'm old.......

jmowreader

(50,530 posts)
63. Change the oil in my car by myself
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 07:19 PM
Jun 2019

It's about the same price to take the car to the VW dealer and have it changed as it is to buy all the stuff needed to do the work myself. And when the dealer does it I don't get nasty, don't have to dispose of the old oil and filter, it provides employment to a technician, and they inspect the car to be sure it's in good working order. AND, thanks to putting only official VW oil in it, it's got 256,000 miles and doesn't leak at all.

Niagara

(7,565 posts)
64. I no longer do the following
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 07:22 PM
Jun 2019

Have film developed.

Pay by check. I can't remember the last time that I had to write one out.

Having to remember phone numbers.

Use a library catalog at the public library.

mitch96

(13,871 posts)
71. "Use a library catalog at the public library. "
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 08:51 PM
Jun 2019

Arrrrgggghhhhh... the dreded Dewy Decimal System... I never "got" it... too confusing.
m

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,816 posts)
132. You don't have to get it. All you have to do is go to that part of the library
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 10:12 PM
Jun 2019

with the number corresponding to the book you want.

I have only the vaguest notion of which numbers are which subjects. The Library of Congress system, not as commonly used, is equally opaque, but again, you don't have to have any clue what the numbers mean.

mitch96

(13,871 posts)
150. "You don't have to get it"
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 08:41 AM
Jun 2019

Like I said, I never got it.. Class numbers? subdivisions of subdivisions?Go to the catalog, look up the name of the book, get the number, wander around looking for the number, Try to match the number to the shelf...book not there. Ask school librarian for help and told to look it up... uggh... big pain in the ass..


I did like wandering around the library and looking at all the history books. I'm a history geek.
m

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,816 posts)
153. The books should be shelved with all the numbers
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 09:49 AM
Jun 2019

proceeding in numerical order. They are not strewn about randomly. And the shelves normally have signs at the end telling you exactly what range of number is on each set of shelves.

What is nice is that you look up a book, find it's (I'm making this up entirely because I have at best only a vague notion of what topics have what number) 347.888 Ge. There will always be a couple of letters at the end which will be the first letters of the author's last name. What's so great is that similar books on the same or similar topics will be right nearby. I often stumble across another interesting book that way.

The various non fiction areas of bookstores (I go into those somewhat regularly) are more likely to have topics dispersed across the floor and the books arranged more randomly, which can be a bit frustrating.

The biggest problem with the Dewey Decimal System is that Dewey didn't anticipate the incredible growth of knowledge in certain areas and subsequent vast new numbers of books, requiring many more numbers after the decimal point. But again, learning what numbers are what isn't that important.

Here's something else I do often. I put books on hold at my library and someone there fetches it off the shelf for me. The down side to this is that I don't do the kind of browsing I used to do a lot of, and don't stumble across interesting books anymore.

One of the things I loved about the old card catalogues was that I'd invariably come across the listing for an interesting book. It's not at all the same on the internet, which I now use as much as anyone.

mitch96

(13,871 posts)
157. " I put books on hold at my library and someone there fetches it of"
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 03:53 PM
Jun 2019

That did not work in my local library back in the 50's.. It was a mess and turned me off to the system. These days I just use the google machine..
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justhanginon

(3,289 posts)
65. Cut my grass. This is the year I gave it up and now
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 07:52 PM
Jun 2019

have it cut. Just getting too damn old for that, especially in the heat of summer. Kids were raising hell so I gave it up. Still have mixed emotions about it, like am I really that old. I guess so.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
70. I no longer enter students' grades in a grade book
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 08:35 PM
Jun 2019

First it was a grade book. Then it was Excel. Now it's a grading system built into the learning management system. Hurray for progress!

NJCher

(35,622 posts)
161. yeah, I figured they would decrease our pay over that
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 11:45 PM
Jun 2019

and we got a big whoop de do 2 per cent raise.

mitch96

(13,871 posts)
72. Back in the day.......... working in Radiology
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 08:59 PM
Jun 2019

A tech would figure out how much radiation to use for a certain body part by using a chart. Not to blow my own horn but I was a whiz-bang at making these charts. To me it was fun..
Now a days it's all done by radiation sensing cells and computers... A lot more accurate than making an educated "guess" (SWAG?) if you know how to use the cells and computers..
No more charts, like buggy whips.. lost to the annals of history...
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Kaleva

(36,259 posts)
77. Sleep in my rack with my clothes, jacket, gloves, watch cap and boots on.
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 09:58 PM
Jun 2019

Haven't done that since the late 70's and very early 80's when I was stationed on a Adams class DDG. Also sometimes had to wash my clothes in the ocean and take showers in the rain. Good Times!

peacebuzzard

(5,148 posts)
79. Write a letter (snail mail)
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 10:19 PM
Jun 2019

Now it’s digital platforms w/ emails, text, WhatsApp.
I still send in some payments occasionally by mail, or some government correspondence but letters to friends, never.

Skittles

(153,113 posts)
80. I've sent hundreds of cards and postcards to soldiers overseas
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 10:35 PM
Jun 2019

and I snail mail a friend who is in prison, too.

So, I am still buying Forever stamps.

peacebuzzard

(5,148 posts)
94. I gave up, no one can read my cursive writing
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 10:35 AM
Jun 2019

Every time I write a note to someone (usually decades younger) they have trouble reading the cursive penmanship. I often get compliments on the writings but everyone has trouble reading it. I have resorted to printing my notes to sitters etc. that’s great keeping in touch with our service people overseas. ❤️

leftieNanner

(15,067 posts)
154. My two daughters live across the country
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 10:35 AM
Jun 2019

And they both love to receive hand written letters from their Mama!

Brother Buzz

(36,386 posts)
100. POPCORN
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 03:57 PM
Jun 2019

Dialing POPCORN hooked you up to that lady with the watch (actually I discovered it was POP, followed by any four numbers.

I dialed it a while back and discovered it's no longer in service; times have been better.

rickford66

(5,522 posts)
89. Get up to change channels or volume.
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 12:12 AM
Jun 2019

Do taxes with paper and ink.
Use travelers checks.
Not having bills larger than $10 in my wallet.
Be unaware about The Supreme Court.
Tire chains in Winter. (I kept a set of mounted baldies with chains and changed the wheels when needed)
Adjusting distributor points.
Smoking.
Winding my wristwatch.
Using a slide rule.
Using fountain pens.
Not needing 10MM sockets.
Using 6 inch floppy discs.
Wake up to the test pattern after 1:00 AM.
Look for the city of origin on the bottom of 6 oz glass Coke bottles.
Use a dictionary.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
92. Neither do I
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 02:55 AM
Jun 2019

But I felt sorry for the paperboy going by every house trying to sell subscriptions. He was practically begging.

But I can't even remember the last time I saw a newspaper on a driveway around here, other than that free unrequested, unwanted one.

WiffenPoof

(2,404 posts)
93. Last Picture On The Roll
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 08:43 AM
Jun 2019

Make it a good one, it's the last picture on the roll... Or something to that effect.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
95. Run a cleaning cassette through a VCR or boombox
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 11:43 AM
Jun 2019

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd...

I just had to add "VCR" and "boombox" to my phone's dictionary while typing the subject line.

/get off my lawn

Little Star

(17,055 posts)
96. I no longer change my children's diapers
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 01:23 PM
Jun 2019

Nor my grandchildren's diapers.

Everyone darn growed-up!

No great grandchildren yet.

underpants

(182,631 posts)
103. Tie my shoes
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 04:03 PM
Jun 2019

Okay I do on running and basketball shoes but other than that it's slip ones, permanently tied casual shoes, and work appropriate cowboy boots.

Leghorn21

(13,523 posts)
109. Nope, I still hoard my quarters, in case I run into some
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 04:14 PM
Jun 2019
—————ASTEROIDS, BABY———-——



Sure, it’s been decades, but I’m still hoarding!!
I miss Asteroids with all my heart, no kidding, wwannhh

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
117. Have to make sure no one needs the landline before
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 04:53 PM
Jun 2019

I get online and hear the God awful screeching sound...Welcome you have email.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
120. I don't use a typewriter. Can't remember the last time I did.
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 05:55 PM
Jun 2019

Also, no more need for carbon paper to make a copy of what I was typing. What a royal pain in the ass if you made an error in typing and had to correct the original and the copy. (Before there was a built in correction tape.)

IGoToDU

(177 posts)
134. Credit card procedure
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 11:00 PM
Jun 2019

I know I’m *supposed* to slide it thru the little card reader-thingy- dingie in front of the cash register...and yeah I know it dates me like mad!, I mean come on! It’s been years. But! Hapless me, I often still try to just hand my CC to the cashier. Like we used to!, remember?? One of the few vestigial reflexes remaining from the old days.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
139. Wear a watch
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 02:09 AM
Jun 2019

I get the time off of my smartphone. As for Fitbit, until I'm court-ordered to wear a monitoring device, it ain't gonna happen.

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
146. Now that I still do!
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 03:51 AM
Jun 2019

Tired of paying $10 for new batteries I picked up a lovely pink gold watch with Mother of Pearl face and a real diamond for $12 at the local Walmart. They last for at least 3 years!

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
155. I still see a lot of people wearing watches
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 01:40 PM
Jun 2019

but I like feeling unencumbered by one. And as long as I have my nerd-pack on my belt, I have the time readily available wherever I go.

lark

(23,065 posts)
152. Call for the time and weather. Walk up to tv to change the channel.
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 09:28 AM
Jun 2019

When I was a kid there was a phone # you called to get the time and weather. There was no weather channel and we didn't have clocks on the tv and there were no microwaves or cell phones.

We also didn't have remote controls. My parents had us kids and it was our job to get up and change the channel. Of course, then there were 4 channels (ABC, NBC, CBS & PBS) so no real channel surfing.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
158. No longer receive Netflix envelopes in the mail
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 06:35 AM
Jun 2019

I don't know anyone who still does. It is all streaming.

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