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First Speaker
(4,858 posts)HubertHeaver
(2,520 posts)revmclaren
(2,500 posts)Niagara
(7,565 posts)Demovictory9
(32,423 posts)luvallpeeps
(935 posts)riversedge
(70,092 posts)northoftheborder
(7,569 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,816 posts)It's a fuck of a lot slower than a mouse.
JDC
(10,117 posts)True Blue American
(17,981 posts)Walk across the floor to change the TV.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,816 posts)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)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)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)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)You were out of luck.
MuseRider
(34,095 posts)how that was. I cannot. I guess it was normal.
Lunabell
(6,046 posts)We had one growing up.
keithbvadu2
(36,669 posts)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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dchill
(38,449 posts)Iggo
(47,535 posts)Iggo
(47,535 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)He would drink a few, get argumentative and aggressive, say Ive got your name tattooed on my dick. He always won that bet.
Iggo
(47,535 posts)True Blue American
(17,981 posts)Telephone cords, ugh.
Iggo
(47,535 posts)Iggo
(47,535 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)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)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)My lower left leg is no longer freakishly larger than my right lower right leg.
tymorial
(3,433 posts)I loved driving standards so much.
wryter2000
(46,023 posts)Cheaper to buy, better mileage, cheaper repairs. Although it hasn't needed repairs yet. I love standard shift.
zeusdogmom
(987 posts)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)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.
wryter2000
(46,023 posts)Tiny car. They had it on the lot, just waiting for me to show up.
dhol82
(9,352 posts)LOVE my car. Incredible handling. 5 speed turbo.
Just be careful with model years - some have been clunkers.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,816 posts)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)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)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.
demmiblue
(36,824 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)...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)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)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.)
Learn something everyday!
58Sunliner
(4,372 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)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)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)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)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.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)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)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.
comradebillyboy
(10,128 posts)PatrickforO
(14,559 posts)Also, pump my brakes when in a slide on ice. Can't do that anymore.
Iggo
(47,535 posts)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.
blaze
(6,347 posts)Iggo
(47,535 posts)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...)
Irishxs
(622 posts)Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)tblue37
(65,227 posts)Iggo
(47,535 posts)Iggo
(47,535 posts)tblue37
(65,227 posts)commercial (though I still have hot rollers somewhere).
Iggo
(47,535 posts)...instead of just being stuck in my head...lol.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)Knew the lyrics and would sing along
CanonRay
(14,085 posts)I'm to damn old, and I switched to propane!
LakeArenal
(28,806 posts)No longer get up to change the channel on the teee veee.
Iggo
(47,535 posts)Amerigael
(10 posts)That, and I no longer have to use vice grips to change the channel when the channel dial finally wears out and breaks off
LakeArenal
(28,806 posts)csziggy
(34,131 posts)I did that for years - from 1982 until about 2003. It got really, really old. Of course, so did I.
gristy
(10,667 posts)omg. thanks for posting.
eppur_se_muova
(36,247 posts)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)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.
tblue37
(65,227 posts)Snackshack
(2,541 posts)Out of the glove box to find an address.
applegrove
(118,501 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,919 posts)"Hey, this place looks good, it has two bedrooms and a path!"
applegrove
(118,501 posts)We had flashlights but it was spooky.
wryter2000
(46,023 posts)Never again. I swear if someone puts them on my corpse before my funeral, I'll come back from the dead to haunt them.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,148 posts)I gave up pantyhose too. I only wear pants and long skirts.
MyOwnPeace
(16,919 posts)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)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.
backtoblue
(11,343 posts)catrose
(5,060 posts)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)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.
Marthe48
(16,905 posts)why in the world is the 'save' icon still a floppy?
Dave in VA
(2,035 posts)We were so excited when they came out with the 5 1/4" floppy with twice the storage!!!
Yes, I'm old.......
dameatball
(7,395 posts)Ohiogal
(31,922 posts)Glad those days are over.
Cartoonist
(7,309 posts)My materialism is past. Now what do I do with all that stuff?
MyOwnPeace
(16,919 posts)Glamrock
(11,787 posts)and buying cigarettes for dad....at 8 years old.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)True Blue American
(17,981 posts)Call it a Mouse?
jmowreader
(50,530 posts)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)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)Arrrrgggghhhhh... the dreded Dewy Decimal System... I never "got" it... too confusing.
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,816 posts)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)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.
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,816 posts)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)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)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.
DBoon
(22,340 posts)nt
rurallib
(62,387 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)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)and we got a big whoop de do 2 per cent raise.
mitch96
(13,871 posts)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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Leith
(7,808 posts)to get the FM station to come in clearly.
Kaleva
(36,259 posts)Kaleva
(36,259 posts)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!
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)peacebuzzard
(5,148 posts)Now its 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)and I snail mail a friend who is in prison, too.
So, I am still buying Forever stamps.
peacebuzzard
(5,148 posts)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. thats great keeping in touch with our service people overseas. ❤️
leftieNanner
(15,067 posts)And they both love to receive hand written letters from their Mama!
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Waste of time.
dchill
(38,449 posts)OR my Muraphone.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)BarbaRosa
(2,684 posts)GeorgiaResister
(15 posts)No longer call a number to hear the time and temperature
Brother Buzz
(36,386 posts)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.
JCMach1
(27,553 posts)Now, I only go if liquor stores are closed...
rickford66
(5,522 posts)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.
lpbk2713
(42,740 posts)And I don't miss it.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)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)Make it a good one, it's the last picture on the roll... Or something to that effect.
MyOwnPeace
(16,919 posts)SO many times - THAT was the "good" one - and I only got 1/2 of it!
krispos42
(49,445 posts)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)Nor my grandchildren's diapers.
Everyone darn growed-up!
No great grandchildren yet.
struggle4progress
(118,236 posts)Marthe48
(16,905 posts)Just set the timer on the stove.
True Blue American
(17,981 posts)PJMcK
(21,998 posts)Its almost all done with software.
underpants
(182,631 posts)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.
yewberry
(6,530 posts)Cut coupons using scissors
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)Alexa play Dark side of the moon.
Leghorn21
(13,523 posts)Sure, its been decades, but Im still hoarding!!
I miss Asteroids with all my heart, no kidding, wwannhh
oregonjen
(3,334 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)I get online and hear the God awful screeching sound...Welcome you have email.
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)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.)
sdfernando
(4,927 posts)lastlib
(23,164 posts)becca da bakkah
(426 posts)....I'm a girl!
True Blue American
(17,981 posts)42bambi
(1,753 posts)True Blue American
(17,981 posts)I need to do that!
Vertical blinds the dust slides right off.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)dot matrix printer.
IGoToDU
(177 posts)I know Im *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! Its 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.
True Blue American
(17,981 posts)The machine works, for everyone but me!
subterranean
(3,427 posts)"At the tone, the time will be..."
k8conant
(3,030 posts)or listen to my transistor radio.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)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)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)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.
True Blue American
(17,981 posts)I just want to glance at my watch. My phone is not always available
jpak
(41,757 posts)lark
(23,065 posts)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)I don't know anyone who still does. It is all streaming.
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sakabatou
(42,141 posts)Did so for about... 2 years. Then I went off to college.