Datalounge People- What Things Do You Do Or Own That Are Considered Rather Old Fashioned Nowadays?

OP = Mrs. Drysdale.

I still have a shitload of cd's. New cars no longer have the players.

R2- BOTH of my cars have CD players- which I use sometimes.

A bedtime bonnet.

Great way to avoid hair breakage.

OP, you wear your Luddite badge like a chip on your shoulder but you spend all your time posting on an Internet message board about your incredibly uninteresting bathhouse trips, expecting everyone to be impressed with your desperation.

Which makes you a hypocrite and a sad slut.

Plus, you have a shitty TV and two cars, which is a total waste of maintenance costs and insurance.

Reevaluate your life, ASAP.

I used to get out of my coupe, lean forward facing the door and tell the nice man in the clean uniform to "check the fluids and fill 'er up," and then stroll to the rest room.

Unfortunately, R5's spunk and interpretive correctness does not make up for lack of reasoning and language skills.

OP keeps SnackWells in the freezer!

R5- They're not fancy cars. Just an eight year old Camry and a six year old Subaru.

Post on Datalounge.

[quote]I've NEVER used an automated bank teller. To deposit checks and withdraw, l cash I go into the bank branch and do all of my transactions using a person behind the counter. I've never done my bank transactions any other way. I pay all of my bills with checks that I send through the mail.

You exactly like my sister. She's 75, and I'm 69. She doesn't even have a debit card. She's never pumped her own gas. She doesn't really know how to use here phone. She doesn't text at all. To share pictures with her, I have to email them and she has a guy that works for her show them to her.

I've had a debit card since 1982. I don't write checks at all. I pay all my bills online. I haven't gone to a bank to deposit a check in years. I use my phone.

Only six years apart and we're so different.

R6 Did you ever meet George Maharis?

You still pay with checks? Good lord are you 96 years old? Sending checks through the mail is a great way to have your identity stolen.

I’m a money order person. Whenever I pay a bill, it’s with a money order instead of a check.

Groceries

Not a fax machine, but I have an eFax account. Silly as it sounds it does come in handy. Especially since the tech company I work for got rid of all their faxing capabilities, not realizing that the legal and compliance team needs to deal with the government.

I sniff the copies I make on my ditto machine. My nose turns purple but it's better than sex.

I still use a checkbook, watch made-for-TV movies from the 70s and 80s on YouTube, go to the library for books and DVD'S, and don't use Spotify.

I'm 59 years old.

I’m in my mid 40s and I have lots of physical media, so I have nothing against that.

But you old farts really should stop sending checks through the mail. You’re putting yourself at risk for identity theft. Pay your bills online with a credit card instead (assuming you’re responsible enough to pay it off in full every month). That’s what I do and I get points towards travel. With checks you get zero benefit.

I don’t want a smart phone. How’s that?

You really shouldn’t take solace in being backwards.

What is wrong with checks? I still use them.

R7 I think R5 pretty much summed you up very clearly

R22

[quote]What is wrong with checks? I still use them.

A check has your bank routing number and account number on it. And people usually put their address on them as well. So if the check falls into the wrong hands they can steal your info and drain your bank account.

A friend of mine was a thorn in the side of her employer, a company with 25,000 employees locally. The entire staff gets their paychecks through direct deposit and their pay stubs are sent electronically, except for her, who insists on having a paper check delivered to her every payday. I don't know why they just don't tell her to get with the program, but they don't. I can only imagine there's some labor law or regulation that gives her the right to do so.

So they have a special process where they print one paycheck and courier it to her. Then, on the next Saturday morning, it's off to the bank (through the drive-thru, never going inside) to cash the check. Then back home to divide the cash among a set of envelopes, each for a specific bill or expense, because That's The Way Mom Did It.

R25 I'm guessing that your weird friend's Mom is the OP, aka, Mrs. Drysdale.

That's why I always go inside the post office post the letter or bills

[quote]I've NEVER used an automated bank teller.

WHAT is an automated bank teller?

Very frugal of you, R18. I commend you.

I refuse to drive to my favorite country inn for a weekend of relaxation.

I fly to Pixley then take a hansom cab to Hootervillle to take the train to the Shady Rest.

So relaxing!

That nice Mrs. Bradley and her delightful daughters always have a refreshing buttermilk and gin ready for me to sip on the veranda with dear Uncle Joe!

[quote]Sending checks through the mail is a great way to have your identity stolen.

And to have your checking account depleted. I've stopped mailing checks for that reason. Mail is increasingly being stolen by people looking for checks.

OP sounds like someone who would get into the "10 items or fewer" line at the supermarket and than laboriously pay by writing a check.

R28, that’s how arcane OP is. The term is so old, it hasn’t even been called that in years. Most people know them as ATMs - Automated Teller Machines.

You can use your banking app to deposit checks for that one time a year you might receive one.

[quote]that’s how arcane OP is. The term is so old, it hasn’t even been called that in years. Most people know them as ATMs - Automated Teller Machines.

Which most people insist on redundantly calling "ATM machines."

I have never lived in a home with a dishwasher. My husband keeps offering to install one, but I like washing dishes by hand.

My apartment came with a dishwasher. I use it only sporadically but I'm glad it's there.

R36, you do still wash dishes with a dishwasher. I use mine just for plates. Glasses, silverware. I hand wash my posts and stemware or anything too delicate to wash in a machine, anything made of wood or that has a print on it I don’t want to lose. I think you’d enjoy a dishwasher.

Maybe, R38. If we ever build a new house, I may treat myself.

I host gentleman callers the old-fashioned way. Of course, only beautiful,, sophisticated ladies are able to do that nowadays.

I pay my bills online. My rent is an automatic withdrawal.

Oh, and r36 I didn’t have a dishwasher for most of my adult life either - just the past three years. So I washed everything by hand as well. But now letting plates and silverware fill up a dishwasher is a treat.

Yes checks can get stolen. But banks have to make good forged checks.

OTOH, you’ve fewer legal rights and protection if someone empties your banking account electronically.

For electronic banking aficionados (most people) if someone gets hold of and uses your online banking credentials (passwords are all over the Dark Web) you’re likely sunk.

They’ll “temporarily” credit you with money while they “investigate”; but if it’s too difficult for them to recover the funds stolen from your now empty account you’re basically SOL.

[quote]I pay all of my bills with checks that I send through the mail.

UNFORGIVABLE

[quote] I pay all of my bills with checks that I send through the mail.

Does that mean you also never purchase any retail item online?

I walk the High Street once a month to visit all the dear shopkeepers and then I settle my accounts with shillings and pence!

It's all so pleasantly delightful!

I save the tea shop for last so I can sip a nice cuppa with a side of crumpets and maybe even some clotted cream if I'm feeling especially festive!

A flip phone.

It is 2025, and I have never owned a smart phone.

I have questions for the op! Have you never needed cash outside of banking hours? Do you use a debit card to make payments at stores or do you pay with everything by cash?

When it comes to taking care of personal business, I've been using just the tiniest dab of Vaseline ever since I was 13.

I remember when it was in glass jars.

Use Jergens as lube

I guess this isn’t the thread for me. I should have managed my expectations from the very beginning, because I find it nothing but agitating. These admissions are not badges of honor as some of you perceive them to be nor are they lovable quirks. They are embarrassing.

With the speed at which technology is moving and the human experience along with it, saying you have never owned a smartphone is like saying in 2015 you’ve never owned a color TV. It screams something has gone wrong in your life.

The old timey thing I can admit to still doing is I still put two spaces after a period when I am writing text, emails or DL posts.

^and doing that is so old now I see, that DL doesn’t even format for double spaces after periods anymore, even if you put them.

I used to work customer service for Amazon and it was always funny the people who would phone up and were such tin hats they wouldn’t want to do the security check (which was account name, e-mail address and postal code). And they’d be like, “I don’t want to give you that information.” And I’d say, “I already HAVE that information. And secondly, YOU phoned ME.” They were so kind of clueless.

I go to the library at least once a month. I will not read anything longer than a magazine article on a screen.

R2 I had the same problem when i bought my new 2024 Subaru Crosstrek last year. My salesperson sent me a link to a portable CD player on Amazon that her dealership highly recommended - $59 you plug it into the car's phone charger. Plays perfectly - glad I got it. (They also sold it in the dealership 'accessories' shop for triple the price, so she sent me the direct link to buy it through Amazon myself and skip their ridiculous mark-up fees).

I prefer an appointment book to an online calendar.

Me too, r56.

I also prefer writing out "to do" lists in a notebook.

Like OP, I pay all my bills by check. I go into the bank and have developed relationships with the tellers and managers there.

I'm getting rid of my landline next week.

I still get the NY Times delivered every day. I prefer reading print rather than e books, although I do

I still hand write Christmas and birthday cards, as well as thank you notes.

I mail Christmas/Hanukkah/Holiday cards and match the stamp to the card.

I rarely use checks anymore after having a check stolen and “washed.” The bank immediately refunded me the nine thousand dollars, but it was a huge hassle having all of my accounts frozen and then changed.

I don't write many checks anymore but I still use my checkbook to balance my accounts, which is a REALLY archaic thing to do. I also use a wall calendar.

I still have an alarm clock that has a port for my iPod.

I hate dealing with people in public. I was like OP until I discovered my Debit Card.

Going to the market, scanning my own items, paying electronically, and leaving without having dealt with a random human being is WONDERFUL.

Most of my underwear is tighty whities. Does that count?

R55, do you remember the brand of the CD player you bought? I'm in desperate need of one for my car.

I only drink pour over coffee at home - no machine, no French press, no percolator. I have tried every method over the years and I'm happiest with the humble filter over the cup method. Obviously I enjoy a nice latte or half white if I go to an actual coffee shop, but that's more of a treat.

I have three checks left and I always wonder that when I write the third if it will probably be my last. I do love my checkbook cover which I've had for about 50 years. I enjoy going into the bank, though an ATM is helpful. A solid relationship with your bank tellers and managers can really help you if you really need assistance because help lines are misnomers.

I also take the bus to work, even though I have a car and I will walk when possible. I make stock and broth from scratch, all baking is done from scratch, I only read books in print (I'm a librarian so it's a little easier for me to get titles).

I have an old Melitta and a French press for coffee. No pods. Though lately Ive been sticking to tea.

ATMs were introduced almost 50 years ago. It's a bit weird to avoid them this long, and weirder still to think it's somehow "special."

I'm in my late 50s but work in a tech field, and the cutesy-poo "look at me! I'm a total Luddite in the 21st century! I still write checks teehee!" act among my age cohort is so fucking cringeworthy. You sound idiotic.

Re: the check discussion upthread -

If you insist on writing checks to pay bills, do yourself a favor and do NOT drop those envelopes into the blue drop boxes outside the post office (or anywhere). If your soul simply MUST compel you to stick with writing a check, do it and then go inside the post office to drop it directly into their inside mail dropoff slot.

Drive up boxes in many areas of the country have been hit by thieves who put two sided tape or other contraptions into the mail slot, catch dropped mail, open it and "wash" the checks to rewrite them for larger amounts to themselves. As inconvenient as it may be to hoist your fat ass out of the car and waddle inside, that inconvenience pales to the amount of inconvenience you'll experience when you have to close your account and open another one.

I'm not against using an ATM and have used one plenty in the time they've been around.

But in the last few years, I've alternated going to the ATM with going into a branch for counter withdrawals, mostly because when I get cash out those times, I want something more than just twenties. I like having some smaller bills (10s, 5s and 1s) on hand.

(I know some banks offer various denominations, mine does not.)

R68 The only idiotic sounding person I'm hearing is the 50-something self-important narcissist who somehow thinks working in tech makes him a member of an elitist club and gives him a pass to be a complete dick.

[quote] I’m a money order person. Whenever I pay a bill, it’s with a money order instead of a check.

I did this for a long time. It was very helpful as I was learning to manage a checkbook/my finances in general. I liked that, once I paid for the money order, that money was out of my account and I wasn't waiting for it to clear. It helped me manage my finances.

As for print vs online - I think it's great if you're still reading printed newspapers and books. I started reading more ebooks during the pandemic and now really like it, because it can fit on my desktop computer's screen and I can see the text much better. As for newspapers, so few of the ones I'd want to read are printed regularly, though I do read a few here and there in PDF form.

Datalounge people when I go to the food store- Trader Joe's, Whole Foods ( I just returned from there) I always pay with my credit card. I have accumulated a lot of points on Amazon to purchase things. I still have a landline phone at home. I was an early adopter with one thing- I acquired my first cell phone in November 1998. My friend never goes into a bank and only uses the automated tellers and someone stole his account number and he had to close his bank account and reopen it with a new account. I told him I NEVER uses the automated bank tellers and do all of my bank transactions with a teller at the bank. He's seriously considering going that route. Someone asked about cash when the bank is closed. I usually take out $2,000 or more in cash which lasts me for at least 1 1/2 months or more.

R11- I don't have a debit card. I've never had a debit card. I don't have any tattoos either and if that makes me uncool - who cares.

You are far more likely to have fraud with checks than with an ATM, especially an ATM inside a bank.

Even using an ATM on a regular basis seems old-fashioned to me. Who needs cash that often? Almost every reputable business uses cards, and the rare ones that require cash tend to be service providers like hair stylists who want to minimize the taxes on their earnings.

You don't even need cash to pay back a friend for something in the age of Venmo, Zelle and PayPal.

Even if I pay with card in a restaurant, I often tip with cash, r76

I pay a few bills by check, by mail. I put the envelope in my rural mailbox and flip the flag up for the mail carrier.

I admit I still do write checks to pay my bills, but I'm in the process of starting to logon to my various utilities and paying with my Visa card. I just figured that, where I live, people are too damned dumb to "wipe" a check, although I do know that this can happen to a check in any point in the process.

One thing I am (now considered) old-fashioned about is use of proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation. I know that no one under 50 GAF about this anymore, but to me, it's a pride thing. I always check my posts at least once (and sometimes twice) to make sure everything is correct, and unless I am expressing an opinion (which is fairly frequently), I make sure I can back it up with citations, although I usually don't link them. Too long in grad school, I guess.

The thing is, what DLers don't understand (and feel free to scoff at me, which I know you will) is that even if someone here writes something I think is relevant or profound, if there are spelling errors in it, I completely discount it. I read it, but it loses its luster. I wonder if the person is just as sloppy and inaccurate in the opinions/facts they are expressing. Yes, I judge people by their writing skills just as much as by what they have to say. So sue me.

BTW, I worked P/T for a number of years scoring essays for the GREs. I scored essays for the SATs, when they did that (SATs in general are barely required anymore). I scored AP Government essays. I scored No Child Left Behind essays, and I read and scored college applications for a large public university here in Florida for six years. So forgive me for being "anal" about your writing. It served me well when I got paid to do it.

In the late 80’s I bought a new build apartment that came with integrated appliances, in the five years I lived there I never once used the dishwasher. I have lived in my current new build apartment for 13 years and once again I’ve never even switched the dishwasher on.

Also I’m 65 and never had a drivers licence, I walk or use public transport as I’ve always lived in inner London with excellent public transport links. I did have some driving lessons in my early 30’s, I failed my test and never tried again, I decided driving wasn’t for me.

if you have a bank account, you will have a debit card. They give it to you!

I still have a TV Guide subscription.

I still respond verbally with "You're welcome" when I'm thanked.

[quote] You don't even need cash to pay back a friend for something in the age of Venmo, Zelle and PayPal.

I envy you r76.

I can't make that jump even though I rarely ever use paper checks anymore and pay my bills on my credit union cyber account.

Part of it is that I don't want to use something right-wing Trumpers created. And I'm sick of creating accounts and passwords.

Finally, I still retain an unreasonable fear of putting my financial account numbers into more than where I have them now.

I prefer humans, I never use the check out machines...fuck that!

no tattoos.

yes, one of my friends put a check into a mailbox and it was stolen by crooks...they tried to cash it for 5000. My friend's bank caught it and they didn't get the $$$

Some of you are so old, you fart dust.

cash is king

lol, yes, I still have CDs, the quality is better than spotify

There is one things I write a monthly check for and that’s my townhouse payment, because their online payment portal never allows me to complete the sign-up process. I physically walk the paper check to the co-op office and drop it off, at which point they scan it to the co-op’s bank account at the same bank I write my checks from. So there’s minimal transitory data exposure risk.

And I do hate all the self-checkouts. I avoid them whenever possible. Outside of these two things, I’m very digitized - right down to two factor authentication on everything I can, and a secured private network and server which I administer on my own for both business and personal uses.

I still drive a manual after all these years, so that’s a bit retro too I suppose.

R83, you might already have Zelle through your banking app. I can't guarantee it wasn't founded by right-wingers like PayPal, but that at least solves the additional logins / financial info problem.

This thread is mindboggling.

[quote]I still drive a manual after all these years, so that’s a bit retro too I suppose.

It's not.

R90- I detest the self checkouts that most Whole Foods stores have now. Since Bezos bought WF I agree with the people who say the products and the service there has declined. I don't work at Whole Foods therefore I have not interest in scanning my own produce ( of which I buy a lot every week) . It's a PAIN IN THE ASS to have to weigh and scan those items myself.

Trader Joe's is not a luxury store yet they have no self checkouts ( thank goodness).

I love self checkouts. Always have, always will.

I used to play around with this Asian guy who once told me that even though he has a dishwasher he washes every single dish by hand because he doesn’t trust the dishwasher. Maybe it’s a cultural thing but it seems odd considering dishwashers use hotter water and wash for longer so a dishwasher does a better job.

I print my boarding passes and feel like a Luddite at the airport.

R97- I always print my boarding pass at home and I never tap my credit card ( it never seems to work for me or maybe I just don't know how to use it that way) I always insert it into the credit card reader.

More old fashionedness from me- I miss the big American cars from the 1970's when I was a kid with their big bench velour seats and good thigh support and shoulder room plus the big smooth V-8 engines.

I print my boarding pass at the airport even after I have done the online check-in and added the electronic boarding pass to my e-wallet. I handle my train ticket the same way.

Nothing is safe when it comes to money. I’ve had my purse stolen, had a check stolen and washed and had my debit card skimmed at the ATM. If you are still writing checks use a felt tip pen where the inks bleeds through. They are unwashable.

I canceled my subscription to Car & Driver magazine which I’ve had for more than 50 years because I don’t want to read about EVs.

I am polite and say please and thank you...

MODERN

I pay for almost everything by credit card or electronic funds transfers. I will use cash only to tip at bars and restaurants, or if I buy some item of less than a few Euros. Haven't written a check in many years. Haven't used a money order or an Xmas card in this century. Haven't been into a bank except to open an account in >10 years.

My calendar, contacts, fotos, and documents are electronic files, though I do have a file drawer full of deeds, vital documents, insurance policies, wills, etc. in paper form.

I don't have a landline phone.

I haven't bought a stamp or sent anything by mail in years, and receive very little - renewals of passports and credit cards and a few tax documents, for example.

"OLD-FASHIONED"

I had a huge library and sold it. Now I'm building a smaller version with a somewhat different focus. Most of it is art reference books, so there is an added point to having print books.

I often print tickets (planes, trains, events) simply because they are easily scanned.

I prefer to buy clothes in person and buy very few new things of any sort online, generally only oddball things not available locally.

Self check outs seem to malfunction every time I come near them so I don't use them. Not worth the aggravation.

I don't use my credit card in restaurants. Cash only.

Other than that, i got my first cell phone in 1992. First laptop in 1995. Pay all of my bills online where I can. I'm not afraid of technology. I just do things however they work best for me.

Sooner or later everything is considered old fashioned.

I use a credit card most everywhere but that's more of a security thing - if there's fraud most CC companies/banks will reimburse you. If it's a debit account there's a deductible of sorts.

I don't "buy" groceries on credit, I pay the amount in full every month, it's just a money management tool and not a way to pay for things over time.

Although I’ll use self checkout in a pinch, I prefer to go with a real human being. I want them to stay employed. I don’t use an ATM card. I’m old. That makes me a preferred target to be mugged. On the modern side, I rarely use checks. I use credit cards and online payment. Automatic payment is convenient, as well. I drive a plug in hybrid. So, I guess I’m a mix of old and new.

Reasonably modern for my age, but there are old-fashioned habits I hang onto.

I only read hard copies of books. Anything longer than a few pages, I don’t want to be looking at a screen.

I accept that others say No worries when I thank them, but still prefer to say You’re welcome when I’m thanked. And I’m very big on Please, Excuse me, and so on. Would rather overuse than underuse these phrases.

(And why is Trader Joe’s the worst when it comes to lack of manners? Not the workers. The shoppers. Push past you to grab something with zero acknowledgement.)

Very rare for me to write a check. Except for my rent. No, it doesn’t go in a public mailbox. I slip it under my landlord’s door. A better system for me than paying my rent online because it often doesn’t get deposited for a week or two.

Though I’m comfortable using GPS while driving, I prefer having an idea of my route and jotting down directions on paper in advance. This has nothing to do with avoidance of technology in this case. It’s just that I have a good sense of direction, I like having a picture in my head of where I’m going, and also don’t want to depend on a last-minute warning from the GPS about where to turn. And sometimes I find the GPS instructions annoying and/or the info doesn’t correspond to what I’m seeing. (For example, GPS says, “Turn right on Main Street” but I only see signs with route numbers - or vice versa.)

I think the one old-fashioned habit I don’t believe I’ve seen listed here is listening to the radio. I’ve been a big radio fan since I was a kid. I love unique stations that feature local programming. NPR and BBC and CBC have some excellent programs. But I’m especially fond of stations that don’t belong to any sort of network at all.

Finally, I want to second what seniorlesbian said about continuing to write in complete sentences with proper punctuation and all of that. (OK, I’m sure if you look hard enough you’ll find my shortcomings here.) But decades of training enforced the habit in me.

Interestingly, I’ve come to realize that writing clearly and correctly is not merely perceived as old fashioned. On the dating/hookup apps, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s an actual red flag.

For example, if I see an appealing profile and I send this message:

hru

I’m twenty times more likely to get a response - a positive response - than if I send this message:

Hello. How are you?

It’s baffling to me. I honestly don’t get why the latter message is such a turnoff. Then again, I must be too old fashioned to understand it.

Even if you don't use checks you can still get your bank account wiped out.

When I was in a relationship with Brad Pitt, we fell in love and decided to get married. He had a lot of financial problems with his ex and his accounts were frozen so I kept giving him money until I was broke!

I stopped reading physical books, not because it's old fashioned but because I'm old and reading ebooks is much easier on my eyes.

I read books on my phone when taking public transportation.

I have a manual crank card shuffler I got as I kid that I still get a kick out of using when my friends come over to play bridge (which, in and of itself, seems pretty old fashioned).

I also have a hand crank ice crusher that I will have out at a party.

I still pay cash for drinks when I go out to bars (except when I'm in Manhattan, where most bars no longer accept cash).

I leave an actual radio on for our pet parrot during the day

I have a radio alarm clock that I use to listen as well in the bedroom when I don't feel like messing with selection (it's fun to be surprised at the classical or jazz station offerings and learn)

I keep stamps around for the odd reason you might need some

I send handwritten Christmas/Hanukkah cards

I have a car over 2 decades old that's still running and a stick and it works great (God Bless Toyota)

I read physical books that I buy used

I like doing crosswords by hand

I have a DVD player and own DVDs for fear things I love are taken down from streaming catalogues (and it's happened already many times)

I mend things by hand

I have a safe deposit box

I have a cedar chest for the precious, rare mementos I don't want to lose. It doubles as a bench in the bedroom

I prefer bar soap

I have vinyl records, still from my youth, and a record player

I still use the shorthand I learned in HS and the medical shorthand I learned in trade school

I type faster now than I ever did in typing class, on a keyboard but prefer the feel of a typewriter even though it's a PITA

I like keeping a journal

I subscribe to 2 national magazines

[quote]I still drive a manual after all these years, so that’s a bit retro too I suppose.

I wish I could have found one I liked! I was looking for an older used truck with a stick shift -- and I did find one, but the stick was so short I don't know how anyone could have used it! I'm 5'5" and it was a reach for me!

My old trucks had long shifters you could actually reach without bending down. So I bought an automatic.

And thanks for that tip with the felt-tip pen, EL @ R99 --maybe I can fish one out of my shoeboxes full of old office supplies.

R108 same.

I don't dislike printed books nor do I make a big point of doing one or the other.

I started doing ebooks more mostly because either (a) my library had more titles as ebooks or (b) I could buy something quickly on Kindle.

I'm dialing down Kindle purchases since I'm trying to avoid Amazon, but still read a lot of library ebooks.

[quote] I haven't bought a stamp or sent anything by mail in years

Don't you people send a sympahy card, or a birthday card, ever?

R115 That's what the "Hug" emoji is for on Facebook.

Actually, I remembered something I do that is probably old fashioned, and R115 reminded me what it is.

I send out Christmas cards.

I keep a small number of stamps around through the year but will buy stamps for Christmas cards.

Mainly, CDs. I still buy them, sometimes, too. My 2012 car has a CD player. Of course they took them out of cars...nobody wants you to own your media. they want you to rent it.

I don’t use my food processor often. When I grate carrots and beets for my salad I use an old fashioned metal hand grater.

R79 - "if there are spelling errors in it, I completely discount it" ... when I was doing a certain job, I always knew if the email response was from the secretary or the big boss because the secretaries response was flawless and the response from the guys worth several hundred million dollars contained several spelling errors and NEVER contained any punctuation.

I still get pissed off at people who should know better (newscasters, anyone involved in communication) who misuse “less and fewer” and who think the use of objective pronouns is always incorrect, even in a prepositional phrase.

I'm churning my own butter as I type!

Same here, R121. My mother was an English teacher and she was absolutely OBSESSED with the proper use of less and fewer.

R123. That’s because it’s so easy to learn when to use less vs fewer. If you can’t count it use less. If you can count it use fewer. I used the example of “less water and fewer ounces” with students. Lights would go on.

I check Consumer Reports when considering buying stuff like cars and appliances.

I try to do my own arithmetic instead of using tech.

R122 is that what they’re calling it these days—you’re post-modern!

I appreciate nice handwriting. I think it’s sad that cursive handwriting has become obsolete. It’s easier for me to write than to print.

I still use cursive, which is odd because I'm in the tech racket, but it's exactly the same scrawl I had when I was 12.

If you pay your bills by check, you are helping people keep their jobs. Someone has to sell you the stamp. Process your mail and deliver it. Someone also has to process your payment.

A have a couple of old policies that are not connected for electronic payments, so I still write checks.

I read books in different languages and scrawl in pen on the books’ pages my notes on new words or phrases, just like I’ve done since I was in college.

Except now I use Google Lens and AI as translation support instead of a dictionary. It’s fucking fantastic.

So I’m a compromised Luddite.

I prefer the glory hole in the men's room at the Arco station out on Route 9 to using some fancy gay sex app to find me a "date".

For those discussing e-books vs. physical books: Studies have shown that the mind understands and retains information read in a physical book or journal better than it does that read on a screen or monitor (see link).

"Very unique" bothers me.

If I can't visit my aunt, the last remaining relative of the previous generation, I write her a letter and I send her cards.

I write thank you notes to people...in cursive.

I mail Christmas cards. Also scribed in cursive.

Dialling the phone with an iPod.

I still work well with a pen and paper. Listing, prioritizing, etc.

I still have an iPod lol

A gas chamber.

R124 = Blanche DuBois

I mind my own business.

R140 is FAT STUFF!

My mother still gets The Saturday Evening Post.

I had no idea it still existed.

I want to print out this thread, stick it in a canister and rocket it to the moon so future beings can read it.

My partner has topped most of the surfaces in the drawing rooms with 1920s Egyptian embroidered linen doilies. Same maker, same style, all sizes and shapes. He thinks it goes with all the Egyptian statuary and busts.

Truth.

dIvOrCe!

talk to people face to face in person

[quote] [R11]- I don't have a debit card. I've never had a debit card. I don't have any tattoos either and if that makes me uncool - who cares

I’ve never heard a human conflate tattoos and ATM cards as equally edgy endeavors.

I’m sure these amazing tales are like dick bait at the bathhouse., OP.

To R37-You should run your dishwasher once a week, just so it runs correctly. and doesn't clog up.

R113 Hi Senior Lesbian - although I’ve drive a sporty hatchback with the stick, I’ve always wanted a mid sized pickup with a manual as well - such as the more recent model Toyota Tacomas that actually could be had with the full six-banger engine paired with the manual - none of that crap where they force the sticks to be paired with the weaker inline 4 cylinders and such.

Of course the brand-new Tacomas now are all turbocharged 4 cylinder engines - but you can still get the manual option, thank God. Even though I’m not actually going to buy another vehicle any time soon if I can help it.

I would be curious if the manual shifter on the Tacoma or the Nissan Frontier models would fit your bill. Of course they’re longer than in my hatchback, but I never got familiar with those older ones that protruded from the floor really far. I can remember riding in some like that back when I was a kid though.

Might be worth typing something like “Tacoma manual transmission interior” into Google Image Search and having a look. I knew there are plenty of used Tacomas out there, but the downside is the damn things hardly depreciate at all, so even well used they’re all too damn expensive. Though it could end up being as you described and would require sitting uncomfortably close to the steering wheel.

Regards to the little dog by the way!

My 5 speed manual transmission truck.

When I want to attract a gentleman I wave my kerchief at him, while coquettishly giggling behind my gloved hand.

[quote]I still have an alarm clock that has a port for my iPod.

Next to my bed is a clock radio that has a built-in tape cassette player. Admittedly, it's been many years since I inserted a cassette into it. But I still use the radio alarm setting. It's set to an NPR station, so I generally wake up to people yapping instead of music.

When I'm in residence in Cairo, I have a Nubian manservant, Tambal.

Burn those things R146. It's the only way to be sure.

I think many of these admissions are honorable. I respect people who STILL balance their checkbooks ( I CANNOT imagine sitting still long enough to do that). The last time I used a stamp, they were a quarter. Now them shits are .75!! I haven’t been to a library in decades, and I’m always surprised when I drive by one.

I used ATMs like toilets, but now I avoid them like the plague. I’m leery about using my card at the pump, but I ain’t walking into a gas station, if I don’t have to. I will drive to another one if I can’t use my card. I’ve got a checkbook, but I rarely use it. I remember at one point it had been so long since I wrote a check, I had to GOOGLE how to do it. I do check my account daily and have every alert available on my phone to avoid unauthorized transactions. I’m talking about notifying me when anything over $20 is withdrawn. There are so many ways to get your accounts jacked that you HAVE TO BE vigilant.

The nearest hospital no longer takes cash, and I can imagine it’s fucking up the older patients. I have to take my elderly mother to her appointments because she doesn’t have an email address and doesn’t know--and will never understand--how to work an app.

I don’t even step inside a bank to renew my mortgage.

I wear pantyhose, which I refer to as nylons.

I sleep with a mustache protector.

How's this?

I use a clothesline to dry my laundry and have done so since 2008.

R144 is that the Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post?

I use a goose-feather quill pen with Karkos ink to write my thank-you notes when I'm leaving my new companion from the previous night snoring in his satiety.

It's part of what I keep in my trick purse.

I line dry my clothes r161. Sheets and towels get the dryer.

I still use powdered laundry and dishwasher detergent

I occasionally use Corn Huskers Lotion as a lubricant for erotic purposes

It's not summer if I don't slash on some Halston I12 in the morning

I use the seasonal specific fragrance of Glade Air Freshener

My cat eats Purina Cat Chow

I use Comet Cleanser on my kitchen sink and bathtub. I refer to myself as "Josephine" on cleaning days.

I always have Sanka,Melba Toast and Cheese Wiz on hand.

I have wrapped candy in a MCM dish in my living room. The flavor/type of candy is specific to the season/upcoming holiday.

I love Cheese Wiz a little too much so I rarely buy it. My brother called it cheese-flavoured Vaseline.

I cross at the green, not in between.

I have a FULL forest of pubic hair and a natural body- no tattoos, no piercings and no rings.

When I was young it was usual for 15-17-year-old Catholic boys to hustle for sex in Tower Grove Park for weekend date money.

They were clean cut and more prized by most. But some johns would prefer the older, tougher city-school reps, who were in it for the booze, drugs, and frequent rolling that got them more cash than they bargained for.

The rule was that by the time one of my schoolmates had done it three times (passive oral), it was a quick change to passive anal because of the higher offer.

Truth. Ten bucks would get a man anything he wanted.

Glad that after 75 years of it the City finally closed it all down.

While I have two others, I still "own" my original AOL email account.

Last time I looked it had accumulated over 16,000 unread messages.

R168 is quibbling that her ringworm doesn't count was "rings."

I write every night in a jounal in cursive handwriting. I love the way my writing looks.

Are you as stoned as I am, R172?

"...was rings" to your "jounal"

R161 Ive really been thinking about that ! Our electric bills just dont stop going up . I grew up using clotheslines and my mom had one until my father passed away in 2005 . He refused to get a dryer,or have an answering machine,or hot water in the washer. But I digress. Did you find it easy to get into ? I remember I always liked hanging clothes on a sunny day and I liked the smell of clean wet laundry .