bigjohnmilford
bigger than most
Boston said:
+1 my son always asks me what I'm talking about. Then I'll catch myself and say disc.
That'll be the next obsolete item.
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+1 my son always asks me what I'm talking about. Then I'll catch myself and say disc.
That'll be the next obsolete item.
Bernie Brewer
Grouchy Old Fart
Green Stamps
Penny Candy
Returnable Bottles (you can still find some, but they are a dying breed)
Penny Candy
Returnable Bottles (you can still find some, but they are a dying breed)
beergears
Well-Known Member
the ice man
the milkman
... actually a local creamery still makes a round, kind of a boutique service
the milkman
... actually a local creamery still makes a round, kind of a boutique service
Bernie Brewer said:
Berkshire Hathaway has owned "Blue Chip Trading Stamps" for years and years and years. As per Buffett's 2006 letter to shareholders, sales at that particular subsidiary have gone from $126 million in 1970, to $19.4M in 1980, to $1.5M in 1990... and last year clocked in at $25,920. No zeros omitted.
gremlin
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i'm old at 34 i guess. i sub at the local high school. one day last week, kids were trying to figure out how to use a floppy disk- how do i put it in, these things have no memory, etc. another day they were talking to each other about cassette tapes in regards to a project about the 1990's- is it the same on both sides, how many songs will it store? my wife teaches at the high school, and she had to give a kid a ride home in her 1996 geo. the kid was amazed that she actually had to use a key to unlock the car door!
personally i still have an atari 2600 with about 100 games, a record player, a hand powered meat grinder, a toaster oven i use more than the microwave, and a 1983 vw rabbit gti with hand cranked windows and power nothing. i may be a freak of nature since i'm one of 10 people in the country who don't own a cellphone. i'm border line 21st century luddite.
there's my obsolete term- luddite. a person who shuns modern conviences and new technology, which break down often and are no better than what was used before the new item came onto the market to replace it.
personally i still have an atari 2600 with about 100 games, a record player, a hand powered meat grinder, a toaster oven i use more than the microwave, and a 1983 vw rabbit gti with hand cranked windows and power nothing. i may be a freak of nature since i'm one of 10 people in the country who don't own a cellphone. i'm border line 21st century luddite.
there's my obsolete term- luddite. a person who shuns modern conviences and new technology, which break down often and are no better than what was used before the new item came onto the market to replace it.
