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Things that are now obsolete or were easier years ago

Homebird

A recent thread got me thinking about a couple of things.

The first one is instructions. I find things like mobiles frustrating as they don't come with instruction manuals. Then other things have to be researched on the internet. If I have flat packed furniture to build I lay it out and follow the instructions at my own pace. That's what I liked about Lego unless that has changed now.

The other thing I was thinking about recently is things we used to use that young people would have never seen. I was thinking of the phrase being a carbon copy which I guess comes from the use of carbon paper. In my first office job the typists did two copies of letters using this which went in different files. Some shops used it for receipts so they had a copy. I wonder if anyone uses it today.

Are there things that others can think of that aren't in use now?

Parents

  • I find TV obsolete, as a child it was my life. Today there is 100 channels of nothingness, the cheap reality Tv is inane. Driving anywhere is now much harder, I drove into London today with mother, I bought a Luton van which isn’t ULEZ, I spent 20 minutes tonight paying the charge to take a vehicle out of London. I just wanted to pay the £12.50, no I had to setup an account and have validation codes sent to my email account and set up passwords.  While I’m moaning, car parks had ticket machines that took coins, now I need an app and debit card.

    Meccano seems to be obsolete now, it was another childhood love, I could build whatever I wanted and never had to kill zombies on a computer screen. I forgot blotting paper and cheese fondue.

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  • I find TV obsolete, as a child it was my life. Today there is 100 channels of nothingness, the cheap reality Tv is inane. Driving anywhere is now much harder, I drove into London today with mother, I bought a Luton van which isn’t ULEZ, I spent 20 minutes tonight paying the charge to take a vehicle out of London. I just wanted to pay the £12.50, no I had to setup an account and have validation codes sent to my email account and set up passwords.  While I’m moaning, car parks had ticket machines that took coins, now I need an app and debit card.

    Meccano seems to be obsolete now, it was another childhood love, I could build whatever I wanted and never had to kill zombies on a computer screen. I forgot blotting paper and cheese fondue.

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  • in reply to Roy

    I was saying this week about parking. I don't drive now just walk or driven. I couldn't cope with an app. I recently had difficulty signing about of somewhere as I had to scan the QR code on the badge and never done that before so held it up close.

    Yes I remember fun with building things from construction kits. Lego too was mostly bigger bricks so I designed my own things 

  • in reply to Roy

    I can relate to what you say about the TV channels. I have a cable TV package, but approximately three-quarters of the channels just don't interest me or no longer appeal to me. In an ideal world, I would love it if I could literally pick and choose the channels I actually want. Oh, and don't get me started on so-called Reality TV, which is supposedly considered to be entertainment. Laughing

    Whilst there are aspects of technology I love, I dislike the fact that people are now being forced into using technology that they may not want to use. I recently heard that people with landline telephones will need to have broadband. I dislike the assumption these days that EVERYONE has a smartphone, and that some services can now only be accessed via a smartphone app. Grrr!

    Cheese Fondue... Now there's a blast from the past. I can remember a time when fondue sets were all the rage.