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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

  • Having the internet for looking up instructions is very handy, but yes I do get your point.
    However, if you have lost the instructions, then the internet is your friend.

    What I find though is that when things do come with instructions (like my recently bought earbuds), the instruction leaflets have the instructions in 101 different languages and the print is tiny. Maybe I'm getting old and my eyesight is failing.
    Handy tip - use your phone camera to zoom in or take a photo of the instructions.

    So, I'll see your instructions and raise with "the good old simple days!" - they are obsolete, forgotten, long lost!
    LIFE was easier / simpler back then Slight smile

  • in reply to GPK26

    I relate to having issues when instructions are in what seems like a ridiculously small font... much like when reading Terms and Conditions. I have reading glasses, but sometimes I end up needing a magnifying glass as well. Laughing

  • in reply to Sporadic Sparkly

    I sometimes wear two pairs of glasses for intricate work!  Why not?
    The struggle I have is when I use books for reference, I often put thumb and first finger on page and try to expand a diagram, I forget that I can’t magnify a paper page. Doh!

  • in reply to Sporadic Sparkly

    I lost three fingers at the first joint about 15 years ago, they were crushed off, the nerves are quite destroyed, the Consultant said that I would have to be aware of frostbite in the winter. My mother brought me some heated gloves, it was obviously a very kind thought. The technology then meant that they used two big D size batteries in each glove , I tried the gloves but looked like an Orangutan walking down the road.

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  • in reply to Sporadic Sparkly

    I lost three fingers at the first joint about 15 years ago, they were crushed off, the nerves are quite destroyed, the Consultant said that I would have to be aware of frostbite in the winter. My mother brought me some heated gloves, it was obviously a very kind thought. The technology then meant that they used two big D size batteries in each glove , I tried the gloves but looked like an Orangutan walking down the road.

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