Ten Things that will disappear in our lifetimes.
AllProDad ^ | 08/25/2021 | AllProDad
Posted on 8/25/2021, 10:22:06 AM by sodpoodle
Change is part of human life. Our world is constantly changing and evolving to fit our needs and to keep up with technology. In years past, we have seen the typewriter replaced by the computer and the clothes line replaced by dryers. Not everything has been completely replaced though; many things have been updated such as a wooden box camera to a digital camera. Those who adapt to the change will be the ones to thrive in the changing world. All others will be left behind. Here are 10 guesses on the things that will disappear in our lifetime:
Where we are today with these items:
1. The Check- I hate writing checks and depositing checks. My wife is finally coming around. She still likes to send Birthday Checks to our family, a $/year. Our insurance lady has an appt with us this afternoon re fire and earthquake insurance. Also, any insurance bill will now be sent electronically to our bank and then paid. Our PG&E, water, garbage & communication bills go to a credit card and are paid electronically.
2. The Post Office- Our local post office could have been the role model for an out of date/worthless government entity. We stopped going there over 2 decades ago. My wife buys her stamps from Costco. We have a good mailman, however, 75%+ of his deliveries are ads or B$.
3. The Newspaper- none of our 22-55 something generation off spring subscribes nor buys a newspaper. We get our local fish wrap for my wife. I do the puzzle and that is it.
4. The Book- I went to the Kindle option along time ago. Due to our local library closing or being a hassle during Covid, my wife entered the electronic book age. She commandeered my paper white Kindle, and I got her a Amazon tablet/pad which has Kindle. She reads about one book a day on the electronic stuff. Her Kindle Unlimited provides most of her book reading for a modest monthly fee. She is in charge of a weekly Bible study group and all of them prefer a real book.
If she buys a book, she has to get rid of one our books in our 3 bookcase library.
I have Kindle on my Chromebook and an Amazon pad. I have 3 books on the top of my basket on the coffee table. I have a couple of smaller real books in a little go bag for the times I’m waiting for my wife or for an appt.
5. The Land Line Telephone. In spite of at least a dozen scam calls a day like renew your car warranty on vehicles over a decade old. We still have relatives and friends who prefer to call on a land line. One of my wife’s bros and SIL called this morning to see how we were doing. We have the same regular line and unlisted #’s since 1977. So we will keep our landline #’s.
6. Corporate Music ~ They lost us about 4 decades ago and never got our sons, their wives and our nieces and nephews.
7. Network Television- We cut our cable 4 years ago and stream a handful of shows. No professional nor college sports. Zero fake news.
8. Personal Files - I still keep both paper and electronic.
9. Privacy that is a joke in today’s world.
10. Fax Machine ~ Our close to 30 year old fax phone still works. It even works without the power in most cases. Besides its regular phone for both lines, it can still fax, send/receive, make copies and is a good phone.
Our siblings/cousins are even more behind using the electronic curve than my wife and I. Many friends are from the stone age to using new everything electronic when it comes out. We are 80+ and why should they change.
Our direct descendants see the smart phones and portable computers as useful tools and can visit without their phones.
One DIL is addicted and refused a few hundred $’s to put her turned off phone into a basket and the basket goes to another room.
Our grand kids/grand nieces are able to turn off their phones and talk like real people.
That is cruel and unusual punishment. Just get another bookcase.