I was very surprised to see a bank of pay phones while walking in Manhattan last week. I thought they had gone the way o the dinosaurs.
But I still keep a flashlight in the house.
1 posted on
11/14/2018 4:10:12 PM PST by
Rummyfan
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Key word PRACTICALLY as we use them all here
To: Rummyfan
Red lights. Stop Signs. Safe Pedestrians.
3 posted on
11/14/2018 4:15:02 PM PST by
dp0622
(The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
To: Rummyfan
Lessay you wanna simply inquire over the telephone about an expensive good or service:
In the old days you could use a public phone to do that, and you wouldn’t later get solicitation phone calls from that company, in case you got cold feet and backed out.
Now, that’s much, much harder, as public phones are a rarity.
4 posted on
11/14/2018 4:15:20 PM PST by
gaijin
To: Rummyfan
Smart phones are quite impractical for most of the country as there is not that much cell coverage.
5 posted on
11/14/2018 4:16:17 PM PST by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: Rummyfan
I didnt see PRINTED BOOKS on the list. Or PRINTED NEWSPAPERS.
Not gone yet but surely in big decline.
6 posted on
11/14/2018 4:16:20 PM PST by
InterceptPoint
(Ted, you finally endorsed. A)
To: Rummyfan
Having a tuner, a multi-track recorder, a virtual keyboard, a white noise generator, signal analyzer and dB meter at every gig is nice.
7 posted on
11/14/2018 4:16:43 PM PST by
RedStateRocker
(Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
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Clearly, the author never used the HP 12C. Not only is this da bomb, but you can throw it at a wall (usually after the NPV comes back negative) and it won't break.
![](https://lh5.ggpht.com/enuXE5iKMmv9OhDnAtiAVKkyMKx5NX-POmsw-FgeXJtWUqkVduQ6cMxMBFjQsNIxhA=h900)
8 posted on
11/14/2018 4:17:05 PM PST by
DoodleBob
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A few EMPs plus a major grid failure = largely phucked.
Not to worry. Jesus has it all under control. No kidding.
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To: Rummyfan
everything from this ad you can now do on your phone
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-cichon/radio-shack-ad_b_4612973.html
15 posted on
11/14/2018 4:19:05 PM PST by
stylin19a
(Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
To: Rummyfan
Its not the future that our elders promised to us when we were kids I mean, where are the flying cars?
I’ll trade in the dumbphone for a Rocket Pack.
16 posted on
11/14/2018 4:20:32 PM PST by
Gasshog
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17 posted on
11/14/2018 4:20:43 PM PST by
laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: Rummyfan
However, IF I forget to charge my phone it does none of those, so I keep flashlights and have a landline to name two.
To: Rummyfan
1. Address booksAnd I still keep an old hardcopy address book.
20 posted on
11/14/2018 4:22:39 PM PST by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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Flashlight? Nope. Try hitting someone with a 3D cell Maglite vs. an iPhone. Or try changing your tire lit by your phone. Your cell phone lightis good for finding where your flashlight rolled to.
Camera? Maybe all the times when I've said "I wish I had a camera now", but even a $100 camera with a 10x zoom lens beats any phone. And that's not getting into good cameras.
26 posted on
11/14/2018 4:26:14 PM PST by
KarlInOhio
(Leave the job, leave the clearance. It should be the same rule for the Swamp as for everyone else.)
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I have a handsize tac light in most rooms, two have the cool jagged edge. And my Swiss Army has an LED.
When I take a picture I may use my phone, a Galaxy 8, but if I want to take a photograph it’s my Nikon d3300, or if I have ektachrome available it’s my Canon A1.
I still have my landline and it’s better as suited for 911 calls.
I still use AAA and Hagstom maps.
I print important pics.
I still use my wife’s address book.
Call me old fashioned, old school. Or just Old.
To: Rummyfan
Great article. Thanks. List:
Landlines - payphones - Flashlights - Calculators - Timers - Guitar tuners - Cameras - Photo albums - Alarm clocks - Maps/GPS - Address books.
True. My iPhone has replaced everything, thankfully.
The seniors (over 80) in my family use landlines, address books, paper calendars, television news, alarm clocks, kitchen timers, photo albums, and percolators.
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34 posted on
11/14/2018 4:31:26 PM PST by
Falconspeed
("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
To: Rummyfan
“But I still keep a flashlight in the house.”
I just bought two. Now I have 5. One for the car, four for the house. I almost always have my phone with me but I keep flashlights mostly for emergencies. When I lose power, I don’t want to waste smartphone battery power by using it as a flashlight. Don’t really like running my car just to charge my phone.
35 posted on
11/14/2018 4:31:54 PM PST by
be-baw
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To: Rummyfan
Smartphones suck as flashlights.
36 posted on
11/14/2018 4:31:55 PM PST by
Fresh Wind
(Trump: "In the meantime, I'm president and you're not!")
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And yet people complain at the price.
41 posted on
11/14/2018 4:34:52 PM PST by
ctdonath2
(The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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