Name an item/items that Boomers bought or use that will be gone when they are gone. My pick are those God awful Thomas

[debm55]

Kincade paintings and hundreds of other items based on his paintings. My late aunt had ten of these paintings that had cottages built almost on a creek., Plus knick knacks etc ,All from QVC, What do you think will pass with the Boomers? Oh and Dining rooms.

[Deuxcents]

1. Telephone land lines. My sisters still have them

[debm55]

2. Agree with you. I don't know anyone who has one. Ty, Deuxcents.

[tblue37]

4. I have a landline.

[debm55]

8. Sorry, I mean they are slowly disappearing as boomers still use the landline. Will the younger generations use them? I

don't know half the stuff on I phone and have no use for it. Growing up, the only people that had iphones were doctors.

[Different Drummer]

25. Same here. n/t

[Diamond_Dog]

34. I have a landline and so does my best friend.

[ProfessorGAC]

163. We Still Have Our Landline

But, it's VOIP through our internet provider. Truly zero cost.
Things like the pharmacy, doctors' offices, the city, and more can still call it and leave a voicemail.
The we can access the voicemail in 3 different ways.
With no cost, it made more sense to keep it.

[debm55]

59. Sorry, I know a couple of people that have one.

[ailsagirl]

224. Me too-- if anything goes wrong with the cell towers, you'd be up a creek

"Emergencies including hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, and even rain and snowstorms can take out cell phone towers and/or disrupt power lines, making landline phones a more reliable alternative for communicating during an emergency."

https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/organizing-tips/a44492192/do-i-need-a-landline/

[enid602]

32. Phone books

And telephone books.

[debm55]

60. Both gone, never to return.

[rsdsharp]

129. You know me. 😥

[debm55]

145. I am sorry, rsdsharp. Please don't cry. I have a iphone and use it like a landline. HAHAHAHa

[TygrBright]

152. You know me, deb! I have a landline!

It kept working just fine this morning when the ATT network went down.

happily,
Bright

[debm55]

155. Sorry, TygrBright, I am so sorry that I skipped you.

[Ocelot II]

3. Yes, I think residential land lines will go the way of the buttonhook.

They will still be used in offices and other business for quite awhile longer, though.

[Easterncedar]

13. Cell coverage is not available everywhere

Some of us need landlines

[Ocelot II]

16. Yet. Landlines won't go away where there's no cell coverage,

but that will happen eventually.

[Srkdqltr]

35. I have one.

[AllaN01Bear]

39. i do. i dont trust cell phones to do everything. case in point . i have a certain number that i cant

dial between 2 and 4 pm. everyone else i can. if batts dead beacuse i for get to charge them , good ole land line s.

[debm55]

61. That's true. Ty AllaN01Bear.

[ms liberty]

66. I have a landline. In rural America, land lines are a necessity still

[Ilsa]

176. When I was growing up, rural landlines were party lines.

Yeah, neighbors would pick up and click the receiver to let you know it was their turn and you needed to finish your call. Barbaric!

[brush]

72. I've had a cell phone since '00 but keep a landline because...

family and old friends have the number. And if cell networks go down and yada yade yada...you've all heard that drill...

[Alpeduez21]

105. Rolodexes and VCRs/

[debm55]

127. TY Alpeduez21, I agree with you.

[snot]

185. There's at least one big reason to keep your land line:

a warrant is still required to tap it.

[snot]

186. If I were younger, I'd be hitting the estate sales.

There are so many things that were built to last in the old days and have now become completely crappified, unless you want to spend ten times what they used to cost. A couple of things like that that I've shopped for recently include a vacuum cleaner, a toaster, and scissors.

I also REALLY miss the old Apple computers and phones that didn't require you to submit to being totally surveilled and charged for the privilege, and software that you could purchase without having to subscribe and pay for forever. Seriously, if you don't own Photoshop CS5 or the like and you find a copy with a usable license no., you should snap it up.

[jimfields33]

5. Cable tv

[debm55]

6. jimfields33, why? Just asking.

[jimfields33]

12. The cut the cord has been going on for years.

Young people only set up internet and stream. Older people still have cable and once their gone, cable companies will become exclusively internet only.

[debm55]

63. Ty, that's sad.

[AllaN01Bear]

40. comcast priced me out of the market years ago. watching on tubi and other free sites .

[jimfields33]

100. So true. I'm barely hanging on

Every two years I have to get rid of channels and speed to keep it manageable. Eventually I’ll cut the cord as well. It’s a sin what they charge. Unfortunately, once the cable is gone for everyone, they will charge 200 bucks just for the internet. I see that coming.

[debm55]

126. Ty Allan01Bear. Yes, we have cutting back on the services--Netfix and Prime only.

[brush]

77. I still have cable but trying to figure what streaming service to get.

Any recs? Also, can you store movies, show episodes you can always go back and re-watch on streaming like you can on cable?

I have a few favorites I always keep.

[MOMFUDSKI]

7. China

Cabinets.

[debm55]

10. Yes, I have this Royal Dalton china that I bought for using at special occasions . Thing is , you can't use in the

dishwasher because of the gold trim. And with the Royal Dalton goes the Dining Room. How often do we use a formal Dining room? It is a waste of space that is used maybe twice a year.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

48. Too bad you bought a china with the gold trim.

I have Royal Doulton china, the Tonkin pattern. No gold. A few years ago I promoted it to being my everyday china, after several decades of it only being used a few times a year. So glad I did that.

And it's good in the dishwasher. Win win.

[debm55]

64. I have the rose pattern, I used once. simply decoration know.

[Bayard]

51. Not true!

A big dining room table is a great storage and catch-all item. And I still have a china hutch......

[debm55]

65. HAHAHAHAHAHA. So true, Bayard. There is all kinds of junk on our Dining Room table.

[Metaphorical]

97. Dining rooms go in and out of vogue

Far fewer people entertain with meals nowadays. Most of the time, when our respective families get together, my father, brothers and I do so at restaurants, and even when we do get together for meals, it's typically in a general utility room that can be set up with multiple tables. I think as small and Double Income No Kid families become the norm, the dining room will disappear altogether in newer houses to be replaced by a general utility room/den.

[debm55]

130. TY Metaphorical , We have a Dining Room and a built a grand room on the back of our kitchen. Knocked out kitchen wall to

do. We set up tables in their for guests.

[ProfessorGAC]

165. Why No.Dishwasher With Gold Rim?

I believe you, but never heard that before.
What goes wrong in the dishwasher?

[debm55]

166. It is real gold and it will chip in the dishwasher. It took me many years to get my complete set as they are expensive.

Only got the pieces as gifts on special days. Anniversary, Birthday , Christmas, etc.I wanted a complete set. Hell, I even have the salt and pepper shaker.

[ProfessorGAC]

167. Never Would Have Guessed That

We don't have any rimmed dishware so it never came up.

[BOSSHOG]

9. A newspaper delivered to your front door 7 days a week

We still have a land line and I’m glad we do.

[debm55]

11. We have no newspapers around here, All news is on line. Speaking of which, the need to set up appointments using a

computer. Can never talk to someone "human"

[Conjuay]

24. Yes!

On most calls I end up begging for "an Earthling".

[AllaN01Bear]

41. u used to be able to dial 0 but that has been locked out for a long time .

[debm55]

69. True. TY

[brush]

85. Also calling to get the time. That was years ago though, don't know if it still exists.

[AllaN01Bear]

96. not any more.

[AllaN01Bear]

98. i found this ,,,

this isnt a toll free number . this is from the national bearu of standards time division.
https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/time-distribution/radio-station-wwv/telephone-time-day-service

[debm55]

133. Didn' tknow you could do that. TY

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[debm55]

67. I always say, I want to talk to someone. do it repeatedly. I eventually get someone.

[Easterncedar]

14. Sadly true. I still get two physical newspapers

Each prints only 6 days a week. One is local and appears at my door before sunrise. The other, from my old hometown, comes by mail in two batches per week. I love them both.

[debm55]

71. Eastercedar, loved reading my paper with a cup of tea in the morning. There are no papers from Pittsburgh or my local

area.

[Easterncedar]

73. That is such a loss.

I so value local issue coverage. How does anyone know about what's going on in town halls without local reporters?

[debm55]

146. National and state news was in Pittsburgh's Post Gazette. Local paper disapeared about ten years ago. I hate to say it

but I didn't even know when people I knew died unless I was called.

[brush]

80. Yep, I worked in the newspaper industry for years and was a newspaper junkie...

but I cancelled service about 6 years ago, sadly as papers are dying all over the country, which is sad.

One reason I cancelled is because I got tired of forgetting to call the paper when I went out of town to stop delivery for the time I'm out of town. Nothing says nobody's home to burglars like several newspapers piled up in the driveway.

I do miss having a pile of old newspapers when painting somewhere in the house to cover the floor with, or when packing a box to use as filler when shipping a box/gift to someone.

[debm55]

170. Glad you have a land line, I use my iphone like a land line---just answer and receive calls. Nothing fancy for me.

[BOSSHOG]

172. Our land line

Is great for communicating in our little town. We both have cell phones. But our local business is reminiscent of old Andy Griffith reruns. We have my late father in laws dial phone from his office in town. He died in 2004. The phone still works.

[rockbluff botanist]

15. Land line required

We live in a rural wilderness in panhandle Florida.

We can't get our DSL internet without the landline. Wish we could ditch it. With all the taxes and fees on landlines it's expensive.

[AllaN01Bear]

42. hear hear.

[debm55]

68. Thank you rickbkluff botanist, Sorry about the situation.

[GP6971]

17. Sterling Silverware and

Cut Glass.

[debm55]

74. TY GP6971 , I have Depression glass from my late MIL house.

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[lpbk2713]

18. Wrist watches

Everyone will rely on their cell phone.



Deb ... I always like reading your posts. You give interesting topics and get a wide variety of replies.

[Niagara]

22. I would like to compliment you on your uplifting last paragraph.

We need more of this type of encouragement and uplifting communication on DU.


You absolutely made my day, even though this wasn't directed at me.

[debm55]

147. Thank you Niagara. It was a nice statement to make.

[Niagara]

162. It sure was, Debbie!

[debm55]

75. Thank you ipbk2713

[MontanaMama]

128. My 18 year old son is a wristwatch fanatic.

LOVES them. I got him a limited edition MoonSwatch for Christmas and he was ecstatic. He has an extensive collection of watches and aspires to have a Rolex one day.

[beaglelover]

139. I believe there are enough wristwatch enthusiasts in the world that will keep wristwatches around for hundreds

of years.

It's encouraging to see that an 18 year old is an enthusiast.

To me, a watch is one of the limited amounts of jewelry most men wear and it's a way to express your identity, interests, etc.

I had always wanted a Rolex as well since around the age of 20. I finally purchased one last year at the age of 58! Before I decided to purchase one I had no idea how difficult it is for an ordinary Joe to buy one, especially one of the cheaper stainless steel models. I ended up purchasing on the grey market. I'm still on the list at an authorized Rolex retailer in Los Angeles, been about 15 months now. I doubt I'll ever get a call that my watch has arrived!

[MontanaMama]

183. Everywhere that I travel with my kiddo

we visit a Rolex store if there’s one in the area. Owen (the child) knows what to ask for and what we’re looking at. I have found that the people selling watches are kind and helpful. They let us try on watches and ask questions. I must say that having a Rolex on my wrist was a game changer. I get it. They feel perfect…well balanced, substantial. I’ll never own one but I guarantee that Owen will. I try to learn all I can because it’s important to the kiddo. It gives us something to talk about during these years when he’s growing up and away.

[beaglelover]

206. I'm sure he will own one. It's great to have goals and finally achieve them! Even if it is a watch.

The sales people are extremely nice, I agree. They are also very coy in their responses to questions about availability of a particular model, etc. We had a very helpful salesperson in the Boston authorized dealer when we were there on vacation. After asking my usual questions about wait times, she candidly stated that she would never sell a watch to me since I did not reside in the local market and she advised that we contact the store in L.A. and establish a relationship with that store to increase our chances of getting a watch. Which we did. The salesperson in the L.A. store said she could get us a different model much more quickly than the one I wanted and if I bought the other watch first, which was about the same price as the watch I really wanted, it would increase my chances of actually getting the watch I wanted. But I figured if I am going to have to buy 2 watches to get the one I actually want, I might as well go to the grey market and get the brand new watch I want and pay double the price for it, which is what I ended up doing.

If I ever do get the call that my watch is available to purchase from the Rolex dealer, I may still buy it since these watches are great investments and enough time has passed for me to build up my financial reserves again!

I hear this is not that uncommon for luxury goods. They sell their most popular items to repeat customers and if you are a new customer you have to jump through some hoops to get what you want.

Did you know that you cannot buy a new Ferrari unless you've already owned one? You basically have to buy a used Ferrari first and when you are finally granted the right to buy a new Ferrari, it has to be red!

[MontanaMama]

208. I didn't know any of that!

I’m saving your post to share with my kiddo. The “Grey Market”? So I bought the Mercury MoonSwatch for the child on the Chrono24 website. I established what felt like a safe and reasonable conversation with the seller and went ahead with the purchase. I paid about $100 more for it than I would have at a Swatch store. Swatch doesn’t ship watches and I couldn’t get to one of their stores so that’s why I went to Chrono24. My question…is Chrono24 an example of the Grey Market? I would like to know more.

[beaglelover]

219. Yes, I believe they are. Truth be told, I do believe Rolex sells new watches to some watch resellers who

they have established relationships with and some of the huge profit makes it's way back to Rolex.

We contacted a jewlery store in west L.A. that has been around for over 100 years. My husband had purchased a Rolex from them over 20 years ago, before Rolex's were so hard to get.

The sales person we worked with asked us what model we wanted, what were our preferred options and to rank them from must have to it's OK if you can't find a watch with that option. He said he'd work his 'network' and get back to us in a week with what he could find.

He was able to find every combination we wanted, brand new, with box and all papers and warranties, etc.

The prices were about double retail give or take plus tax.

Once I decided which one I wanted, he procured it in a few days and then I went there and purchased it from him.

My watch was brand new, sold about a year earlier at an authorized Rolex dealer in South America. The watch still had all the protective coating on it from the factory which our sales person removed in front of me. I have the original box, and all paperwork.

It's a racket, but I will say I LOVE LOVE LOVE my Rolex!

[debm55]

148. Wow, MontanaMama that is great. Thank you.

[debm55]

134. TY Ipbk2713 I appreciate it

[whathehell]

184. Interesting..I just started wearing a wrist watch

again because I got tired of picking up my phone all the time to check the time.

[madamesilverspurs]

19. Yellow Pages

They've pretty much disappeared already. Too bad, it was so easy to find what you were looking for, and it even worked when the power went out. Also served as a handy booster seat for little ones, can't do that with google...



.

[Jeebo]

45. They still deliver Yellow Pages to my house.

Yellow Pages and White Pages too, the full telephone directory. Although, the telephone directory is getting slimmer. It wouldn't take Arnold Schwarzenegger to rip it in half any more. It seems to me that White Pages are the ones that are going the way of the dinosaur, because private residences have so few landline telephones any more. Everybody has cell phones instead. As another poster in this thread noted, they'll have landline telephones in businesses and government offices for a long time to come. That's the Yellow Pages.

-- Ron

[debm55]

149. Agree with you. I don't get them anymore. It didn't help that they threw them on the ground next to the mailbox in the

rain and snow with no protective covering.

[Prairie_Seagull]

20. The peace sign or symbol.

Had a jean vest with both patches. Went in the Navy and it vanished. Karma I suppose.

[debm55]

150. Agree, It used to be on everything.

[maxrandb]

21. Desktop Computers, CD Players, Standard Transmissions

Oh, and dashboard GPS like Garmin and Tom Tom

[sinkingfeeling]

29. I will never give up on manual transmissions. I

hate automatics and have never owned one. Both my cars are manuals. I'm teaching my granddaughter how to drive one, so it can be her car.

[Bobstandard]

37. I bought my daughters manual shift cars

That way their boyfriends couldn’t drive them.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

50. I likewise hate automatics.

I'm 75 years old, and it's depressing how hard it is to find the manual transmissions. My son was needing to replace his 1997 Honda Accord recently, and had a very hard time finding another manual.

The thing about automatics is that as soon as you take your foot off the brake they start moving. You don't have to actually press on the gas pedal. That seems very dangerous to me. Plus, automatics do have a lower gear or two than "drive", and I've only ever known one person who actually makes use of a lower gear in her automatic.

I will add this: that same son was unable to learn to drive on a standard when he was learning. He's mildly autistic, which I think was the underlying problem. So I helped him buy an automatic, and he was fine, although not a very good driver. A couple of months after he got his car he came to me and asked if he could try driving my car again. Sure. And he absolutely nailed it. After that, he drove my car any time I'd let him. And about a year later he asked he if I could help him buy a stick shift. Hooray! The thing is, that on the manual he is a vastly better driver, and I've been with him more than once that he's negotiated some tricky situation.

And I doubt I'll ever have my car stolen.

[MichMan]

106. All EV will have automatic transmissions

[mama]

62. Our sons both learned to drive on standard transmission cars.

The cops who gave the driving tests were impressed!
They have always been able to get affordable cars, but I'm afraid that trend may be ending.

I often leave my keys hidden in the unlocked car when I go for a run at the nearby park, no worries that it might be stolen.

[maxrandb]

102. Always used to have cars/trucks with manual transmissions

But your can't find them anymore, and they cost more than an automatic now.

I learned to drive on a Ford F150 with a "three on the tree".

[Diamond_Dog]

177. Ever hear the old joke

“Four on the floor and a fifth under the seat”

[debm55]

151. I never drove a Standard transmission. My dad tried tp teach me on his VW but I counldn't get the hang of it.

[Deuxcents]

188. I learned to drive in my dad's VW bug. Manual transmission and no gas gauge...

There was a lever under the dash you turned when you were running out of gas called “the reserve “. Had to remember to turn it back when filling up or ya only got a gallon of gas!

[debm55]

194. I enjoyed the VW bug but just could not get the manual steps together, I always wondered if the VW

came in automatic?

[debm55]

195. Never khew that . TY Deuxcents.

[RobinA]

210. We Had That VW

I remember when we moved up to a gas gauge. Good times!

[sakabatou]

156. I'm sure there will STILL be desktops, especially for gaming.

At least, the tower part.

[Niagara]

23. CD players paper checks, and possibly movie theaters.

Most vehicle manufacturers are already phasing out CD players in newer vehicles. I'm not committed to purchasing a new vehicle but I've been checking a few out.


Writing out paper checks to pay for something. I honestly can't remember the last time I wrote one out. It's been awhile.


I'm not sure how much longer we'll have movie theaters available. Most of them closed during Covid and a few leading up to Covid. I'll admit that I prefer to watch movies at home but on occasion I'll go to the theater.

[rzemanfl]

30. The calendars that are on my check register go up to 2007. I still have checks that came with it.

[Niagara]

53. Ha! You have me beat by a few years, rzemanfl.

My calendars go up to 2015.


Like you, I still have checks that came with that registery.

[rzemanfl]

70. I used to write a rent check every month, but don't have to do that anymore.

All online now. My checks don't have the correct bank name, because of yet another merger, but they still work.

[Niagara]

116. Do you miss writing check at all?

Sometimes I do. I don't miss writing one out in the check out lane.




While I'm thinking about it, are you still swimming laps?

[rzemanfl]

118. Too cold this winter.

Now they are working on my Y. I need to get back into lap swimming.

[Niagara]

124. Understandable.

You're almost to 30K posting milestones!!

[AllaN01Bear]

43. i have several transactions that require checks . the only entites that i want looking in my bank account are

socical security admin.
rent check. they need a paper trail. and a few other items like phone and so fourth,.

[Niagara]

55. That's interesting to hear, AllaN.

I haven't had any paper check transactions for years. Sometimes I miss writing out a check.

[debm55]

154. Ty Niagara, I agree to all in your post. They will be gone.

[DBoon]

26. White Zinfandel

[debm55]

158. I liked White Zinfandel, but I am a Boomer.

[rzemanfl]

27. Shaving mug, soap, and brush. Also the rack that holds the brush.

I still use mine occasionally.

[AllaN01Bear]

44. first they were there . then they dissapeared , shaving mugs and shaving brushes . now u seeum

in a museum , barbasol.

[rzemanfl]

109. Is that from memory? Or is that your poetry? I used to love those signs.

[AllaN01Bear]

110. from memory and i found a museum web site long ago that featured them

[rzemanfl]

111. Cool. n/t

[rsdsharp]

131. Wasn't that BurmaShave?

[Alpeduez21]

104. I only shave this way

I find I get a better shave w/o the itch and razor bumps

[rzemanfl]

108. I am too lazy most of the time. Good 4U.

[CountAllVotes]

28. I like Thomas Kincade's drawings of San Francisco

I feel like they were able to capture the essence of place which is difficult for any artist to do.

I also like some of his other work as well.

Oh well.

I'll be dead and gone soon enough anyway and I still have a landline btw.

[debm55]

159. TY CountAllVotes. but people wanted a scene that showed "serenity and tranquilty" if not geographic correct . So he sold

out for the sugar coated paintings. He started as a Modernist but went for the money, Developed a terrible drinking problem, peed on the statue of Pooh at Disney , got fired by QVC and died, Sad story.

[CountAllVotes]

174. I am quite aware of his story

It never works out well for an alcoholic that of fighting the beast.

Sad indeed but I do like his "Perfect Red Rose" and "Perfect Yellow Rose".

As for the paintings of San Francisco, the one of Market street brings back a lot of memories as does the one of Fisherman's Wharf.

He must have loved The City as much as I do!

[debm55]

175. Thank you CountAll Votes

[sinkingfeeling]

31. Here's one, almost gone today: scrapbooks.

[debm55]

125. Yes, I had craft stores near me that had a whole section of their store devoted to scrapbook---papers, stamps. albums,

ribbons, etc. The scrapbook section has become smaller and smaller. TY sinkingfeeling,

[getagrip_already]

33. Jobs where you actually do work....

J/k, sort of. Seems like it at times, especially if I wander over to the land of tok ot metaville.

[Jilly_in_VA]

57. Nurses

will never be out of date. Neither will doctors or veterinarians.

[getagrip_already]

76. True, but AI will certainly change their jobs considerably

Not the hands on care piece perhaps, but the knowledge work component.

The grunt component will increase, the skill level required will fall, and pay will follow.

That will be pretty much a universal pattern among highly skilled jobs. Companies will require fewer really smart people, and more lower skilled, easily replaceable resources.

Life will suck even more. Sorry for the sunny prediction. But this is one you can't blame on us boomers.

[Mr.Bill]

101. I disagree about the nurses.

They will always be required to perform their number one duty, which is to keep doctors from killing people.

[getagrip_already]

119. Too true....

I stand corrected,

[debm55]

117. Ty getagrip _already My husband was promoted to pencil pusher. He loved going into the mines to inspect and testing

explosives on cars in WV, He liked the field work. When they took that away, he decided to retire and did.

[Jrose]

36. Clock Radios...Had a lot of them throughout 60s, 70s...

Mostly remember waking to '1010WINS NY' when I worked 9-5 and rode the subway from Bronx to Manhattan.
I especially valued the 'snooze' button on Mondays.

[debm55]

94. Ty Jrose, I just remembered that from reading your post, Ours was always in the kitchen,

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[Bobstandard]

38. Social Security

If the youngers express their outrage over Palestine or the border or Biden’s age by not voting or voting for Trump, Social Security won’t last long.

On the other hand, the draft will come back if Trump is elected. One thing most dictators get into right away is war. There’s nothing like a good war to distract the electorate and to keep people in line. Republicans are already talking about bombing Mexico, and won’t that be a great time, an actual shooting war on our border!

[AllaN01Bear]

46. id love to see mex take back tex.

[debm55]

84. Ty AllaN01Bear.

[brush]

95. That's a good one. Hear, hear.

[debm55]

91. TY, Bobstandard . I worry about that sometimes. Had to call the SS department , not local, I think it was in DC. I put

on speaker phone as the last time I called it was a 4 hr wait. Well, the guy who answered the phone was so snotty to me, I began to cry. I live in an area that shares the Post Office with a another town, We both have the same zip code. And it if you put either town name you get the mail, He started screaming at me that I don't even know where I live. My husband came in and took the phone and explaned the situation again about the mail, It was like I was taking money from his own pockets. I didn't wait around to rate him.

[brush]

93. If republicans try to kill Social Security they'll never win elections.

IMO it's not going anywhere. All that has to be done is raise the deduction ceiling to keep it funded. I'll be done eventually as people will scream I want my money back that has been taken out my check for all those years.

[debm55]

115. Thank you brush.

[Jeebo]

47. Retrotechnology.

The topic of this thread is similar (but perhaps less specific) to the thread I started a few weeks ago about retrotechnology.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181955963

-- Ron

[debm55]

82. TY Jeebo,

[OAITW r.2.0]

49. Corded power tools and gas lawn mowers.

[debm55]

81. TY OAUTW r.2.0. I looked into buying an electric lawnmower and they were expensive. Power tools, when I need one

I didn't recharge it.

[OAITW r.2.0]

90. They will be getting cheaper as the market grows.

I expect that fed/state/local regs will make the transition happen quicker. They are quieter, too. Still have to scrape the grass clippings from the deck, though.

Markets already moving away from corded power tools. I recommend that you select a particular brand of tools you like and use their battery system for all your future tool needs. Consider the manufacturer's entire portfolio of tools that use the same batteries. More offerings, the better. I should have followed my own advice as I have 4 different battery chargers now.

[yellowdogintexas]

187. we have had an electric lawnmower for over 20 years. Love them!

Weighs less, not as noisy, very low maintenance, and NO PULL CORD!!!

Ours is so old we plug it in. We have eleventy billion feet of extension cord.
I think we have replaced the blade once

[debm55]

214. Ty yellowdogintaxas. I remember the push rotary blades ones. It was so hard to cut the grass with it..

[Jamesm9164]

52. Encyclopedias, large vacuum cleaners (nta0

[debm55]

79. TY Jamesm9164, I just gave my large upright to a neighbor that wanted one and the bags that go inside,

[Bayard]

54. Now I feel old!

I still have, and use regularly, a number of the things mentioned here. I'm reading DU on my desktop right now--too hard for me to see and type on the cell phone.

[CountAllVotes]

56. I still use my desktop computer a lot

It has Windows 7 on it and works well.

I'd be lost without it as my scanner/printer/copier works with it.

I also stream programs on youtube.com and watch them as I do not have cable TV.

So, yes, I like a desktop computer just fine!

[debm55]

58. TY CountAllVotes. I have a desk top computer too.

[AllaN01Bear]

86. i use my laptop as a desktop., mainly use cellphone as a sos device when out in the field to call ambulance

when need be. i have afib and i aint going to deal with that in the field or at home . i live by myself and dont want to be at home if things get worse. love my ll phone .

[debm55]

121. TY AllaN01Bear, I have to admit I don't always take my cell phone on walks with Dolly dog. I have fallen numerous times

and wished I had it as I scream for neighbors to help me up. You are wise for doing that.

[brush]

99. Desktops will always be around for people who work in graphic arts...

or do coding. The large screen is needed to visualize your work. Can do that on tablets or cell phone screens.

Some designers even have two screens side-by-side that you can drag material from one to the other

[debm55]

78. Ty you Bayard and I still use a desk top too for the same reason.

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[Basic LA]

83. Rotary phones are still abundant.

I know this because every time I phone the VA for a prescription refill, I have to listen to an automated tutorial (spoken very slowly) explaining how to proceed with my prescription renewal if I'm on a rotary phone!

[debm55]

87. Ty Basic LA , I am sorry for that. You would think that Vets deserve better services.

[malthaussen]

88. Electronic calculator.

My first one cost $75.00, in 1973! And it was just the standard TI model, it didn't do anything fancy.

-- Mal

[debm55]

89. Ty malthaussen. I remember the high cost. Now you can get them at the Dollar Store for a buck.

[lpbk2713]

92. I still have my TI-30 ... somewhere.

Although the 9V battery is probably corroded by now.

[debm55]

112. TY, I had to throw some items away because the batteries corroded the items.

[ThoughtCriminal]

144. I still have a slide rule

My 7th grade science class was the last in our school to learn how to use them.

[debm55]

161. OMG. I had a terrible time in HS Chemistry because I could not get used to using it. TY ThoughtCriminal

[DBoon]

103. Crockpots, pressure cookers

We have insta-pots now

I'd add any other kitchen appliance that does not require a cell phone app to use.

[debm55]

114. Crockpots---I still have one, LOL Never had a pressure cooker -knew folks that had the top blow off. TY DBoon

[yellowdogintexas]

190. Instant Pots are actually pressure cookers. My mom had a small stovetop one

At some point, the seal self destructed and she used it just as a saucepan. It was very heavy and was an outstanding popcorn popper

My first husband and I had a 20 quart pressure canner. It weighed a ton. We must have canned a million green beans.

[debm55]

203. I have never used a pressure cooker. My father canned various fruit and vegies and made his own ketchup. He used a

pressure cooker. I was afraid of it.

[yellowdogintexas]

233. they can be pretty scary but I got the hang of it pretty quickly.

I am slowly learning to use my new Insta Pot my daughter gave me for Christmas

[debm55]

234. Thank you

[DBoon]

235. No Instapots are computers attached to a pressure cooker

Computers that are very difficult to use

[debm55]

236. TY DBoon.

[get the red out]

135. Yes

And they will take my crock-pot from my cold, dead, final year of the boomers-born hands! My Instant Pot is great, but I don't like it's crock pot (of course I need a new Instant Pot so....).
When they take my social security away though, there's no hope I will be able to get phone app appliances.

[LakeArenal]

107. In WI during late 70's there was home parties for Home Interiors.

They had a framed print of a White Tail Buck that every paneled wall in WI had nailed up.

Argh!!!! GenUWine art.

[debm55]

113. HAHAHAHHAHHAHA and the paintings on velvet. I have heard of Home Interiors. We had the paintings of a Farm House

Surrounded by Autumn Trees. They still have it. It looks like a paint by numbers item.

[JoseBalow]

120. Paper Road Maps

[debm55]

123. JoseBalow--TY, I could never get them folded up correctly after using.

[JoseBalow]

137. I stopped trying years ago!

Now I'm lucky to fold them at all

[debm55]

143. HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[WestMichRad]

157. You mean I should throw out my road atlas!

Never!!

[JoseBalow]

168. No way! I always keep maps in my glove box

No map apps for me, you'll have to pry my old flip-phone from my cold dead hands!

[debm55]

169. TY JoseBalow, That is funny.

[debm55]

122. Tupperware and Tupperware parties. Avon and Avon parties. Even if you didn't like anything, you were more or less

obligated to buy something. And homes are filled with tiny lipstick samples and deviled egg carries.

[yellowdogintexas]

189. Tupperware is still around, although their marketing is different now.

I have a dealer who sends me an online catalog every 3 months. I met her because I had some cracked pieces and with the lifetime warranty those can be exchanged for either a replacement or credit towards a purchase. I have accumulated a few more cracked pieces so I guess I will be calling her soon.

If you want my Tupperware you will have to pry it from my cold dead hands. I was a dealer and I have tons of it. Eventually my daughter will end up with it

It can be purchased online, and I see dealers with booths at Trade Days; also Michael's has a special selection in stores

I think most of the "party plan" businesses are either gone or drastically changed their sales approach. Premier Jewelry went out of business.

[debm55]

211. Thank you yellowdogintexas for the information. It was very interesting.

[soldierant]

132. I was born in 1945

not long before the first atom bomb. So I've always felt like a boomer- I grew up and went to school with boomers - though I don't quite qualify.

I worked in an art and framing gallery 1991-1999, and it waa during that decade that Kincade became populer, stared overproducing, and started to fall. I never met him - I did meet some ot the artists we carried because we would have shows/receprions for them, but not for him, while I worked there. But we heard things - such as that the Publisher he was on contract to was pushing him past his limit and that he could barely function any more without alcohol. He died in 2012 at only 54. I felt so sorry for him (and I don't care for the paintings either, though in my case it's more because there are too many of them and I'm oversaturated than because of the work itself.) He did have talent, but he got terrible advice In a way I feel his publishing agent killed, first his talent, and then him. I am so sorry for him (and what could have been.)

[debm55]

142. Yes. People looked at his art as an investment. When he started, he was more a modernist painter and was told to switch

to switch to that people would want in there homes. He did. He had factories where he made one three branch and it was sold as a Kincade painting. Whole sweat shops were painting "Kincade" paintings. The end was near when he got very drunk at Disney and peed on a statue of Winnie the Pooh. QVC dropped him. Soon after he died. Warning to us all , do what makes you happy instead of what makes you tons of money. TY for bringing that point up.

[soldierant]

171. YVW.

Reproductions of original art can be good investments. It's not new. People like Rembrandt and Durer did etchings and made more than one copy, Antiques Roadshow can tell you what some of them are worth. But besides having to be good art at least, and preferably great art, The publisher needs to gusrd the artist and the artisi's name from not unly unauthorized reproduction, but even from authorized reproduction. When I started seeing Kincade art on things like keychains, trinket boxes, diaries, and other objects, I knew it was virtually over.

We published an artist also we did our best to keep the works rare while still achieving enough publicity. Limited editions were never more than 300 (and would have been smalleer had we not been aholesaling so,e go galleris all over the country Alaska, Minnesota, Georgis, Arizona, to name just a few. We were careful whiat images we chose too release as limited editions, and also released a number of open editions as posters with our gallery name so that pretty much anyone could afford something by the artist, and were clear that posters had no investment value. Manufacturers wanted to put the images on trinket like Kinkade, we would never alllow that. We even had requests from tattoo artists to us the images (not only no, but hell no)

I just googled the artist, and even with all that caution, the limiteds are mostly down. Some of that is people's poor decisions on whom to offer them through. I found one carrier apecializing in secondary market art who is offering one or two at higher than issue price, though not much more than inflation. I found one gallery which had an unframed original being offeered at a higher price than they were going for in the 90's, but also not much more than inflation. And we were careful. I shudder to think what Kinkades must be going for now. Maybe it's better he's not alive to know.

I know I've wandered far from your original topic, but I'm afraid this pushed some buttond for me. Thank you for being here for me to ramble on.

[debm55]

173. Thank you. Ramble on all you want. One of my degrees is in Art Ed K-12. When I looked at his paintings and thought to

myself that I would like to live in one of those homes and cottages. But then I looked at the environment surrounding it and to me that was a turn off. I don't know why but it made me not like or want his paintings. I live near a mail that had a Thomas Kincade Gallery Store. It had a fireplace in the front with fake burning logs. The store quickly came and went. I have from my dentist a refrigerator magnet with the dentist's name and number with, you guessed it, a Kincade cottage in the background. I still have have it. Years ago, I think it was the Hallmark Channel, did a movie on his early career and how he changed his style. He didn't want to be the Starving Artist.Hallmark, of course , did not show the ending of his career and how it the "art" was saturated with his art. 60 minutes as did a special on him, How if all he did was paint one thing on the canvas-a leaf. it was considered a Kincade painting. It ended with his arrest at Disney for lud behavior after peeing on Winnie the Pooh. His stores owned not by Kincade but by private ownership were claiming bankruptcy , QVC dropped him and he went into an alcoholic downward spiral.and died. At his peak, his work was everywhere. Also. I watched QVC and he would constantly drop religious ideas into his showtime. Being saved,etc, etc. But people bought it up. 60 Minutes showed homes with five of his paintings per room. When they were asked by Ed Bradley if they knew he actually didn't paint these, that there was one original in each of the sweat shop and about twenty young boys copying them. they said that wasn't true. Heck after each was painted, KI used to joke withincade would sign his name. It was then a Kincade. They never called it an original, because it wasn't. I used to joke with my husband that the frames were more valuable then the paintings. I think who ever were his marketers were geniuses and the American people ate it up.Sorry to ramble.

[soldierant]

232. You were very perceptive to see through the facade so fast.

I liked more of them linger than that, but still not for long, and now I wonder what I was thinking. You are welcome to ramble at me any time - it's both informative and entertaining.

[get the red out]

136. Mayo

If I am still alive when it goes (born in 1964), I will have to learn to make it because I could just about eat that stuff straight out of the jar.

[OldBaldy1701E]

138. That is just blasphemy!

Mayo will NEVER go away!!

(If it does, I will also learn how to make it. I am a Duke's Mayo person but it is hard to find up here in Snowland. I settle for Berman's, which is an Aldi brand. It isn't half bad.)

[debm55]

140. BS OldBaldy1701E, Get ready for the Whippers"s Invasion

[debm55]

141. I suppose you're a Dukey?

[get the red out]

209. I don't know what you mean?

"Dukey" makes me think of Duke University Blue Devils, and since I am a University of Kentucky Alumn, that definition is ruled out. So I don't know what dukey means.

I think I am out of touch with words.

[debm55]

215. Duke's Mayo. We had a thread here on Duke;s vs Miracle Whip, They were the Duky's vs the Whippers. Sorry if I confused

you.

[get the red out]

222. Cheap

I buy Kroger brand because I am cheap! Never Miracle Whip though, that's nasty.

[debm55]

223. Ty get the red out , But those are fighten words.

[OldBaldy1701E]

229. I liked the Kroger brand.

And besides, that other stuff is salad dressing, not mayonnaise.

[DBoon]

153. a drum set

we have synthesizers for that now

drum machines may have no soul, but they will never drink up all your beer either

[debm55]

160. HAHAHAHA Ty DBoon. Do you play the drums?

[DBoon]

180. no, have tried to learn guitar

I almost said "real" ( non-synthesizer ) musical instruments would vanish, but percussion is large, unwieldly, and much more easily replaced by a drum machine.

Fine acoustical instruments will always have a niche presence. Instruments played by 60s-70s rock bands maybe not

[debm55]

164. Hummels

[Diamond_Dog]

178. I have a set of Mikasa China with the gold rim. It is beautiful

I used to use it for holidays but that ended pretty soon since you have to hand wash it. It sits in the china closet now. My 3 adult sons don’t want any part of it. When I die it will probably be set out in a box by the curb! To think of the original cost …. What a waste of $.

My mother’s generation liked Hummels.

Ashtrays

Collector “plates” from the Bradford Exchange. Or anything from The Bradford Exchange.

Crocheted throws. I have 3 of them inherited from hubby’s great aunt. They weigh a ton and are scratchy.
I put them in vacuum storage bags in the closet.

Spoon rests

Grandfather clocks.

I agree with you on the Thomas Kinkade. Always went on the wall over the sofa ….

Spoon collections, thimble collections

A crocheted cover for the extra roll of toilet paper sitting on the back of the tank. My hubby‘s aunt had one that looked like a doll and the roll cover was her big hoop skirt.

[debm55]

196. Thank you Diamond_Dog I remember all of those things. I spoon sets from every state you visited. You have a very

impressive list.

[DBoon]

179. a leather bound organizer

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especially the ones where you had pre-printed forms for calendars, address books, notes on various topics, financial records etc.

On Edit: OMG they still sell these

[debm55]

202. Yes, DBoon, I remember them. Didn't have to search all over the house for papers. TY

[Ilsa]

181. Formal living rooms.

I still liked having a dining room, though. But I specifically requested a house without a formal living room last time we moved.

[debm55]

201. Did you get one without a formal dining room? Thank You lisa.

[Ilsa]

220. I bought a house without the formal living room, but

found a house I liked with a formal dining room. The breakfast area isn't a nook, and would be too crowded to feed company. So the formal dining room was convenient and felt newer and cleaner. My boys, when they were young, could eat at the table they used daily.

[debm55]

221. TY Ilsa. Sounds like what you wanted and liked in a home.

[DBoon]

182. a paper draft card you had to carry with you at all times

[debm55]

200. TY DBoon, My husband still has his. I don't know why.

[yellowdogintexas]

191. transistor radios!!! In the early 60s you were nobody if you did not have

a transistor radio.

[debm55]

199. TY yellowdogintexas. everyone had a transistor radio. You could play what you wanted when you were away from the house.

[bedazzled]

237. How about real radio stations?

Instead of the canned crap they have now. Ah, NY metro area radio in the 70s and 80s was a thing...

[NowsTheTime]

192. 78's 45's LP'S Tire tubes ..and their patch kits

[debm55]

198. Thank you NowsTheTime,, I agree with you choices. But then we would need somethink to play them on.

[Chainfire]

193. I still have a land line but no phone connected to it. It is my internet provider, and a sloooooow one at that.

[debm55]

197. My Interne provider is very slow too. I don't have a land line but I use my phone as a land line.phone.Don't use any of

the fancy features.Ty Chainfire.

[Chainfire]

207. Vent windows, 8 track players, pagers, recapped tires, cigarette dispensing machines.

[Hope22]

204. Answering machines....

….they may already be gone.

[debm55]

205. We used to have one. I haven't seen any for a long time. but there still might be some out there.

[bedazzled]

238. My auntie still uses one

She's 90

Can't use a cell phone either

[RobinA]

212. Wait...What?

So people don't leave messages anymore? That seems like a step in the wrong direction.

[Hope22]

213. The physical machine.....

In reality the young people text and don’t bother with voice messages at all. The rest of us leave our messages on a cloud somewhere.😂

[debm55]

217. They live it on the cell phone. but the old answering machine, I haven;t seen in a long time. I had one. Ty RobinA

[Wicked Blue]

216. Journalism

Eventually it will be replaced by AI, and I hate the thought of it. It will be propaganda 24/7.

Five of the six newspapers I once wrote for are dead and gone. And the sixth is a pitiful shadow of its former existence.

[debm55]

218. TY Wicked Blue, We have no newspapers in my section of Pittsburgh-local or city based.. It's a shame.

[justaprogressive]

225. The pitiful huge-eyed cat paintings by "Cinq"

My dentist had them on the walls in his waiting room, as you listened to the drill all you
had to cheer you up was these....

[debm55]

227. Oh, I remember those. I felt sorry for them. thank you, justaprogressive.

[kimbutgar]

226. Real silver platters and bowls

My late Mother used to make me polish her silver and I still have it hers at her old house which I still own. I work as a senior move manager moving seniors from their homes to senior living communities. We go back to their homes after they moved and clear out their old junk items, when we find real silver we take it to a place where they buy the silver to melt down.

[debm55]

228. Thank you kimbutgar for the post but for the work you do for seniors in your area.

[GAJMac]

230. Geese

How 'bout those 3 teak (or some other wood) geese you hang on the wall? The ones with the metal wings that always get bent out of shape. We have a set on the wall in our bedroom even as I type...

[debm55]

231. I remember those.Thank you GAJMac

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

239. Cameras. Especially if they use film.

Cameras are now only for dedicated photographers. The rest of us just use the phone or the go-pro.

I have a nice old Olympus, stamped "Made in Occupied Japan". It's a boomer.