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83. I no longer charge my pager...

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sat Jun 8, 2019, 10:47 PM

Jun 2019

OR my Muraphone.

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Name something you NO LONGER DO, like cleaning the ball in your mouse. [View all] Miles Archer Jun 2019 OP

Change typewriter ribbons First Speaker Jun 2019 #1

create mimeo-graph stencils HubertHeaver Jun 2019 #2

Rewinding my video tapes. revmclaren Jun 2019 #3

Be kind, please rewind Niagara Jun 2019 #34

lol Demovictory9 Jun 2019 #160

Put foil on the tv antenna n/t luvallpeeps Jun 2019 #4

I do recall that!! riversedge Jun 2019 #151

Do not use a mouse....just the touch pad northoftheborder Jun 2019 #5

I don't get the touch pad. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #128

Get the TV guide from the Sunday paper JDC Jun 2019 #6

Read a paper newspaper. True Blue American Jun 2019 #104

I read the local newspaper daily.q PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #129

You can get the Newspaper True Blue American Jun 2019 #140

Call my kids Freddie Jun 2019 #7

I no longer have to wonder about things. MuseRider Jun 2019 #8

So true. If you didn't growing up with an encyclopedia set or a library nearby... Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #148

I think back and try to remember MuseRider Jun 2019 #149

No longer use a party line. Lunabell Jun 2019 #9

I use a trackball. Still have to clean it out once in a while. keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #10

Like a glass eye, you can just pop it into your mouth! dchill Jun 2019 #82

Clean the heads on my VCR. Iggo Jun 2019 #11

Make bar bets. Iggo Jun 2019 #12

I was once involved with a case where the felon had 'your name' tattooed on his penis. Shrike47 Jun 2019 #45

Wrap myself in the phone cord during a long telephone conversation. Iggo Jun 2019 #13

Those awful curly True Blue American Jun 2019 #105

Have long telephone conversations. Iggo Jun 2019 #14

Make sure I have change for the pay phone. Iggo Jun 2019 #15

I still do that out of habit! Miles Archer Jun 2019 #19

Make "fake" collect phone calls. MyOwnPeace Jun 2019 #110

Drive a vehicle with a stick shift and clutch Generic Brad Jun 2019 #16

I miss that so much. tymorial Jun 2019 #28

I bought a standard shift car four years ago wryter2000 Jun 2019 #55

Me too. zeusdogmom Jun 2019 #68

What did you get? tymorial Jun 2019 #69

A Chevy Spark wryter2000 Jun 2019 #85

I drive a 2003 Subaru WRX dhol82 Jun 2019 #107

Honda. I currently drive a 2017 Fit which I acquired last September. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #131

I am 70 years old and I still drive a stick shift. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #130

I hated True Blue American Jun 2019 #141

Rewind a cassette tape with a pencil demmiblue Jun 2019 #17

Then there's the dreaded cousin to that... Miles Archer Jun 2019 #20

Hold the telephone cord Leith Jun 2019 #18

Oh yeah! The dial tone! Iggo Jun 2019 #35

Interesting. LNM Jun 2019 #74

Tell the SO to stop for directions. 58Sunliner Jun 2019 #21

I've never been good with directions. Miles Archer Jun 2019 #23

remember where my keys are... Phentex Jun 2019 #22

Never been a "set the keys down, now where did I put them" guy Miles Archer Jun 2019 #24

you're probably a guy with a few keys and loose pants... Phentex Jun 2019 #29

Punch buttons to tune the car radio. Totally Tunsie Jun 2019 #25

Or push or rotary dial a phone. OregonBlue Jun 2019 #119

Shave or get a haircut SeattleVet Jun 2019 #26

HA! I stopped shaving my legs but Phentex Jun 2019 #33

Generally men have a lot smaller surface area to shave. comradebillyboy Jun 2019 #113

Preen my LP vinyl records. PatrickforO Jun 2019 #165

I went the other way. Iggo Jun 2019 #41

Make a collect phone call nt blaze Jun 2019 #27

I thought about that the other day when a situation came up that might've landed me in jail. Iggo Jun 2019 #36

Wash windows Irishxs Jun 2019 #30

Pushing a button to vape my medicine . just inhale. its magic! Kurt V. Jun 2019 #31

Rotary dial a phone. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2019 #32

Sleep in hair rollers. nt tblue37 Jun 2019 #37

Shame. On. You. Iggo Jun 2019 #38

Why? nt tblue37 Jun 2019 #40

I might be a little older than you. Iggo Jun 2019 #42

I'll be 69 in August, so I'm not exactly young. But I have never seen that tblue37 Jun 2019 #47

Sometimes I think the things that are stuck in my head are there because they are well-known... Iggo Jun 2019 #50

I remember it. Was too young to use them but my sister and I loved that ad Dream Girl Jun 2019 #51

Cut and split wood for fires CanonRay Jun 2019 #39

The best..... LakeArenal Jun 2019 #43

Oh gawd, yes! Iggo Jun 2019 #46

That was the first thing that came to my mind! Amerigael Jun 2019 #163

Funny and true! LakeArenal Jun 2019 #164

Listen to the dialup modem handshake csziggy Jun 2019 #44

That is so very, very cool gristy Jun 2019 #127

Edit modem scripts. eppur_se_muova Jun 2019 #137

That is funny! csziggy Jun 2019 #138

Hear the screeling sound of a FAX machine. nt tblue37 Jun 2019 #48

Pull the map book... Snackshack Jun 2019 #49

Use an outhouse like we did at the cottage. applegrove Jun 2019 #52

Like my Dad said when looking for a house..... MyOwnPeace Jun 2019 #111

LOL. Ours was a path through the woods. Try doing that at night. applegrove Jun 2019 #123

Wear panty hose wryter2000 Jun 2019 #53

Wear high heels TexasBushwhacker Jun 2019 #75

hooray! deek Jun 2019 #91

You've made gardening tougher......... MyOwnPeace Jun 2019 #112

LOL wryter2000 Jun 2019 #122

I don't have a phone book anymore backtoblue Jun 2019 #54

First thing I did when moving (or planning to move): acquire a phone book catrose Jun 2019 #59

Unlock my car door by turning a key in the lock. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #56

speaking of floppies Marthe48 Jun 2019 #98

Still speaking of floppies.... Dave in VA Jun 2019 #118

Defrost the freezer dameatball Jun 2019 #57

I used to pack four lunches every morning Ohiogal Jun 2019 #58

Buy things Cartoonist Jun 2019 #60

George knew that! MyOwnPeace Jun 2019 #114

Walking down to the gas station Glamrock Jun 2019 #61

What's a mouse? democratisphere Jun 2019 #62

Why do they True Blue American Jun 2019 #142

Change the oil in my car by myself jmowreader Jun 2019 #63

I no longer do the following Niagara Jun 2019 #64

"Use a library catalog at the public library. " mitch96 Jun 2019 #71

You don't have to get it. All you have to do is go to that part of the library PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #132

"You don't have to get it" mitch96 Jun 2019 #150

The books should be shelved with all the numbers PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #153

" I put books on hold at my library and someone there fetches it of" mitch96 Jun 2019 #157

Cut my grass. This is the year I gave it up and now justhanginon Jun 2019 #65

Fax in timesheets DBoon Jun 2019 #66

order freedom fries to go with my burger rurallib Jun 2019 #67

I no longer enter students' grades in a grade book ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #70

yeah, I figured they would decrease our pay over that NJCher Jun 2019 #161

Back in the day.......... working in Radiology mitch96 Jun 2019 #72

Sit in a certain place or position Leith Jun 2019 #73

Shovel coal into the home furnace. Kaleva Jun 2019 #76

Sleep in my rack with my clothes, jacket, gloves, watch cap and boots on. Kaleva Jun 2019 #77

Admire some Republicans. rusty quoin Jun 2019 #78

Write a letter (snail mail) peacebuzzard Jun 2019 #79

I've sent hundreds of cards and postcards to soldiers overseas Skittles Jun 2019 #80

I gave up, no one can read my cursive writing peacebuzzard Jun 2019 #94

My two daughters live across the country leftieNanner Jun 2019 #154

Shower Adsos Letter Jun 2019 #81

I no longer charge my pager... dchill Jun 2019 #83

Slog to outhouse in rain. Blow dry my now thin hair. Hoyt Jun 2019 #84

Use a roller skate key. BarbaRosa Jun 2019 #86

Time GeorgiaResister Jun 2019 #87

POPCORN Brother Buzz Jun 2019 #100

Go to the gas station JCMach1 Jun 2019 #88

Get up to change channels or volume. rickford66 Jun 2019 #89

Subscribe to the local newspaper. lpbk2713 Jun 2019 #90

Neither do I Ron Obvious Jun 2019 #92

Last Picture On The Roll WiffenPoof Jun 2019 #93

DAMN!!! MyOwnPeace Jun 2019 #116

Run a cleaning cassette through a VCR or boombox krispos42 Jun 2019 #95

I no longer change my children's diapers Little Star Jun 2019 #96

Hope the doorbell signals a singing telegram struggle4progress Jun 2019 #97

Haven't used an egg-timer for years Marthe48 Jun 2019 #99

I do not have a mouse!:) True Blue American Jun 2019 #101

Write music by hand PJMcK Jun 2019 #102

Tie my shoes underpants Jun 2019 #103

Look up movie times in the newspaper. yewberry Jun 2019 #106

Put on a album Soxfan58 Jun 2019 #108

Nope, I still hoard my quarters, in case I run into some Leghorn21 Jun 2019 #109

Stand in line very early in the morning to get concert tickets oregonjen Jun 2019 #115

Have to make sure no one needs the landline before dewsgirl Jun 2019 #117

I don't use a typewriter. Can't remember the last time I did. Grammy23 Jun 2019 #120

Test the TV or Radio vacuum tubes /nt sdfernando Jun 2019 #121

format my floppy disks before using... lastlib Jun 2019 #124

Well Of Course I No Longer Clean My Balls..... becca da bakkah Jun 2019 #125

:) True Blue American Jun 2019 #145

I don't clean the mini blinds I buy new. 42bambi Jun 2019 #126

Well, now True Blue American Jun 2019 #143

I don't rip the edges off the page that just came out of the... ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #133

Credit card procedure IGoToDU Jun 2019 #134

Now waving the card in front of True Blue American Jun 2019 #144

Dial a phone number to find out the correct time. subterranean Jun 2019 #135

Watch the test pattern on TV when it goes off the air... k8conant Jun 2019 #136

Wear a watch customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #139

Now that I still do! True Blue American Jun 2019 #146

I still see a lot of people wearing watches customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #155

Habit.:) True Blue American Jun 2019 #156

Take color slides with camera and use a Polaroid jpak Jun 2019 #147

Call for the time and weather. Walk up to tv to change the channel. lark Jun 2019 #152

No longer receive Netflix envelopes in the mail JonLP24 Jun 2019 #158

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jun 2019 #159

Teach martial arts sakabatou Jun 2019 #162