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179. a leather bound organizer

Thu Feb 22, 2024, 11:45 PM

Feb 2024

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

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Name an item/items that Boomers bought or use that will be gone when they are gone. My pick are those God awful Thomas [View all] debm55 Feb 2024 OP

Telephone land lines. My sisters still have them Deuxcents Feb 2024 #1

Agree with you. I don't know anyone who has one. Ty, Deuxcents. debm55 Feb 2024 #2

I have a landline. tblue37 Feb 2024 #4

Sorry, I mean they are slowly disappearing as boomers still use the landline. Will the younger generations use them? I debm55 Feb 2024 #8

Same here. n/t Different Drummer Feb 2024 #25

I have a landline and so does my best friend. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #34

We Still Have Our Landline ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #163

Sorry, I know a couple of people that have one. debm55 Feb 2024 #59

Me too-- if anything goes wrong with the cell towers, you'd be up a creek ailsagirl Feb 2024 #224

Phone books enid602 Feb 2024 #32

Both gone, never to return. debm55 Feb 2024 #60

You know me. 😥 rsdsharp Feb 2024 #129

I am sorry, rsdsharp. Please don't cry. I have a iphone and use it like a landline. HAHAHAHa debm55 Feb 2024 #145

You know me, deb! I have a landline! TygrBright Feb 2024 #152

Sorry, TygrBright, I am so sorry that I skipped you. debm55 Feb 2024 #155

Yes, I think residential land lines will go the way of the buttonhook. Ocelot II Feb 2024 #3

Cell coverage is not available everywhere Easterncedar Feb 2024 #13

Yet. Landlines won't go away where there's no cell coverage, Ocelot II Feb 2024 #16

I have one. Srkdqltr Feb 2024 #35

i do. i dont trust cell phones to do everything. case in point . i have a certain number that i cant AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #39

That's true. Ty AllaN01Bear. debm55 Feb 2024 #61

I have a landline. In rural America, land lines are a necessity still ms liberty Feb 2024 #66

When I was growing up, rural landlines were party lines. Ilsa Feb 2024 #176

I've had a cell phone since '00 but keep a landline because... brush Feb 2024 #72

Rolodexes and VCRs/ Alpeduez21 Feb 2024 #105

TY Alpeduez21, I agree with you. debm55 Feb 2024 #127

There's at least one big reason to keep your land line: snot Feb 2024 #185

If I were younger, I'd be hitting the estate sales. snot Feb 2024 #186

Cable tv jimfields33 Feb 2024 #5

jimfields33, why? Just asking. debm55 Feb 2024 #6

The cut the cord has been going on for years. jimfields33 Feb 2024 #12

Ty, that's sad. debm55 Feb 2024 #63

comcast priced me out of the market years ago. watching on tubi and other free sites . AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #40

So true. I'm barely hanging on jimfields33 Feb 2024 #100

Ty Allan01Bear. Yes, we have cutting back on the services--Netfix and Prime only. debm55 Feb 2024 #126

I still have cable but trying to figure what streaming service to get. brush Feb 2024 #77

China MOMFUDSKI Feb 2024 #7

Yes, I have this Royal Dalton china that I bought for using at special occasions . Thing is , you can't use in the debm55 Feb 2024 #10

Too bad you bought a china with the gold trim. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2024 #48

I have the rose pattern, I used once. simply decoration know. debm55 Feb 2024 #64

Not true! Bayard Feb 2024 #51

HAHAHAHAHAHA. So true, Bayard. There is all kinds of junk on our Dining Room table. debm55 Feb 2024 #65

Dining rooms go in and out of vogue Metaphorical Feb 2024 #97

TY Metaphorical , We have a Dining Room and a built a grand room on the back of our kitchen. Knocked out kitchen wall to debm55 Feb 2024 #130

Why No.Dishwasher With Gold Rim? ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #165

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. debm55 Feb 2024 #166

Never Would Have Guessed That ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #167

A newspaper delivered to your front door 7 days a week BOSSHOG Feb 2024 #9

We have no newspapers around here, All news is on line. Speaking of which, the need to set up appointments using a debm55 Feb 2024 #11

Yes! Conjuay Feb 2024 #24

u used to be able to dial 0 but that has been locked out for a long time . AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #41

True. TY debm55 Feb 2024 #69

Also calling to get the time. That was years ago though, don't know if it still exists. brush Feb 2024 #85

not any more. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #96

i found this ,,, AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #98

Didn' tknow you could do that. TY debm55 Feb 2024 #133

I always say, I want to talk to someone. do it repeatedly. I eventually get someone. debm55 Feb 2024 #67

Sadly true. I still get two physical newspapers Easterncedar Feb 2024 #14

Eastercedar, loved reading my paper with a cup of tea in the morning. There are no papers from Pittsburgh or my local debm55 Feb 2024 #71

That is such a loss. Easterncedar Feb 2024 #73

National and state news was in Pittsburgh's Post Gazette. Local paper disapeared about ten years ago. I hate to say it debm55 Feb 2024 #146

Yep, I worked in the newspaper industry for years and was a newspaper junkie... brush Feb 2024 #80

Glad you have a land line, I use my iphone like a land line---just answer and receive calls. Nothing fancy for me. debm55 Feb 2024 #170

Our land line BOSSHOG Feb 2024 #172

Land line required rockbluff botanist Feb 2024 #15

hear hear. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #42

Thank you rickbkluff botanist, Sorry about the situation. debm55 Feb 2024 #68

Sterling Silverware and GP6971 Feb 2024 #17

TY GP6971 , I have Depression glass from my late MIL house. debm55 Feb 2024 #74

Wrist watches lpbk2713 Feb 2024 #18

I would like to compliment you on your uplifting last paragraph. Niagara Feb 2024 #22

Thank you Niagara. It was a nice statement to make. debm55 Feb 2024 #147

It sure was, Debbie! Niagara Feb 2024 #162

Thank you ipbk2713 debm55 Feb 2024 #75

My 18 year old son is a wristwatch fanatic. MontanaMama Feb 2024 #128

I believe there are enough wristwatch enthusiasts in the world that will keep wristwatches around for hundreds beaglelover Feb 2024 #139

Everywhere that I travel with my kiddo MontanaMama Feb 2024 #183

I'm sure he will own one. It's great to have goals and finally achieve them! Even if it is a watch. beaglelover Feb 2024 #206

I didn't know any of that! MontanaMama Feb 2024 #208

Yes, I believe they are. Truth be told, I do believe Rolex sells new watches to some watch resellers who beaglelover Feb 2024 #219

Wow, MontanaMama that is great. Thank you. debm55 Feb 2024 #148

TY Ipbk2713 I appreciate it debm55 Feb 2024 #134

Interesting..I just started wearing a wrist watch whathehell Feb 2024 #184

Yellow Pages madamesilverspurs Feb 2024 #19

They still deliver Yellow Pages to my house. Jeebo Feb 2024 #45

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 debm55 Feb 2024 #149

The peace sign or symbol. Prairie_Seagull Feb 2024 #20

Agree, It used to be on everything. debm55 Feb 2024 #150

Desktop Computers, CD Players, Standard Transmissions maxrandb Feb 2024 #21

I will never give up on manual transmissions. I sinkingfeeling Feb 2024 #29

I bought my daughters manual shift cars Bobstandard Feb 2024 #37

I likewise hate automatics. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2024 #50

All EV will have automatic transmissions MichMan Feb 2024 #106

Our sons both learned to drive on standard transmission cars. mama Feb 2024 #62

Always used to have cars/trucks with manual transmissions maxrandb Feb 2024 #102

Ever hear the old joke Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #177

I never drove a Standard transmission. My dad tried tp teach me on his VW but I counldn't get the hang of it. debm55 Feb 2024 #151

I learned to drive in my dad's VW bug. Manual transmission and no gas gauge... Deuxcents Feb 2024 #188

I enjoyed the VW bug but just could not get the manual steps together, I always wondered if the VW debm55 Feb 2024 #194

Never khew that . TY Deuxcents. debm55 Feb 2024 #195

We Had That VW RobinA Feb 2024 #210

I'm sure there will STILL be desktops, especially for gaming. sakabatou Feb 2024 #156

CD players paper checks, and possibly movie theaters. Niagara Feb 2024 #23

The calendars that are on my check register go up to 2007. I still have checks that came with it. rzemanfl Feb 2024 #30

Ha! You have me beat by a few years, rzemanfl. Niagara Feb 2024 #53

I used to write a rent check every month, but don't have to do that anymore. rzemanfl Feb 2024 #70

Do you miss writing check at all? Niagara Feb 2024 #116

Too cold this winter. rzemanfl Feb 2024 #118

Understandable. Niagara Feb 2024 #124

i have several transactions that require checks . the only entites that i want looking in my bank account are AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #43

That's interesting to hear, AllaN. Niagara Feb 2024 #55

Ty Niagara, I agree to all in your post. They will be gone. debm55 Feb 2024 #154

White Zinfandel DBoon Feb 2024 #26

I liked White Zinfandel, but I am a Boomer. debm55 Feb 2024 #158

Shaving mug, soap, and brush. Also the rack that holds the brush. rzemanfl Feb 2024 #27

first they were there . then they dissapeared , shaving mugs and shaving brushes . now u seeum AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #44

Is that from memory? Or is that your poetry? I used to love those signs. rzemanfl Feb 2024 #109

from memory and i found a museum web site long ago that featured them AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #110

Cool. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2024 #111

Wasn't that BurmaShave? rsdsharp Feb 2024 #131

I only shave this way Alpeduez21 Feb 2024 #104

I am too lazy most of the time. Good 4U. rzemanfl Feb 2024 #108

I like Thomas Kincade's drawings of San Francisco CountAllVotes Feb 2024 #28

TY CountAllVotes. but people wanted a scene that showed "serenity and tranquilty" if not geographic correct . So he sold debm55 Feb 2024 #159

I am quite aware of his story CountAllVotes Feb 2024 #174

Thank you CountAll Votes debm55 Feb 2024 #175

Here's one, almost gone today: scrapbooks. sinkingfeeling Feb 2024 #31

Yes, I had craft stores near me that had a whole section of their store devoted to scrapbook---papers, stamps. albums, debm55 Feb 2024 #125

Jobs where you actually do work.... getagrip_already Feb 2024 #33

Nurses Jilly_in_VA Feb 2024 #57

True, but AI will certainly change their jobs considerably getagrip_already Feb 2024 #76

I disagree about the nurses. Mr.Bill Feb 2024 #101

Too true.... getagrip_already Feb 2024 #119

Ty getagrip _already My husband was promoted to pencil pusher. He loved going into the mines to inspect and testing debm55 Feb 2024 #117

Clock Radios...Had a lot of them throughout 60s, 70s... Jrose Feb 2024 #36

Ty Jrose, I just remembered that from reading your post, Ours was always in the kitchen, debm55 Feb 2024 #94

Social Security Bobstandard Feb 2024 #38

id love to see mex take back tex. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #46

Ty AllaN01Bear. debm55 Feb 2024 #84

That's a good one. Hear, hear. brush Feb 2024 #95

TY, Bobstandard . I worry about that sometimes. Had to call the SS department , not local, I think it was in DC. I put debm55 Feb 2024 #91

If republicans try to kill Social Security they'll never win elections. brush Feb 2024 #93

Thank you brush. debm55 Feb 2024 #115

Retrotechnology. Jeebo Feb 2024 #47

TY Jeebo, debm55 Feb 2024 #82

Corded power tools and gas lawn mowers. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #49

TY OAUTW r.2.0. I looked into buying an electric lawnmower and they were expensive. Power tools, when I need one debm55 Feb 2024 #81

They will be getting cheaper as the market grows. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #90

we have had an electric lawnmower for over 20 years. Love them! yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #187

Ty yellowdogintaxas. I remember the push rotary blades ones. It was so hard to cut the grass with it.. debm55 Feb 2024 #214

Encyclopedias, large vacuum cleaners (nta0 Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #52

TY Jamesm9164, I just gave my large upright to a neighbor that wanted one and the bags that go inside, debm55 Feb 2024 #79

Now I feel old! Bayard Feb 2024 #54

I still use my desktop computer a lot CountAllVotes Feb 2024 #56

TY CountAllVotes. I have a desk top computer too. debm55 Feb 2024 #58

i use my laptop as a desktop., mainly use cellphone as a sos device when out in the field to call ambulance AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #86

TY AllaN01Bear, I have to admit I don't always take my cell phone on walks with Dolly dog. I have fallen numerous times debm55 Feb 2024 #121

Desktops will always be around for people who work in graphic arts... brush Feb 2024 #99

Ty you Bayard and I still use a desk top too for the same reason. debm55 Feb 2024 #78

Rotary phones are still abundant. Basic LA Feb 2024 #83

Ty Basic LA , I am sorry for that. You would think that Vets deserve better services. debm55 Feb 2024 #87

Electronic calculator. malthaussen Feb 2024 #88

Ty malthaussen. I remember the high cost. Now you can get them at the Dollar Store for a buck. debm55 Feb 2024 #89

I still have my TI-30 ... somewhere. lpbk2713 Feb 2024 #92

TY, I had to throw some items away because the batteries corroded the items. debm55 Feb 2024 #112

I still have a slide rule ThoughtCriminal Feb 2024 #144

OMG. I had a terrible time in HS Chemistry because I could not get used to using it. TY ThoughtCriminal debm55 Feb 2024 #161

Crockpots, pressure cookers DBoon Feb 2024 #103

Crockpots---I still have one, LOL Never had a pressure cooker -knew folks that had the top blow off. TY DBoon debm55 Feb 2024 #114

Instant Pots are actually pressure cookers. My mom had a small stovetop one yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #190

I have never used a pressure cooker. My father canned various fruit and vegies and made his own ketchup. He used a debm55 Feb 2024 #203

they can be pretty scary but I got the hang of it pretty quickly. yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #233

Thank you debm55 Feb 2024 #234

No Instapots are computers attached to a pressure cooker DBoon Feb 2024 #235

TY DBoon. debm55 Feb 2024 #236

Yes get the red out Feb 2024 #135

In WI during late 70's there was home parties for Home Interiors. LakeArenal Feb 2024 #107

HAHAHAHHAHHAHA and the paintings on velvet. I have heard of Home Interiors. We had the paintings of a Farm House debm55 Feb 2024 #113

Paper Road Maps JoseBalow Feb 2024 #120

JoseBalow--TY, I could never get them folded up correctly after using. debm55 Feb 2024 #123

I stopped trying years ago! JoseBalow Feb 2024 #137

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH debm55 Feb 2024 #143

You mean I should throw out my road atlas! WestMichRad Feb 2024 #157

No way! I always keep maps in my glove box JoseBalow Feb 2024 #168

TY JoseBalow, That is funny. debm55 Feb 2024 #169

Tupperware and Tupperware parties. Avon and Avon parties. Even if you didn't like anything, you were more or less debm55 Feb 2024 #122

Tupperware is still around, although their marketing is different now. yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #189

Thank you yellowdogintexas for the information. It was very interesting. debm55 Feb 2024 #211

I was born in 1945 soldierant Feb 2024 #132

Yes. People looked at his art as an investment. When he started, he was more a modernist painter and was told to switch debm55 Feb 2024 #142

YVW. soldierant Feb 2024 #171

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 debm55 Feb 2024 #173

You were very perceptive to see through the facade so fast. soldierant Feb 2024 #232

Mayo get the red out Feb 2024 #136

That is just blasphemy! OldBaldy1701E Feb 2024 #138

BS OldBaldy1701E, Get ready for the Whippers"s Invasion debm55 Feb 2024 #140

I suppose you're a Dukey? debm55 Feb 2024 #141

I don't know what you mean? get the red out Feb 2024 #209

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 debm55 Feb 2024 #215

Cheap get the red out Feb 2024 #222

Ty get the red out , But those are fighten words. debm55 Feb 2024 #223

I liked the Kroger brand. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2024 #229

a drum set DBoon Feb 2024 #153

HAHAHAHA Ty DBoon. Do you play the drums? debm55 Feb 2024 #160

no, have tried to learn guitar DBoon Feb 2024 #180

Hummels debm55 Feb 2024 #164

I have a set of Mikasa China with the gold rim. It is beautiful Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #178

Thank you Diamond_Dog I remember all of those things. I spoon sets from every state you visited. You have a very debm55 Feb 2024 #196

a leather bound organizer DBoon Feb 2024 #179

Yes, DBoon, I remember them. Didn't have to search all over the house for papers. TY debm55 Feb 2024 #202

Formal living rooms. Ilsa Feb 2024 #181

Did you get one without a formal dining room? Thank You lisa. debm55 Feb 2024 #201

I bought a house without the formal living room, but Ilsa Feb 2024 #220

TY Ilsa. Sounds like what you wanted and liked in a home. debm55 Feb 2024 #221

a paper draft card you had to carry with you at all times DBoon Feb 2024 #182

TY DBoon, My husband still has his. I don't know why. debm55 Feb 2024 #200

transistor radios!!! In the early 60s you were nobody if you did not have yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #191

TY yellowdogintexas. everyone had a transistor radio. You could play what you wanted when you were away from the house. debm55 Feb 2024 #199

How about real radio stations? bedazzled Feb 2024 #237

78's 45's LP'S Tire tubes ..and their patch kits NowsTheTime Feb 2024 #192

Thank you NowsTheTime,, I agree with you choices. But then we would need somethink to play them on. debm55 Feb 2024 #198

I still have a land line but no phone connected to it. It is my internet provider, and a sloooooow one at that. Chainfire Feb 2024 #193

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 debm55 Feb 2024 #197

Vent windows, 8 track players, pagers, recapped tires, cigarette dispensing machines. Chainfire Feb 2024 #207

Answering machines.... Hope22 Feb 2024 #204

We used to have one. I haven't seen any for a long time. but there still might be some out there. debm55 Feb 2024 #205

My auntie still uses one bedazzled Feb 2024 #238

Wait...What? RobinA Feb 2024 #212

The physical machine..... Hope22 Feb 2024 #213

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 debm55 Feb 2024 #217

Journalism Wicked Blue Feb 2024 #216

TY Wicked Blue, We have no newspapers in my section of Pittsburgh-local or city based.. It's a shame. debm55 Feb 2024 #218

The pitiful huge-eyed cat paintings by "Cinq" justaprogressive Feb 2024 #225

Oh, I remember those. I felt sorry for them. thank you, justaprogressive. debm55 Feb 2024 #227

Real silver platters and bowls kimbutgar Feb 2024 #226

Thank you kimbutgar for the post but for the work you do for seniors in your area. debm55 Feb 2024 #228

Geese GAJMac Feb 2024 #230

I remember those.Thank you GAJMac debm55 Feb 2024 #231

Cameras. Especially if they use film. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2024 #239