Dinosaurs? You know...stuff that’s gone extinct. Or are going extinct. So what are the things that once were, but are no longer. List stuff that you miss or that you’re glad are extinct...or are just weird.
Me?
Smoking? Smoking used to be a way of life in our culture. No longer.
Also...
I miss...$0.25/gal. gas. Yup. I can remember buying gas for my dads car for twenty five cents a gallon. (It was a 1963 Chevy Impala SuperSport 409 cu in - Black w red interior...Lordy do I wish I still had that car!) Glad it was a quarter with THAT thirsty engine!
Here’s another long gone thing I remember...getting milk delivered to our house by the milkman and his little delivery truck filled with milk kept cold in the truck via bags of ice chips.
Mostly gone? Growing up playing outside during every daylight hour. I think my generation might have been the last to “grow up outside” as opposed to “glued to a screen”. I remember my mom hosing us off out on the back porch before letting us into the mud room where we’d strip down and be marched straight to the tub.
Soon to be gone...plastic grocery bags. Soon, in our eco nutty state, a total ban on plastic grocery bags will go into effect.
It’s gone...we are no longer depending on over the air broadcast TV. Good or bad, you pick. We tied a ROKU unit into our high speed cable internet and get Amazon Prime, Netflix, PBS, uTube, crunchyroll (thanx to my kid), and a bunch of other free channels. We also can get local channels via ROKU or switch back to satellite for that feed. Wow!
Gone...our newspaper subscription. This has changed my behavior as I no longer do a daily or the Sunday NYTimes crosswords.
Gone...hard line telephone in our house. We’re 4G mobile only. Soon to be 5G I guess. Will I need yet another new phone for that?
Street maps and maps in general. Now I use WAZE while driving and google maps otherwise.
Are slide rules extinct? Don’t know.
Any stuff you can think of?
Me?
Smoking? Smoking used to be a way of life in our culture. No longer.
Also...
I miss...$0.25/gal. gas. Yup. I can remember buying gas for my dads car for twenty five cents a gallon. (It was a 1963 Chevy Impala SuperSport 409 cu in - Black w red interior...Lordy do I wish I still had that car!) Glad it was a quarter with THAT thirsty engine!
Here’s another long gone thing I remember...getting milk delivered to our house by the milkman and his little delivery truck filled with milk kept cold in the truck via bags of ice chips.
Mostly gone? Growing up playing outside during every daylight hour. I think my generation might have been the last to “grow up outside” as opposed to “glued to a screen”. I remember my mom hosing us off out on the back porch before letting us into the mud room where we’d strip down and be marched straight to the tub.
Soon to be gone...plastic grocery bags. Soon, in our eco nutty state, a total ban on plastic grocery bags will go into effect.
It’s gone...we are no longer depending on over the air broadcast TV. Good or bad, you pick. We tied a ROKU unit into our high speed cable internet and get Amazon Prime, Netflix, PBS, uTube, crunchyroll (thanx to my kid), and a bunch of other free channels. We also can get local channels via ROKU or switch back to satellite for that feed. Wow!
Gone...our newspaper subscription. This has changed my behavior as I no longer do a daily or the Sunday NYTimes crosswords.
Gone...hard line telephone in our house. We’re 4G mobile only. Soon to be 5G I guess. Will I need yet another new phone for that?
Street maps and maps in general. Now I use WAZE while driving and google maps otherwise.
Are slide rules extinct? Don’t know.
Any stuff you can think of?