Matt Deckard
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An item I can't live without...
Jet travel, and the camera, and... well... Microwaves!
Jet travel, and the camera, and... well... Microwaves!
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For all the die hard vintage lovers...
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photobyalan
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My Palm device.
Oh, it's not what you think. I read e-books on the Palm. I can carry the contents of a small library with me at once, unobtrusively. It automatically keeps my place in any book I'm reading, even if I open another book. I can read in bed without needing to have the light on. It will scroll automatically, so I can read hands-free while on the ellipical machine or stationary bike.
It's so convenient I now can read 35-40 books a year instead of the 5-10 I used to manage.
It would be tough without the microwave. I'd be sad to see my DVR go away. I would not be sad to watch my cellphone sink in the Hudson River. But the only way you're getting my palm is to pry it out of my cold, dead fingers.
Oh, it's not what you think. I read e-books on the Palm. I can carry the contents of a small library with me at once, unobtrusively. It automatically keeps my place in any book I'm reading, even if I open another book. I can read in bed without needing to have the light on. It will scroll automatically, so I can read hands-free while on the ellipical machine or stationary bike.
It's so convenient I now can read 35-40 books a year instead of the 5-10 I used to manage.
It would be tough without the microwave. I'd be sad to see my DVR go away. I would not be sad to watch my cellphone sink in the Hudson River. But the only way you're getting my palm is to pry it out of my cold, dead fingers.
J. M. Stovall
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The Internet, without which we would not be having this discussion right now.
artdecodame
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ITG said:
Heehee, I agree. From what I've read the older products sometimes weren't that great...ahem...okay, yes.
artdecodame
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LizzieMaine said:
They really should! I mean, there are retro-inspired toasters and even microwaves with built-in coffee makers these days, so why not something prettier, too??
Twitch
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I guess I'm in the stone age in some ways. I've had computers since 1988 and enjoy them for the most part. My wife carries the one cell phone we have. I don't have Tivo, use the DVD player or VCR probably 2-3 times a year but do have satellite.
I think I'll say I wouldn't care do do without modern phamaceuticals.
I think I'll say I wouldn't care do do without modern phamaceuticals.
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Novella
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DVD player and TV, internet and computers (these things go hand in hand), and modern Levis
jake_fink said:
lol lol
Those are some weird mice! Mine live in the skirting board, and there's that one on the stairs.... where? There on the stairs, where on the stairs, right there, a little mouse with clogs on, well I decl...oh you get it!
Paisley
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- A variety of fresh produce. I love to eat mangoes, tangerines and avacadoes year round.
- A variety of gluten-free food. It's better than it was even five years ago.
- Smoke-free workplace and restaurants (sorry, tobacco lovers). I'm allergic to smoke. Besides, during the golden age, I wouldn't have had my...
- Whirlpool Fabric Freshener (it's a clothes steamer that removes odors and wrinkles).
- Satellite radio. Since I listen mostly to vintage and classical stations, though, I might not miss it if I were transported back 50 or 60 years.
shindeco
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I don't have a cell phone and am perfectly content without one but my biggie:
High index lenses
60 years ago, I would have been wearing coke bottles!!!
High index lenses
60 years ago, I would have been wearing coke bottles!!!
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Adhesive
Duct tape, masking tape, painters trimming tape, clear boxing tape, scotch tape. Basically the modern plastic movement with sticky stuff on it.
LD
Duct tape, masking tape, painters trimming tape, clear boxing tape, scotch tape. Basically the modern plastic movement with sticky stuff on it.
LD
VintageJess
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Ironic?
I find it funny that many of the modern conveniences that I love are typically the ones that I use to "transport" me back in time!
For instance:
Satellite radio, for 1940s music and radio broadcasts
TIVO and Netflix, for old WW2 movies and documentaries
Internet, for hanging here at FL and lots of shopping and research
e-bay, for more shopping!
Jessica
I find it funny that many of the modern conveniences that I love are typically the ones that I use to "transport" me back in time!
For instance:
Satellite radio, for 1940s music and radio broadcasts
TIVO and Netflix, for old WW2 movies and documentaries
Internet, for hanging here at FL and lots of shopping and research
e-bay, for more shopping!
Jessica
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