Share an outdated or obsolete technology you wish were a part of modern life
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Anyone remember The Clapper! You could turn off the lights just by clapping your hands. I never had one, but it was so dumb it was cool!
Jun 29, 2009 03:09 by kevin -
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There was a clock like this in a bank my parents used long ago. Was always fascinated by it.
Jun 26, 2009 15:11 by dean72 -
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Card catalogues! The computer databases are way more convenient, but card catalogues are so... quaint.
Jun 22, 2009 14:31 by carriesmith -
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Seaplanes. Nobody really uses these much anymore (since Indiana Jones, I think). Not my pic.
Jun 22, 2009 12:35 by athanie-
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ouf. I'm not a plane lover. Scars the shit out of me. Especially those little ones. They do look pretty cool though.
Jun 22, 2009 12:43 by rebecaca.
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I wish we could go back to when everything was reused! Like these soda bottles that are still being reused after all these years!
Jun 22, 2009 11:12 by amazingaaron-
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I wonder how many are still returned?
Jun 22, 2009 11:13 by amazingaaron. -
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Yulp ... Agree 100 %
Jun 22, 2009 11:28 by dok.
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Yes, it was difficult to fix mistakes (by comparison to actual standards), but there is something special about typewritting machines.
Jun 22, 2009 10:23 by leopicado-
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Indeed there is. I used to use my grandmothers all the time. I loved it.
Jun 22, 2009 10:25 by rebecaca. -
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@rebecaca: Ditto. I used to type my papers back in High School; then we bought a PC, and the rest is... history.
Jun 22, 2009 10:28 by leopicado. -
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We (not me personally) still (unfortunately) use one of these antiques at work for invoicing. Boss insists. At least it's electric.
Jul 27, 2009 02:57 by stephie.
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It is not so much the technology, but the concept. There are two Drive-Ins left in the Northeast of Pennsylvania. This picture was taken at Becky's Drive-In in Berlinsville, PA. The last movie we watched there was TERMINATOR SALVATION @8:55pm; followed by STAR TREK @11:20pm.
Jun 22, 2009 09:58 by leopicado-
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That dogs chillin! Cant do that at any theater i know!
Jun 22, 2009 11:36 by amazingaaron. -
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I have fond memories of going to the drive-in when I was a kid. I wish there were more of these. It was a fun.
Jul 27, 2009 02:59 by stephie.
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Jun 22, 2009 09:42 by soarkaios-
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Riiiiiggghhhhttt.
Jun 22, 2009 09:42 by rebecaca. -
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I think he means the original iphone, or 3g. Because of the 3g s
Jun 22, 2009 09:48 by jack. -
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Damn, what the hell is that old piece of crap? Do they even sell those anymore?
Jun 22, 2009 11:35 by hk_. -
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What?!?
Jun 22, 2009 11:36 by amazingaaron. -
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haha wow that is odd cingular has been bought by att for some time now.
Jun 22, 2009 12:04 by jsc315.
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The Mail Chute. Granted, there isn't much meaningful mail these days, but I like the mechanics of it. This photo was taken of the Bradbury Building in Los Angeles.
Photo Credit: manunderstress
http://www.flickr.com/photos/manunderstress/2761324731/Jun 22, 2009 08:48 by bill-
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I've never even heard of these but they sure do look cool.
Jun 22, 2009 09:41 by rebecaca. -
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What is a Mail Chute?
Jun 22, 2009 10:30 by leopicado. -
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@leopicado: You drop your mail in it, and the mailman collects it all on the ground floor.
Jun 22, 2009 10:31 by bill. -
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Yeah, you'd think mail people would want them back too! Waaaaay better for them.
Jun 22, 2009 13:02 by mlmassey. -
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I've seen.... attack ships on fire...
Jun 22, 2009 23:33 by omgdannie.
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Super Nes
Jun 22, 2009 08:29 by miguel-
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What game you got in there?
Jun 22, 2009 11:35 by hk_. -
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I have spent countless hours on one of this!
Jun 22, 2009 11:37 by amazingaaron. -
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I quite liked playing Chrono Trigger
Jun 22, 2009 11:41 by miguel. -
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best system of all time!
Jun 22, 2009 12:03 by jsc315.
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There used to be this number you could call to get the exact time. They kind of shut this down here a month ago or so.
Jun 22, 2009 08:17 by mrwulf-
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Isn't it just as easy to check this online or on your TV?
Jul 27, 2009 03:00 by stephie.
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Well like davidbain I am only 15 too. So I am going to have to say Apple Power PC's. They rocked, they never broke and were real work horses.
Jun 22, 2009 06:55 by jackcomrie-
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Agreed. My PowerPC fell off a desk twice & has a huge dent & gap in one corner and is still going (although now I use it solely as a mass download machine).
Jun 22, 2009 07:02 by autoawesomeon. -
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My DNS servers are all PowerPC - they never fall over :) it will be a sad day in September when they are finally made obsolete by Snow Leopard.
Jun 22, 2009 07:54 by a_noob.
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printer paper with holes on the side. you could make oragami stars out of the holes you tore off the side.OR you could make really long banners of multiple pieces of paper attached together from some awesome clip art programs found on floppy disks!
Jun 22, 2009 06:43 by danny-
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It was a love hate situation for me with these pieces of paper. Some days they just wouldn't want to come off easily and I ended up ripping the whole piece of paper itself. But I also loved ripping the sides off when I was bored ^.^
Jun 22, 2009 06:45 by rebecaca. -
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Tearing the holes off sheets of paper used to bring me soooo much pleasure! I love the sound of old dot matrix printers too!
Jun 22, 2009 07:17 by mkchu84.
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I loved these when they came out and if the DVD didn't come out when it did I'm sure it would have had a long life then it did. Yes they were huge but laser discs still have a place in my heart. I still have my Clerks laser disc with special features not even the DVD had.
Jun 22, 2009 06:28 by jsc315-
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God damn that thing is huge
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haa! yea your telling me. It pretty heavy too id have to guess at least 50lbs.
Jun 22, 2009 12:02 by jsc315.
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Letraset type! I used to burnish key words all over the walls of our house. My mom was pissed, but I think if she could have fast-forwarded to today, where setting type is part of my career, she would have let it slide.
Jun 22, 2009 06:15 by missspeed-
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This is a great one. I love these letters. They're pretty hard to find.
Jun 22, 2009 08:39 by bill. -
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I use to have something like this but they were pictures. I have never seen them in letters. Very cool!
Jun 22, 2009 11:14 by amazingaaron.
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My grandma had a phone like this hung up on the wall. It worked, too. Totally awesome.
Jun 22, 2009 06:14 by mattkenefick-
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Damn I've never actually seen one of these in real life. They look super cool though.
Jun 22, 2009 06:21 by rebecaca.
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Music on vinyl... We use it, my dad buys lots of music on vinyl. So much cooler and better than CDs.
Jun 22, 2009 05:23 by toterwinkel-
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Agreed.
Jun 22, 2009 06:46 by rebecaca. -
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I have a record player in my closet
Jun 22, 2009 11:36 by hk_. -
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Yep....I still have my old records and two old record players to play them on.
Jul 27, 2009 03:02 by stephie.
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Polaroids! So much more emotion. (i'm the hippie devil)
Jun 22, 2009 05:09 by jack-
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Polaroids were very cool! I have a lot of my baby pictures taken with them. My parents loved them!
Jun 22, 2009 11:16 by amazingaaron.
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Ok so technically they're still around. I just wish that more people used them!
Jun 22, 2009 04:21 by rapscallion-
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Apparently, in recession times, they're more popular than ever. Except people use them for internet.
Jun 22, 2009 04:25 by merendis.
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the good old snes...
Jun 22, 2009 03:05 by nero-
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favorites: earthbound, super mario rpg, and super punch out.... good times.
Jun 22, 2009 03:44 by aristomatic. -
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@aristomatic: ditto
Jun 22, 2009 04:35 by autoawesomeon. -
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I still have mine. Super mario WAS the best.. you guys are right. But Donkey Kong was the shit too :o
Jun 22, 2009 05:38 by rebecaca. -
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mine still works...
Jun 22, 2009 06:27 by mubarakalhumaidi. -
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donkey kong was very nice
Jun 22, 2009 07:35 by nero. -
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Technically, that was the new SNES...
Jul 01, 2009 04:48 by raeshao.
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Telegrams.
Yes, they're impractical, but the idea of notes being individually delivered is so sweet. Oh, and on such nice stationery!
While we're at it, bring back the fancy calligraphy, people. thank you.Jun 22, 2009 02:43 by nicolebliss-
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someone send me a very well-designed fax and i may almost be satisfied.
Jun 22, 2009 02:48 by nicolebliss. -
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But really, the best thing about telegrams is being able to say "stop" STOP
Jun 22, 2009 04:14 by merendis. -
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@merendis: That reminds me of the movie The sound of music :)
Jun 22, 2009 06:04 by rebecaca.
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As only being age 15, I really haven't seen much old technology, but in my life so far, video tapes and tape players, I have loads of them, just never watch them any more.... Does that count?
Jun 22, 2009 02:40 by davidbain-
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awww... yes that counts.
Jun 22, 2009 02:46 by nicolebliss. -
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Tapes rule!
Jun 22, 2009 11:16 by amazingaaron.
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I can't get enough of its low-fi sound. Bleep bloop. And also, $595!
Jun 22, 2009 01:58 by aristomatic-
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ahhh childhood. the keyboard was so springy, from what i remember
Jun 22, 2009 02:18 by nicolebliss. -
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That makes the PS3 sound like a bargain.
Jun 22, 2009 04:36 by autoawesomeon. -
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I so had this class in the 80's !!
Jun 22, 2009 11:23 by dok.
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Garbage Chutes! Mostly out of pure laziness. My first idea was an contraption I'd seen in an old victorian here in SF where you could open the front door from the 3rd floor by pulling a lever, but I couldn't find a pic. But hey! This garbage chute is fancy and updated for all our recycling-separation needs!
Jun 22, 2009 01:32 by mlmassey-
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NYC back in the 70's- lived in an old tenement house, about six stories. The garbage chute scared the livin' crap outta me. There were stories the older Italian ladies told us about dead bodies down there. I imagine it was meant to keep us kids safely away from it but they had no idea the therapy bills it would cost later on down the road. Geesh, them urban legends...
Jun 22, 2009 01:54 by sydtheskeptic. -
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yeah, ive had these in my SF apts too. i dont quite get the 'tower recycling system' but sounds like a great idea.
Jun 22, 2009 02:16 by nicolebliss. -
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i wonder if this could be retrofitted to send my garbage to my dumpster, which is a good 500 feet away
Jun 22, 2009 04:40 by autoawesomeon. -
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@sydtheskeptic: My brother & sister did the same thing to me when we went to my uncle's house!! Cruel.
Jun 22, 2009 11:09 by mlmassey. -
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@nicolebliss: Yes, the tower recycling system seems a little weird, but I think it's workable.
Jun 22, 2009 11:10 by mlmassey. -
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@autoawesomeon: Let's start a revitalization of the G-Chute!!
Jun 22, 2009 11:11 by mlmassey.
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This is the only picture I can find at the moment of the Drive-In movie theater I used to go to. At the time, I worked for United Artists at another theater so when we closed, the only theater open was the Drive in (which only ran late night) so we used to bring a bag of popcorn and head there after working to catch the latest movies. I was friends with one of the managers and even worked there for a bit during it's second to last season! Sadly, there's no more Drive-Ins in the area anymore.
The Westbury Drive-In opened in 1953 and closed in 1998 and had a capacity for 950 cars. It has been replaced by the United Artists Westbury Stadium 12 and a BJ's wholesale club.
Jun 22, 2009 00:43 by jaypoc-
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There's still a drive in about an hour away from where I live but I haven't been in years. I should consider going before that one closes too.
Jun 22, 2009 00:57 by rebecaca. -
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Thankfully we have a couple of these around town.
Jun 22, 2009 04:41 by autoawesomeon. -
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@autoawesomeon. I'm jealous!
Jun 22, 2009 07:22 by jaypoc. -
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@jaypoc: Funny! I had the same idea. We still have two Drive-Ins left in the Northeast, PA.
Jun 22, 2009 10:01 by leopicado. -
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I guess I should considering myself lucking to still have one near by ...
Jun 22, 2009 11:24 by dok.
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It would be great to have carhops again instead of drive through windows.
Jun 22, 2009 00:24 by jmer-
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I agree, but bring back the old cars too
Jun 22, 2009 00:39 by rapscallion. -
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and people who serve you on rollerskates :)
Jun 22, 2009 01:47 by a_noob. -
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Some of us do: http://www.sonicdrivein.com
Jun 22, 2009 04:43 by autoawesomeon. -
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@a_noob: I've always wanted to get a job doing that !
Jun 22, 2009 07:34 by rebecaca. -
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Indeed !!
Jun 22, 2009 11:25 by dok. -
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I'll have the girl that's serving :D
Jun 22, 2009 11:34 by hk_. -
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Why don't they call them drive-up windows as your actually not suppose to drive through them?
Jun 26, 2009 14:00 by dean72.
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In this case, a picture says a thousand words.
No need to for me to explain.Jun 22, 2009 00:12 by rebecaca-
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(Saaaay-gaaah)
Jun 22, 2009 00:35 by omgdannie. -
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Hell to the yeah!
Jun 22, 2009 00:38 by rapscallion. -
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@omgdannie: Ohh do I ever miss hearing that as soon as I turned the game on !
Jun 22, 2009 00:55 by rebecaca. -
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i feel your pain
Jun 22, 2009 01:21 by nicolebliss. -
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*sighs* .... So many hours .... just so many ... lol
Jun 22, 2009 01:42 by dok. -
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I haven't played a sega in over 10 years.....I miss it :(
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Jun 22, 2009 05:37 by rebecaca. -
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i still have the old SEGA lo0o0o0ol good old times
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@mubarakalhumaidi: The first sega that ever came out with the guns? I used to love to play duck hunt on that one. Awesomenesss.
Jun 22, 2009 06:48 by rebecaca. -
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Loved playing Sonic for hours, and hours on one of this!
Jun 22, 2009 11:17 by amazingaaron. -
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Sonic was my favorite. I must have beat that game 10 times and I was only like 5
Jun 22, 2009 11:33 by hk_. -
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@amazingaaron: Same here. My sister and I used to get snacks ready and then play for as long as it took to finish the cassette.
Jun 22, 2009 12:07 by rebecaca. -
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I miss the sorts of games they used to make. No online component playing with faceless strangers--just you and your friends, on the couch, shouting insults directly at each other.
Jun 27, 2009 00:11 by slonermike.
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50's stuff 1958 Yashica A
Jun 21, 2009 23:42 by mubarakalhumaidi-
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such design! matt black, silver highlights, few companies take that much pride in their own products anymore - I have a cheap crappy chinese lightmeter and I'm always ashamed to use it in public :(
Jun 22, 2009 01:48 by a_noob.
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Classic Coke machines. They were so bold and vibrant. I always thought the bottles would break when the drink that you took was being replaced and/or dispensed.
Jun 21, 2009 23:38 by thedigitalghost-
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AWESOME!!!
Jun 22, 2009 10:06 by leopicado. -
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I have gotten a coke out of one of these before. I'm not that old, but when i was younger there was this one place still selling bottles of coke out of one!
Jun 22, 2009 11:18 by amazingaaron. -
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Hell Id be happy if they just brought back the bottles...
Jun 22, 2009 11:26 by dok.
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I miss seeing the old phone boxes in the streets. How about reinventing them as public internet booths?
Jun 21, 2009 23:38 by mkchu84-
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That could work! Although they might need to make them a tiny bit bigger if that were the case :P
Jun 22, 2009 00:17 by rebecaca. -
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Hell just for superman alone for Pete sakes !!
Jun 22, 2009 01:40 by dok. -
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if people started using them again, where would the homeless people go to the bathroom??
Jun 22, 2009 01:48 by a_noob. -
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@a_noob It seems like stair wells tend to be a popular alternative for some reason
Jun 22, 2009 07:22 by mkchu84. -
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I can remember using a telephone booth before. They were very cool, but now very useless! ;(
Jun 22, 2009 11:19 by amazingaaron.
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omg i remember these from cheap motel rooms...so strange i bet they're out there (in the middle of no where)
i vaguely remember it feeling like a huge earthquake moving only from side to side.Jun 22, 2009 01:24 by nicolebliss. -
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Well hell yeah... who wouldn't love 70 mins of relaxing tingling comfort for a dollar...
Jun 22, 2009 01:29 by dok. -
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Haha. I've never actually seen one of these. I'm guessing they were less "relaxing" than they were intended.
Jun 22, 2009 08:51 by bill. -
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@bill: My family and I traveled Route 66 when I was a kid. Occasionally we'd come across one of these and "ride" it like a carnival attraction. It was always fun the first 30 seconds.
I'd like it to come back so I can experience it as an adult. :o)
Jun 22, 2009 12:08 by sydtheskeptic.
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Would that a teapot were still a focal point for social gatherings... ah the days of the samovar!
Jun 21, 2009 20:56 by merendis-
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wow it's beautifulll
Jun 21, 2009 23:54 by a_noob. -
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Now that's a work of art.
Jun 22, 2009 06:33 by jsc315.
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A white board replacement perhaps? Or a desktop out of office notification? Sure it'd be inefficient, but it'd also be totally fun (at first). Plus having the lights dimmed in the office would make Monday mornings much more tolerable.
Jun 21, 2009 19:10 by autoawesomeon-
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Aw, that's a good one.
Jun 21, 2009 22:29 by sydtheskeptic. -
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I remember finding the colored pegs years and years after my LITE-BRITE had gone away.
Jun 22, 2009 00:07 by thedigitalghost. -
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I miss this so much and totally agree with you !
Jun 22, 2009 00:11 by rebecaca. -
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There's one of those at a local coffee shop, i always bogart it first thing through the door!
Jun 22, 2009 00:38 by rapscallion. -
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I still have a lite bright my nephew loves to play with it. They still sell them, but they look different now.
Jun 22, 2009 11:21 by amazingaaron.
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This is a "Mouli" grater. You put cheese or garlic or something in the hopper, turn the lever and it grates it for you! I used to use these in "Home Ec" class at school, and I have never found one in a shop throughout my travels :(
Jun 21, 2009 17:44 by a_noob-
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That's a shame... seems easier to use than a normal grater... wherefore with the obsoleteness?
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Here is another copy of the Mouli, I have one works fine.
http://www.pastryitems.com/mouli_cheese_grater.htmJun 21, 2009 23:37 by fauge. -
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cool :D ordered.
Jun 21, 2009 23:55 by a_noob. -
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@merendis: I think they were a pain to clean after use.
Jun 22, 2009 01:49 by a_noob. -
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I have a plastic version of this that my grandmother gave me. I don't use it (much easier to use a flat grater or pound nuts in a bag for recipes) but I keep anyway because she gave it to me.
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@stephie: yeah I've seen the plastic ones too, not quite art-deco enough for me :)
Jul 27, 2009 12:38 by a_noob.
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Pneumatic tubes!
Even though our office is relatively small, I'd still love to transport things
(a message, kitchen treat, etc) across the office!
Sure, it's much less practical than IM, but it seems like good of old-timey fun :)Jun 21, 2009 17:33 by nicolebliss-
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in England we still use those in supermarkets to empty the tills :)
Jun 21, 2009 17:41 by a_noob. -
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Ha!! I've always been fascinated by those!! Loved that they were in Terry Gilliam's "Brazil".
Jun 21, 2009 22:30 by sydtheskeptic. -
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We still use them at work to send samples from the Emergency Room to the Lab.
Jun 21, 2009 23:31 by fauge. -
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I just spent the last 30 minutes reading about these tubes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_tube > which lead to > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beach_Pneumatic_Transit_01.jpg > then > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Beach > then > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1873 > now i'm closing wikipedia for my own good.
Jun 21, 2009 23:50 by omgdannie. -
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It does look like fun ! I'd probably end up just shooting everything in there to amuse myself :)
Jun 22, 2009 00:16 by rebecaca. -
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These are still used frequently. 5 years ago I opened a new Wal-Mart store and they use pneumatic tubes to transfer money from the registers on 2 floors to the cash office. They're also used in many banks around here with disconnected Drive-up windows.
Jun 22, 2009 00:37 by jaypoc. -
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Jun 22, 2009 01:20 by nicolebliss. -
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@jaypoc: Yeah! The bank my mom went to when I was a kid had them....in fact, a lot of banks in MN still do!
Jun 22, 2009 01:27 by mlmassey. -
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@nicolebliss: I'd love to put an egg in one, and splat the operator at the other end!
Jun 22, 2009 01:50 by a_noob. -
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@a_noob or a mouse! (ready for hate mail!)
Jun 22, 2009 01:58 by jaypoc. -
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When I managed a venue, I brought up the idea installing these on a weekly basis. It would've been so much easier to send bottles of water to the stage or rolls of ones to the door guy or more TP to the bathrooms.
Jun 22, 2009 04:46 by autoawesomeon. -
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Aw damn. I guess you already took this one :(
Jun 22, 2009 08:51 by bill. -
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Wow I can not see how this technology ever worked! It reminds me of the book 1984.
Jun 22, 2009 11:22 by amazingaaron. -
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those are still used in Houston Texas. especially at banks and at CVS for pharmacy pick up
Jun 26, 2009 10:37 by cat_lover.
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And huge