Things that are archaic

Nirvana · 02-19-2011, 03:51 PM

phone booths

I was watching a movie it had phone booths in it in Manhattan. There are no phone booths there that I recall....

Gravdigr · 02-19-2011, 04:07 PM

I asked a friend's sixteen year old daughter if she had ever used a 'pay phone'. I had to explain what a pay phone was.

Archaic also rans:

rotary dial phone
film camera
"little black book"

Gravdigr · 02-19-2011, 04:09 PM

knobs (like on a TV or radio, nothing has knobs anymore)

Also archaic, the phrase: "Don't touch that dial..."

wolf · 02-19-2011, 04:11 PM

"I'm a small black woman in a big silver box ..."

It's even rare to see payphones anymore. Where does Superman go to change these days?

We're a bit short on honest-to-goodness video arcades (not just a corner of the movie theater or a theme restaurant).

footfootfoot · 02-19-2011, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nirvana

phone booths

I was watching a movie it had phone booths in it in Manhattan. There are no phone booths there that I recall....

There are quasi phone booths in GCT, I think they only take cards or can make collect calls. I'll ask Mrs. Foot, she told me about them.

wolf · 02-19-2011, 04:27 PM

It just occurred to me that we may have lost phone booths because Americans have become too fat to comfortably fit in them?

SamIam · 02-19-2011, 04:38 PM

Heck, you can hardly find a pay phone of any sort around here, let alone one in a phone booth. I blame the ubiquitous cell phone. Also, is this just my small town or are those big mail drop boxes disappearing elsewhere, too?

Trilby · 02-19-2011, 04:48 PM

Night watchmen.

It's all done with video and cameras now.

elevator operator.

Undertoad · 02-19-2011, 04:56 PM

Why are sound effects people still using the vinyl record player scratch?

glatt · 02-19-2011, 05:36 PM

There are payphones at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. My kids had never seen them before. I called them on my cell phone so they could use one.

Dot matrix printer paper. My wife was volunteering at the elementary school the other day, and the librarian had her separating the sheets of old dot matrix paper so kids could draw on them.

Rhianne · 02-19-2011, 06:16 PM

I live in a small village and we still have the call box that was around when I was a kid. It used to be that the teenagers hung around scaring away the old folk who wanted to use it but now thanks to mobiles the coffin-dodgers get free run.

wolf · 02-19-2011, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Why are sound effects people still using the vinyl record player scratch?

Don't they have the laugh-track people who made Dick van Dyke more amusing since we weren't sure where the funny parts in the show were laughing at jokes on current sitcoms? Those sound effects guys hold on to stuff forever.

monster · 02-19-2011, 06:46 PM

Cassettes and cassette players; records and record players

monster · 02-19-2011, 06:49 PM

Does anyone still use dial-up internet?

jimhelm · 02-19-2011, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

Night watchmen.

guilty pleasure song for me.

I LIKE it.... so fuck you. I slip from shadow to shaaaa ha dooow

02-19-2011, 03:51 PM	#1
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	Things that are archaic phone booths I was watching a movie it had phone booths in it in Manhattan. There are no phone booths there that I recall.... __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

02-19-2011, 04:07 PM	#2
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I asked a friend's sixteen year old daughter if she had ever used a 'pay phone'. I had to explain what a pay phone was. Archaic also rans: rotary dial phone film camera "little black book" __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-19-2011, 04:09 PM	#3
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	knobs (like on a TV or radio, nothing has knobs anymore) Also archaic, the phrase: "Don't touch that dial..." __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-19-2011, 04:11 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	"I'm a small black woman in a big silver box ..." It's even rare to see payphones anymore. Where does Superman go to change these days? We're a bit short on honest-to-goodness video arcades (not just a corner of the movie theater or a theme restaurant). __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-19-2011, 04:27 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It just occurred to me that we may have lost phone booths because Americans have become too fat to comfortably fit in them? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-19-2011, 04:38 PM	#7
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Heck, you can hardly find a pay phone of any sort around here, let alone one in a phone booth. I blame the ubiquitous cell phone. Also, is this just my small town or are those big mail drop boxes disappearing elsewhere, too?

02-19-2011, 04:48 PM	#8
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Night watchmen. It's all done with video and cameras now. elevator operator. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-19-2011, 04:56 PM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Why are sound effects people still using the vinyl record player scratch?

02-19-2011, 05:36 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	There are payphones at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. My kids had never seen them before. I called them on my cell phone so they could use one. Dot matrix printer paper. My wife was volunteering at the elementary school the other day, and the librarian had her separating the sheets of old dot matrix paper so kids could draw on them.

02-19-2011, 06:16 PM	#11
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	I live in a small village and we still have the call box that was around when I was a kid. It used to be that the teenagers hung around scaring away the old folk who wanted to use it but now thanks to mobiles the coffin-dodgers get free run.

02-19-2011, 06:46 PM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Cassettes and cassette players; records and record players __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-19-2011, 06:49 PM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Does anyone still use dial-up internet? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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