Things that are archaic - Page 2

jimhelm · 02-19-2011, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

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?

is it me? I can't parse this, meow. You been hanging out with tw?

Aliantha · 02-19-2011, 06:57 PM

We still have plenty of pay phones here. Probably not as many as there used to be, but still plenty about.

Archaic are cars without power steering over here. The only one I know of that's still registered for the road is my fathers '76 land cruiser.

wolf · 02-19-2011, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jimhelm

is it me? I can't parse this, meow. You been hanging out with tw?

Just take a deep breath and try again ... laughtracks. Archaic. Still using the same recorded giggles as I Love Lucy. Now, look at UT's comment about turntable pop and hiss.

monster · 02-19-2011, 07:15 PM

Do kids still plaster their walls with posters of their idols? Mine don't... but they could just be weird.

Perry Winkle · 02-19-2011, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Does anyone still use dial-up internet?

Millions of people do.

monster · 02-19-2011, 07:40 PM

really? thanks. I did wonder that it wouldn't have disappeared, but here it seems there are discounts on bundles that make high-speed non-dial up "free" or cheaper. I don't know anyone who uses dial-up any more, even my friends who are so anti-technology they still don't have cellphones. But we are in a suburban college town.

footfootfoot · 02-19-2011, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

elevator operator.

and table cleaners at Horn and Hardart...

wolf · 02-19-2011, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

and table cleaners at Horn and Hardart...

not to mention the change girls.

footfootfoot · 02-19-2011, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Do kids still plaster their walls with posters of their idols? Mine don't... but they could just be weird.

Denial. Not just a river in Africa...

glatt · 02-19-2011, 08:29 PM

Our car doesn't have power windows. It's funny when we give rides to other kids. Some of them can't figure out how to roll down the window. They have to ask one of our kids how to do it.

monster · 02-19-2011, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Our car doesn't have power windows. It's funny when we give rides to other kids. Some of them can't figure out how to roll down the window. They have to ask one of our kids how to do it.

one of ours doesn't. Thor was so excited to manually wind down the Window! (he's too little to sit in the front and it's a 2-door, so he was just passing time and wondering what the windy things were....

Nirvana · 02-19-2011, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Does anyone still use dial-up internet?

The phone lines in my area only support dial-up Don't be hatin'

Cloud · 02-19-2011, 10:26 PM

the biggest thing for me in watching movies and such is the pre/post cell phone split. Mobile phones have changed our behavior so much.

Remember the scene in Lethal Weapon when Roger stops the car, and uses the "mobile" phone in the trunk of the car to complain about how crazy his partner is?

ZenGum · 02-20-2011, 03:12 AM

I was about to mention that very scene! The damn thing is bigger than a shoebox.

ZenGum · 02-20-2011, 03:13 AM

Speaking of archaic, has Urbane Guerrilla been about lately?

02-19-2011, 06:57 PM	#17
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	We still have plenty of pay phones here. Probably not as many as there used to be, but still plenty about. Archaic are cars without power steering over here. The only one I know of that's still registered for the road is my fathers '76 land cruiser. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-19-2011, 07:15 PM	#19
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Do kids still plaster their walls with posters of their idols? Mine don't... but they could just be weird. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-19-2011, 07:40 PM	#21
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	really? thanks. I did wonder that it wouldn't have disappeared, but here it seems there are discounts on bundles that make high-speed non-dial up "free" or cheaper. I don't know anyone who uses dial-up any more, even my friends who are so anti-technology they still don't have cellphones. But we are in a suburban college town. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-19-2011, 10:26 PM	#28
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	the biggest thing for me in watching movies and such is the pre/post cell phone split. Mobile phones have changed our behavior so much. Remember the scene in Lethal Weapon when Roger stops the car, and uses the "mobile" phone in the trunk of the car to complain about how crazy his partner is? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

02-20-2011, 03:12 AM	#29
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I was about to mention that very scene! The damn thing is bigger than a shoebox. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-19-2011, 08:29 PM	#25
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Our car doesn't have power windows. It's funny when we give rides to other kids. Some of them can't figure out how to roll down the window. They have to ask one of our kids how to do it.

02-20-2011, 03:13 AM	#30
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Speaking of archaic, has Urbane Guerrilla been about lately? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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