This thread didn't quite go the route I thought BUT I like where it went
Thank you everyone.
Thank you for starting it. Quite thought-provoking.
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Old tech you still regularly use?
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Thank you for starting it. Quite thought-provoking.
It has got some awesome replies and that's what I like about it here.
I like how others read and interpreted my what now seems vague original post.
I like how others read and interpreted my what now seems vague original post.
This thread didn't quite go the route I thought BUT I like where it went
Thank you everyone.
I'm laughing reading this. But glad you are enjoying it.
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Wow. Consider me impressed.
my mum still has 2 of these:
And she used them until about 15-20 years ago when the local council removed our Rayburn.
Which she also used everyday for cooking etc.
Made the best bread in it!
And she used them until about 15-20 years ago when the local council removed our Rayburn.
Which she also used everyday for cooking etc.
Made the best bread in it!
my mum still has 2 of these:
And she used them until about 15-20 years ago when the local council removed our Rayburn.
Which she also used everyday for cooking etc.
Made the best bread in it!
We have a beautiful old gas lamp that came from the ancient house (it is over two hundred years old) where my father grew up; I remember how he converted it to electricity when I was a child, but the glass bowl of the lamp is exquisite and it casts a beautiful glow when switched on.
I use several atoms wich are 17 billions years old!
EDIT: oh well, staying in the thread's original intentions, and not counting the various tools and household items from the '70s and on (or perhaps even older, I'm not quite sure), the oldest piece of electronics I use daily is the dimmer for my bed lamp, probably early '80s, but I'm going to replace it with some smart lamp thing. Then the oldest thing I'm using are the speakers of my gaming PC, a Creative 5.1 set from 18 years ago, more or less. They still sound great.
But sometimes I like to play old videogames on my dad's 1996 Thinkpad and my very own C64 from 1984.
EDIT: oh well, staying in the thread's original intentions, and not counting the various tools and household items from the '70s and on (or perhaps even older, I'm not quite sure), the oldest piece of electronics I use daily is the dimmer for my bed lamp, probably early '80s, but I'm going to replace it with some smart lamp thing. Then the oldest thing I'm using are the speakers of my gaming PC, a Creative 5.1 set from 18 years ago, more or less. They still sound great.
But sometimes I like to play old videogames on my dad's 1996 Thinkpad and my very own C64 from 1984.
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I still use several computer keyboards from the 80s. They even connect natively to my desktop, built in 2015. It's interesting using such old computing equipment as things are often made obsolete, but then again they really don't have to.
I have a guitar from the 30s that's not quite in playable order but could be with some repairs to the neck. There are tons of rifles out there from the early-mid 1900s as well that still operate just as well today.
I have a guitar from the 30s that's not quite in playable order but could be with some repairs to the neck. There are tons of rifles out there from the early-mid 1900s as well that still operate just as well today.
Indeed.
BTW, most days I carry a Case Russlock. It has a single drop-point blade with a spur on the back of it, so can be opened one handed with practice. It's also a bit interesting in that some people class it as a lock-back knife and others a slip-joint "with a blade retention mechanism." I don't have a lot of experience with locking or open-assist knives, but when it's opened a spring "pops" across the base of the blade and it has to be pushed aside to close the knife. I consider it a locking knife, but there again in a dozen or so Case knives it's the most high tech one I have
Indeed.
BTW, most days I carry a Case Russlock. It has a single drop-point blade with a spur on the back of it, so can be opened one handed with practice. It's also a bit interesting in that some people class it as a lock-back knife and others a slip-joint "with a blade retention mechanism." I don't have a lot of experience with locking or open-assist knives, but when it's opened a spring "pops" across the base of the blade and it has to be pushed aside to close the knife. I consider it a locking knife, but there again in a dozen or so Case knives it's the most high tech one I have
I have a couple traditional knives both are Great Eastern Cutlery #47's I throw them in my pocket when I'm not sure how knife friendly where I'm going is going to be. I generally carry a Chris Reeve Large Sebenza 21 in carbon fiber with an Insingo blade or my newest addition KC Gray Pirate Jack in san mai. Before I head back to Germany I'm going to pick up a pair of Chris Reeve kitchen knives so I can throw away half the knifes in the knife drawer at home.
That's definitely my idea of "old tech"
... and that's really ongoing tech, because nothing has replaced the knife.
It's "classic"
Seriously, I believe there are some - while subject - still very legitimate reasons why people prefer fountain pens.
That's definitely my idea of "old tech"
See, it was mine as well, but then I read about people using things like digging sticks! Which is awesome, don't get me wrong, but it also puts things nicely into perspective.
Yeah that's kinda where I thought this thread was derailing a bit, in my opinion. When we start talking about the wheel, the brain, etc. the thread starts losing its meaning. To me, the more interesting "old tech" is the stuff that has been widely replaced and adopted en masse by newer tech.
Do oil lamps count? Don't use them anymore and they've become decor. Though they were a lot better than awful kerosene lamps. Matter of fact, I can't remember the last time I used a lamp. I know they sell high intensity LED lamps. Hopefully we never see a group of dimwits with LED tiki torches.
I pay with cash at Starbucks.
I water my lawn by moving sprinklers around. I cut my grass with a hand-push mower. I use a broom, rake, and snow shovel.
I hang my clothes on a clothesline to dry outside using the sun and wind. My washing machine is a 1977 Whirlpool.
I water my lawn by moving sprinklers around. I cut my grass with a hand-push mower. I use a broom, rake, and snow shovel.
I hang my clothes on a clothesline to dry outside using the sun and wind. My washing machine is a 1977 Whirlpool.
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It is, but the whole idea of watching TV shows when someone has scheduled them seems a lot less appealing now. Much more convenient to stream the VOD versions, either later the same week or when the entire season turns up on Netflix or whatever.
That reminds me of reading about NASA still using G3 Macs to communicate with old satellites.
