What I miss about the days before internet

[FlakeNoir]

 

[GNTLGNT]

Hustler, Playboy, Penthouse?

...well yes, it is what fostered my love/lust for real wimmin wit staples in their belly....

 

[arista]

That kind of works for you in nursing does it not?

 

[GNTLGNT]

That kind of works for you in nursing does it not?

...except I never see Playmate quality stapled ladies, usually fat guys with hairy bellies and a cats rear-end tattooed around their belly-button....

 

[Out of Order]

That is not the cat's meow.........

 

[SharonC]

Don't get me wrong. The internet, e-mail and Skype really are a great thing. I miss having my old flip phone which did nothing but make phone calls.

 

[FlakeNoir]

Don't get me wrong. The internet, e-mail and Skype really are a great thing. I miss having my old flip phone which did nothing but make phone calls.

I still have one of those...

 

[EMARX]

Hustler, Playboy, Penthouse?

The articles in those publications are top notch!

 

[EMARX]

I have a smartphone for work but it gets shut off evenings and weekends. Most of my internet time is spent on books and streaming the odd show or sporting event. In many ways the convenience of being connected as we are, has made us busier than we were before. So much of what we do nowadays is mindless chatter.

 

[Out of Order]

The articles in those publications are top notch!

I only bought them for the recipes.

 

[EMARX]

I only bought them for the recipes.

I've thought of at least 3 responses already, but discretion rules today.

 

[Dana Jean]

I still have one of those...

Me too.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Not being an instant expert on everything.

 

[arista]

Another side note-It seems that when people were predators -that they were allowed to be only predators by being on the street. Now they prey upon the little kiddos who think that they are chatting with "friends" their own age.

 

[Sundrop]

I'm reviving that in my Writing Personal Notes thread.

You can always write to me......I ain't famous or anything, but I'll write back!

 

[Sundrop]

Can I group the lost art of actually TALKING to people on the telephone in your thread, arista? Emails and texts have grounded the need for a human voice every once in a while.......

I think this is what I miss most of all.....I like talking to people

 

[Sundrop]

I have a smartphone for work but it gets shut off evenings and weekends. Most of my internet time is spent on books and streaming the odd show or sporting event. In many ways the convenience of being connected as we are, has made us busier than we were before. So much of what we do nowadays is mindless chatter.

I only have a smartphone so that I can use the square device t accept credit cards.

 

[Out of Order]

I only have a smartphone so that I can use the square device t accept credit cards.

I wanted to buy a smartphone, but I didn't pass the test.

 

[fushingfeef]

Here's some things that the internet/smartphones have made obsolete, or at least redundant:
Maps
Encylopedias/Dictionaries
Postcards/letters
Schedules (personal/transit)
Photo albums
Yellow Pages/Phonebooks

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Here's some things that the internet/smartphones have made obsolete, or at least redundant:
Maps
Encylopedias/Dictionaries
Postcards/letters
Schedules (personal/transit)
Photo albums
Yellow Pages/Phonebooks

Add to that wristwatches, alarm clocks, calculators, voice recorders, mp3 players and cameras. I don't even need a flashlight most of the time anymore (becasue of the smartphone).