things we no longer use
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I miss these, wish I never threw them out.
Consumers Distributing Catalog Archive Site
The Consumers Distributing Catalog Archive site contains portions or full catalogs from Consumers Distributing, a retail giant that existed initially from 1957 to 1996.
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Remember the old Sears catalogs that had pics of women in their undergarments?
Yep, SEARS was great too. They all were really. Flipping through them seeing what's new and available. The smell of the catalogs as well, loved it. The excitement of going to the store and ordering it, assuming it was in stock. lol
Now you just sit at your desk and click, it's not the same obviously and not a better shopping experience. Using your senses during the catalog days was great.
I can probably compile a list of things we no longer use by just spending 10 minutes in my parent's home. Off the top of my head, they still use a rotary phone, still watch old shitty movies on their VHS player that is clunky and super load that you can't even hear the actual movie. Their television weighs more than I do. They have no internet and are no longer mobile so I don't even think they've been out of their home to see any progress in the world. Oh, and their stove still has those coils on them that need to be replaced every fuckin few months.
I still remember the black dots covering the genitals.
I prefer the in store shopping experience.
Some things I will buy online only if it's cheaper than the in store price. I prefer to see what the article of purchase looks like before buying.
Scary to say this...an alarming amount of planes still use (and need) floppy disks since the planes are simply 20 or more years old, still fully operational and were never upgraded to a different storage format for updates including critical navigation databases.Floppy disks.
I said disks. Disks you perverts
Airlines still order floppy disks, “the last man standing in the business” explains why
Vintage or smart?
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Yep, I agree. We're visual beings, it's all about the sight and the touch and sometimes the smell of perfume or food in the mall if that's where you're going.
Good times, feels like I took them for granted since they're gone now. lol
During the Cold War, USA vs USSR space race, the Americans spent millions of dollars and 100’s of man hours to develop the 0 gravity pen, (like seen on that one Seinfeld episode, the upside down pen). When the Russian hit the same road block, the very next day, they switched to using pencils.
Focusing on a problem vs focusing on a solution.
Okay extreme righties, I await your accusations of how the use of pencils are a socialist plot.
It's a myth. Didn't happen.
NASA used mechanical pencils initially. As did Russia.
In 1965 NASA bought 34 mechanical pencils for $4,400 or $135 each. Big public outcry. Also, the graphite 'lead' created electrically conductive dust that engineers worried could interfere with electronics etc.
The private Fisher Pen Company had already invented a sealed ink cartridge and continued developing a pressurized ink cartridge. They invested ONE million dollars, privately, to develop a pressurized pen and got a patent in 1965.
Fisher pitched NASA to buy the 'Space Pen" for $2.39 and the first pens were tried on the Apollo mission in 1967. Proven reliable, NASA ordered 400 pens in 1968. Price? $2.39 each
Russian then also bought 100 pens and 1000 ink refills from the private company who developed and patented the 'space pen'.
Don't believe everything you read on the internet!
Fact or Fiction?: NASA Spent Millions to Develop a Pen that Would Write in Space, whereas the Soviet Cosmonauts Used a Pencil
The problem of weightless writing was not solved by either Soviet central planning or good old American sub-contracting, but by a private investor and a good idea
Cool…they are still on the market today, too.It's a myth. Didn't happen.
NASA used mechanical pencils initially. As did Russia.
In 1965 NASA bought 34 mechanical pencils for $4,400 or $135 each. Big public outcry. Also, the graphite 'lead' created electrically conductive dust that engineers worried could interfere with electronics etc.
The private Fisher Pen Company had already invented a sealed ink cartridge and continued developing a pressurized ink cartridge. They invested ONE million dollars, privately, to develop a pressurized pen and got a patent in 1965.
Fisher pitched NASA to buy the 'Space Pen" for $2.39 and the first pens were tried on the Apollo mission in 1967. Proven reliable, NASA ordered 400 pens in 1968. Price? $2.39 each
Russian then also bought 100 pens and 1000 ink refills from the private company who developed and patented the 'space pen'.
Don't believe everything you read on the internet!
Fact or Fiction?: NASA Spent Millions to Develop a Pen that Would Write in Space, whereas the Soviet Cosmonauts Used a Pencil
The problem of weightless writing was not solved by either Soviet central planning or good old American sub-contracting, but by a private investor and a good ideawww.scientificamerican.com
Old people have DVD players.
Old people have illnesses and need lots of prescriptions.
It's a match made in heaven.
Wow, the original converter box. Last time I seen one was the early 90's.
All that's missing is a big wooden box tv setup.
