things we no longer use

[Ceiling Cat]

Flash bulbs.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Film.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Auto distributor caps.

 

[JohnnyWishbone]

Manual choke on the car

 

[SchlongConery]

Anyone recognize what this is?

 

[shack]

Anyone recognize what this is?

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The Borden's milk man left our milk, sour cream and butter in one of those milk boxes. Once in a while he'd give us a ride in his truck to the end of the block.

 

[tml]

Anyone recognize what this is?

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My late Dad converted ours into a mailbox.

 

[tml]

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.

As a kid in the 1970's I used to drool over the Eaton's Christmas catalogue.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

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.

Did you look at the granny panties in the lingerie section?

 

[bazokajoe]

Anyone recognize what this is?

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A friend's parents had 1 in their house. Burglars broke into the house through this milk box. You could open the box from inside the house so you didn't have to go outside. They kicked in the interior door and reached in and unlocked the side door. Walked right in the house.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Typewriter.

 

[Adam_hadam]

Pay phone
And I use email much less than before

There are 3 payphones at Yonge Eglinton Centre mezz level next to the soon to be new gym.

 

[Adam_hadam]

 

[Robert Mugabe]

 

[unassuming]

When signalling someone they have a phone call, we used to imitate a land line phone receiver with hand.

 

[SchlongConery]

Did you look at the granny panties in the lingerie section?

Yes, and I am now banned from Winners...

 

[SchlongConery]

Typewriter.

What typewriter?

 

[shakenbake]

Film

Film has made a comeback. I visited B&H in nyc and there was quite a selection of film. Downtown camera in Toronto sells a lot of film, as well.

 

[bazokajoe]

Film has made a comeback. I visited B&H in nyc and there was quite a selection of film. Downtown camera in Toronto sells a lot of film, as well.

Hmmmm. I guess I should hold on to my old Minolta 35mm.

 

[shakenbake]

Hmmmm. I guess I should hold on to my old Minolta 35mm.

I have 5 Minolta 35 mm cameras, one Leica rangefinder, one Canon, three Nikons, plus a D780 digital, and a couple of 1954 Kodak Retinettes. I love my D780, but I also brought a film camera to NYC with me to do street photography with.
What Minolta do you have? Did you know that there was a time when Minolta and Leitz worked collaboratively?