Things people used/had that are now considered old fashioned

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Saw another poster on a thread talking about landlines! It seems in the past few years that people either don't have one or use them less. I don't have one, I do think they're old fashioned

Anyone have any more to share?

Wilburls I'm not sure why Leno couldn't PayPal the money over using friends and family so no charges apply. This is what I do because it goes into the bank account.

I'd be mortified if I'd not paid someone for so long and would use PP as a temporary fix.

Well said Theonlylivingboy
Our over reliance on modern technology is scary.

I’m quite surprised at the things people claim are obsolete, teapots/cosies still very popular, older ladies going for a set at hairdressers every week- I know lots through my volunteering, some even have a mobile hairdressers who comes in every week. Printed photos are very popular with my teenagers.
Many of these things are more environmentally friendly, despite us thinking we started the recycling. My DPs 90 yr old grandpa is the best recycler/reuses I’ve met; waste not attitude.

@LenoVintura
How bloody rude, just go take ££ out the cash machine and pay the man. You’re the ignorant one.

DD bought an old fashioned film camera from the charity shop she volunteers at. She loves it, and loves to have prints of her photos.

At a family wedding yesterday they gave some of the older children disposable cameras. That took a bit of explaining to my 12 year old niece... The limited number of shots, winding on, not being able to see what she had photographed...

(And why she needed one with a camera on her phone!)

The photo booth with the photographer printing out photos straight away however... The children loved that!

@SistersOfMerci. Me too. I just don't understand why you wouldn't pay someone for a job they've done. Awful.

I'd die of happiness at a coloured bathroom suite! As a student I lived in a flat (dump) that had a pink suite - I felt like Jayne Mansfield! Another friend ripped out an orange suite. Our friendship barely survived!

Ps the person not paying the window cleaner is a massive arsehole

I have a landline, don't like mobiles and wouldn't like to be exclusively reliant on one. Mine is a very basic PAYG, no camera, no internet. We still have DVDs and CDs and vinyl records and tapes, don't buy many new ones but that mainly due to lack of time to watch and listen to stuff. I like physical, tangible objects and I dislike having to make a bloody appointment to phone someone. I'm 43.

Meat mincers - the ones that clamp onto a table or work top. My Nan and mum has one and would mince turkey or gammon and make delicious pie filling.

I feel so old reading this! I'm only early 30s but
Have a landline I use regularly
Payg mobile phone
An alarm clock
A paper diary(got a lovely organiser for 2020 from poundland!)
DVDs & CDs
Proper books not ereader
No catch up TV. I just pay the licence fee. I rarely have the TV on these days, but it's nice to have the option of having it on if I'm poorly or something.
I like my simple life. I have dyspraxia and it makes my life so much easier having these things. I'm not a big tech lover so just have the essentials for me (I know essentials differ from person to person)

I have to say I still don’t see many of these things as on the way out. People will keep using things as long as they work for them, so it’s not surprising. I use many of these things as well as many “modern” gadgets etc. It’s not a conscious lifestyle choice for me, just the combination of things that work for now

We have a landline. The village struggles with mobile reception due to the cliffs and our house is dreadful because it's got massive thick stone walls. You get a mostly reliable signal in the attic which gets worse and worse as you go downstairs to nothing on the ground floor.

We also have a toilet mat because ds (4) will only pee standing up and is easily distracted. It's easier throwing the mat in the washing machine than cleaning the floor everytime he does a wee. We don't have one of those dolly toilet roll covers though but one would probably fit right in with our currently pink bathroom.

Also cushions on the parcel shelf of cars, I’ve never understood why

Were they actual cushions? We spent a lot of my childhood in Germany and df had to have a proper first aid kit in the car. It looks just like a leather cushion (I inherited it although I have changed the contents) and it used to sit on the parcel shelf of his car.

OTOH, we are in a standoff with our window cleaner currently as he will only accept cash or cheque. He keeps coming, we keep not paying
Echoing PPs, you really need to pay him your debt! If you can't get the cash out, you can ask the bank for a cheque book. They are not difficult to write! And at least then he can bank his money he is owed!
Natwest stopped sending cheque books automatically, but I still pay by cheque in cash or cheque situations. You just need to ask the bank to send you one! Natwest are good and send me a couple so I know when to order the next couple.

Poor window cleaner and what a pompous customer.

We need a landline as no phone reception in the house. We also have an old plug in (not cordless) phone to use during power cuts.

And torches and a battery radio for the same.

Things from my childhood that I don’t have:

Horlicks mixer
Sit under hair dryer
Heated curlers
Phone table in the hall
Lots of recipe books
Atlas
Spin dryer
Eubank
Rubber things that went on the taps to wash your hair
Baby monitor with a long wire
Pretend fire with glowing coals
Not a soda stream but a similar metallic bottle - can’t remember the name
Coffee perculator
Pressure cooker
Electric carving knife

We don't have a landline phone. We have a broadband connection. We also have a PS4 so we stream a lot of telly through that. We have a Sky+ subscription but we are thinking about dumping it for NowTV.
We cleared out our flat of CDs, books and most DVDs much earlier this year. We gave them to charity. Dd still buys books, but Dh and I borrow from the library or use our kindles.
I have a chequebook somewhere but I haven't used it for years. I haven't been in a bank branch for many months.
I don't wear slips, and haven't done, ever!
We don't have AtoZs etc, but if I had a driving licence I would consider getting a road atlas because it gives you more of an area to look at and explore.
I remember having a pager in the early 90s! I was a teenager and used it to tell my dad if I had missed the bus from town to my village. It was 50p a go from a payphone, very expensive.
We call abroad using Whatsapp. We email instead of using letters.
I use a slimline diary but only because I find it easier to track my shifts than taking the time to input the info on a digital calendar app. We also have a family calendar on the wall.

Cars that you actually have to drive ie no parking sensors, automatic windscreen wipers/lights, cruise control etc

My car has none of those things, is that so unusual? I didn't even know there was such a thing as automatic windscreen wipers

Heated curlers

Noooo. I have just bought a set of heated rollers. They are the most fabulous thIng ever. Half an hour and I have amazing bouncy hair. Don’t know how I lived so many years without them.

Frith I still have my atlas that I was given in primary school, I'm mid 50's.

I also have my original dictionary that I got when starting secondary in the 70's.

These are family hairylooms now

I bought a rotary phone for my landline, takes me right back. I assumed they couldn’t work anymore as I’d seen “vintage” phones with buttons where the holes would have been. But it works and is exactly like I remember. The dc prefer it to the button one.

I’m predicting that coloured bathroom suites will make a massive comeback within 5 years!!

Re chequebooks. I’m a gardener and have a few elderly clients. I am more than happy to take cheques from them.

I still have a paper map in the car. I use sat nav but the map is handy if it fails or tries to send me a stupid way.

I have a landline. I use it for conference calls from home. I can be on those all fucking day sometimes and it’s annoying to have to recharge the mobile.
I also have a meat mincer and one of those coffee filter machines. Bought one in France where they still seem to be popular. Much more environmentally friendly than those silly little pod things

I had to send a cheque to my local authority to renew my blue badge. I also had to pay the carpet fitter by cheque. We used to have a sepia bathroom suite with gold taps, it was so on trend in the early eighties.

Oh and I get a smythson diary every year. They are a joy to use.