Which things seem so antiquated now that were only a few years ago...

[Rosewaterblossom]

Programming the TV to record on VHS..

Ipods..

Renting a dvd from the shop..

Decorating a room and having one colour at the bottom with a paler version at the top separated with a pretty boarder..

What are yours?

Christmas cards.

I’ve got freeview in my bedroom!

Yes a landline. We don’t have a handset anymore.

Filofax a leather a5 sized one it zipped up I used for about 20 years was gutted when I lost it, I’d love again for old times sake.

@Jumpingintochristmas

Calling to order a takeaway.

I phoned an order through last Friday - from my landline. Proper old fashioned here 😂

We live rurally and lots of these 'antiquated' habits are really quite normal - collecting takeaways, using cash, having a landline, using a travel agent, DVDs.

I find it very exciting when I visit a friend in a city ... the lifestyle is so different you could be in another country .

Booking a holiday in an travel agent (shop)
Buying a magazine
Needing change for car parks
Looking through the local newspaper at houses for sale ( pre rightmove)
Watching one episode of a drama per week, no binge watching

I still buy CDs, send Christmas cards, use a desktop for preference, and have a landline! Don't miss dialup, however!

And of course I still use a Filofax .

Logarithm tables …. Just discussing those 🤣

I haven't used a Fax machine in yonks; I think it's mainly hospitals and some American organizations that still use them.

I remember being informed by a college in the 90s that no, their fax machine, which they kept in reception near a too-often open door, was not currently usable as it had been struck by lightning.

Ds and his friends all have record players now and buy vinyl. He wishes I'd kept my huge collection which I gave away to someone doing a charity car boot sale. So although we don't buy CDs, I've bought a few LPs this year and last.

I also still buy bluray and Dvd box sets of stuff i can't get on Netflix or Prime.

stand alone SatNavs?

Going into the Gas showroom to pay your bill, then the Electric one.
Wages in cash, in a packet.
Traveler’s cheques.
Booking a call home on a foreign holiday.
Smoking upstairs on a bus
Smoking at the back of an airplane
Smoking on the tube
Renting a tv, had a coin slot on the back.
Putting coins in the electric meter

Dogs roaming the streets in packs.
Going out drinking with your mates, aged 13, tallest/oldest looking would buy all the drinks.
1/2 pence coin
Sixpence coin
God, I feel old.

Needing cash for the bus - even they're contactless now (well they are where I live - and I live in quite a rural area).

DH and I used a travel agent to book our first holiday together about 16/17 years ago it was a nightmare holiday

This year I have only for the second time in our relationship used a travel agent! Turns out doing it direct is no longer cheaper. Although it was one of those new age travel agents 'holiday consultants' rather than a high street shop.

The last time I called Virgin Media for my broadband deal I recall kicking off a bit because "deals" were cheaper if you had a landline too. I said who has a household landline nowadays and why should I have one when I won't use it! Think I got a good deal anyway but definitely wouldn't ever get a landline. What's the point when I have a mobile with all I need?

Waiting for the TV to warm up before it came on, and often having to juggle with the aerial to get a decent signal.

Omg don't I am early 30s yet still so out of touch! I still use cds in my car and I have brought my step dad 2 cds for his van for christmas. I also ring to order takeaways. I haven't entered the world of spotify and music downloads

@ginslinger

I can't imagine every become weary of contactless payments - I love it especially now that I have the cards in my phone wallet and just have to use a fingerprint to pay. It's brilliant.

I think she meant wary.

Watching tv

Sending Christmas cards

I think I had 30 hours a month on my freeserve dial up so had to monitor my internet use carefully.

The yellow pages. It used to be a massive doorstep of a book that lived in everyone's house. I got one through the door recently and it was tiny and went straight in the recycling bin.

Cash, I have not used it for more than two years.
Manually setting a timer, I use Google Assistant.
Physical media, I stream music, films, TV etc.
Live TV, almost everything is on-demand.
Throwing everything in one bin, rather than splitting out various recycling.

Happy New Year texts being sent to friends and family at the bells and getting delivered hours later because the service jammed up. Nobody bothers doing it now.

We have a land line because we live rurally and no mobile phone signal/we need it for our alarm system/broadband can be flaky too so WiFi calling isn’t always up to scratch.

Actually speaking to friends on a landline
Going to the shops to choose presents,clothes etc
Having less choice in supermarkets
Getting pics developed from chemist
Could actually think of hundreds more examples!