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?

My DP still gets a physical newspaper. I stopped it years ago.

@Nat6999 doctors will do home visits, but only to housebound or terminally ill patients in their last days. I remember the Dr visiting our house when I was ill as a child.

Land line home phone

Working in an office with other humans
Being able to see a GP
Skype
Cash
Cheques
Landline
Dialling a telephone
Knowing telephone numbers
Filofax
Handwriting
Getting photos developed
Cassettes
Recording a program on to a video
Reading a hard copy book
Terrestrial television
Smoking indoors
Fax machine
Pager

I remember when self service checkouts were new. They stressed me out so much! These days I get stressed out if I have to used a manned one!

Banning cash would be terrible. It would make car boot sales and other grey market transactions impossible. Besides, they don’t need to know everything you buy.

Actual paper Payslips - it’s all done on online websites now

I work for a major uk charity and I get a paper pay slip posted monthly!

Doing The dab.

Using a map book
Regular tv instead of on demand
Calling for a taxi
Having a landline phone (haven't had one a home or work for year)

@Rosewaterblossom

I remember being so weary of contactless but now it's mainly all I use!

Wary, surely?

@ginslinger , I think PP meant wary, not weary. Not sure phones recognise the difference.

iPods for sure. I’ve got a Nano I used for Hypnobirthing (I know, I know!) that still works and the DD who birth I used it for now has it!

Last year when home schooling my mum told me about the time her school closed for a few weeks and they had lessons... via radio!

We always try to order direct with a takeaway so there's no third party commissions.

I had to explain what a phone box was to my Cub pack. Using one is still in one of the badges bizarrely. (We came across one on a hike. They were astonished by rural areas sometimes not having great mobile reception).

Currently in Andorra. It would cost us £6 a day in roaming charges to use our phones since neither UK or Andorra is in the EU despite being on the continent of Europe...

Anything that requires a response from the DVLA.

For example......you can tax a car online, and pay for it online, and receive confirmation of said transaction online. But, if you want a refund you have to write (write FFS, who does that nowadays) to them and give the reason why you are requesting a refund. You cannot ring them, nor do this online. When they do respond they send a cheque (remember those!) that you have to take to your bank (if you haven't got a flashy, modern banking app on your phone that allows you to photograph the cheque).

I work for the alumni department of a university and write their magazine.

Sometimes I need to contact older people for stories and my God! For some of them it's like they are still living in this weird parallel universe where the last 20 years haven't happened.

No email - so you have to send them things in the post. No mobile phone - so you have to arrange a time to call them on the landline, and when they come to events they want to pay by cheque and book via a paper form.

I do it their way because otherwise they wouldn't be able to get involved but the time involved is so much compared to what it could be.

It baffles me as my parents and their friends are elderly and all have iphones, laptops etc but for some reason these people just haven't embraced any of it. And I think because their social circle hasn't either, they aren't losing out.

It makes me wonder what technology will be when I'm old and if I'll slavishly stick to what I know now and refuse to teleport because there's nothing wrong with the bus.

@Rosewaterblossom

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?

Landline can be traced more quickly & easily than a mobile if you call 999 in an emergency. That's what police advised me and why I have one.

Gosh i have quite the collection of the pens with multiple colours. The satisfaction of the click noise when you spring the nib back up! When i was a kid these were the most amazing thing to have, so as an adult i seem to think they are still a treat item. I have at least ten but they are too special to actually use!

I agree the DVLA are an absolute outdated disgrace, like getting blood out of a stone making the simplest of enquiries

My first job was in a hospital. One of the tasks I did was provide cover in the telephone exchange at lunch time. One of those really old fashioned ones where you pull the wire out and plug it into holes. (Bit difficult to describe and incomprehensible to anyone under 50!)

Dictataphones
Carbon paper
Typists
Card index
Paper files
Missing files
The tea round
The smoking room
Office Xmas parties, in the office.
Cash wages

Using the A-Z to find my way round London 😂

@Ericaequites

Banning cash would be terrible. It would make car boot sales and other grey market transactions impossible. Besides, they don’t need to know everything you buy.

Yes, but the worrying thing is when technology fails. I am against going with not cash completely. Also, Xmas cards can be send by internet . I am not a fan of Christmas traditions to go.

@winewolfhowls

Gosh i have quite the collection of the pens with multiple colours. The satisfaction of the click noise when you spring the nib back up! When i was a kid these were the most amazing thing to have, so as an adult i seem to think they are still a treat item. I have at least ten but they are too special to actually use!

I use the BIC 4 colour pens every day! They remind me of my french primary school. Why I am nostalgic about them, goodness knows, because I hated that school! I like it when I find ones with different coloured/shiney barrels, or a different type of nib - higher pen or pencil.

TV indoor aerials
Nokia 3310
Landline
Paying £20 for a simcard
Pay as you top up cards

Freeview/netflix/prime/youtube has enough content not sure why anyone in this day and age pays extortionate prices for sky/Bt/virgin boxes etc.

Knowing phone numbers like the local taxi firm, takeaway etc. Needing to keep the menus in a special drawer.
Phoning up an information line to get the cinema times. Not being able to pre book hence "blockbuster" with queues round the block!
Alternatively checking stuff like that on teletext. 120 was Now and Next. Playing Bamboozled, reading the problem pages.
Wiggling an aerial to get good reception. When channel 5 launched we had to put the TV in the garden to watch an England game.
Two rings when you reached a friend's house so your mum knew you were safe.
Calling for your friend's, going house to house gathering up a big gang! I did this aged 4 I'm 38 now and it seems unthinkable. My 9 year old wouldn't want to go and knock on his friend's house 4 doors down I don't think. I also used to play on the field which led to some woods from about 10 I'd go by myself to get flowers. Nothing ever happened but I don't think I'd allow it. My parents were relatively cautious as well.