5. Landline phones
Remember when you tripped over the landline phone’s cord? I can tell you that my mom always mocked me for being clumsy and irresponsible and she was right. The only difference now is that the cord is missing.
Landlines are seen now by most people as an unnecessary expense. In the not too distant future, this type of phones will most likely be forgotten, especially by new generations.
Think about it…as surprising as it may sound, those who were born in the late 2000s never stuck their fingers in the rotary dialer. How sad is that?!
Losing this next one won’t be music to some people’s ears…..
19 thoughts on “7 Things That Are Slowly, But Surely Disappearing”
YES, I still have a “clock radio” by my bed with an alarm.
I am so sick of technology taking away all we have grown up with and replacing it with a “smart” phone” that is for the young people, not for us seniors. I was just told that my landline is no longer a landline but connected to the WiFi! AND that means that my alarm company has to up my bill!?
I still have a landline because I am always miss placing my cell phone!!
I don’t miss any of them ! I’m 90 years old and who cares lol
MOST PROGRESS AND CHANGE ARE GOOD, BUT WE MUST NEVER CHANGE LOVING ONE ANOTHER AS THE WAY WE LIVE. THERE IS A BOOK ADOUT THAT…THE BIBLE. YOU CAN STILL BUY ONE ON PAPER.THROUGH A COMPUTER; OR ON THE RADIO; ETC.
AGAPE GWL/MD (Ret)
Yes I use a clock radio everyday for alarm.😁 No plans on getting rid of it.
I also have a clock radio, which is set to music to wake up to. Also two battery-run alarm clocks which are sometimes used instead. Don’t have any plans to get rid of them, Only use my cell-phone alarm clock when I travel.
Yes, I use an alarm clock.
For people who have large homes, landlines can be a necessity. Older people do no carry their cell phones with them when they are in their homes. So a cordless phone in almost every room is logical.
sure I still use a vintage alarm clock even if only to see what time it is. Wouldn’t want to be without ! I also don’t have a smart phone as I am now completely deaf and can’t use a phone without captions. It is just really bad that most people never think of those among us who can’t use a smart phone because we can’t “hear or understand” people on the phone nor TV nor video . . . etc.
still use them. cordless ones all over the house
use my trusty ole finger pusher every day
being a biker, we all kept a paper map every time we went on a cross country trip.
viva de harley
I did get rid of the landline. However …As to pay phones they are already all gone. There in ONE left in all of NYC! I have a massive CD collection. I listen to them daily and still order new ones all the time (I also have all my favorite movies on DVD – because it’s hard to find anything worth watching on tv most of the time). And yes, I have a beautiful retro electric alarm clock and I do occasionally use a cute little calculator. And lastly, my old car is full of paper maps and no GPS. 🙂
I still use alarm clocks, no longer wind-up, instead battery-run.
I have several calculators which I use often. Do not use a c-phone unless I am away from my home. Do not use the built-in calculator., as I prefer the non-technical ones. I have a ‘dumb’ phone, not a smart phone.
I prefer paper maps which I use often, both within my home and when I used to drive. Depending with whom I’m riding in a car with, I still prefer paper maps. I can see far more on a paper roadmap than I can on any GPS unit. In years past, long Before GPS units, if I was traveling somewhere within a state, I would buy County street maps.
I still have LP (long playing) vinyl records, the stereos to play them on, and CD’s and CD players.
yes and yes
STILL HAVE LANDLINES WITH 1 HAVING THE LONG CORD WILL STILL USE REGULAR CALCULATOR