What modern equipment have you never used?

[Alpha]

I've never used a CD player for music. I have only tapes, and my computer might play music CDs but I haven't tried, because I have none.

I've never used a cordless phone.

I've never used a cell phone.

I've never used a pone card.

[Alpha]

Nor a [b]phone card[b]

[TexasSpur]

What decade are you living in?
Look around next time you go outside.



Just kidding. I am not trying to be a jerk or anything.

I have never an electric shaver.

[TroubleAgain]

A DVD player.
And MP3 player.
The bus port on my PC.

Um, that's all I can think of right now.

[MovieMogul]

Tractor
Coffee Machine
Vibrator
Stairmaster
Electric toothbrush
DVD player (though I own a few DVDs)
Humidifier
Jetski

My mom has only used an ATM once in her life (and that's because she was in France)

[Annie-Xmas]

Never driven a car or had a driver's license.

[porcupine]

Never used a Sybian.

[AETBOND417]

Never used:
Palm Pilot, ATM, Credit Card, portable MP3 player, and some other stuff.

I've never used a computer.

[jayjay]

DVD player
any console game technology after SuperNintendo
PDA
Portable Internet Device
headset telephone
dishwasher
clapper
Popeil pocket fisherman
Abdominizer
Bowflex
USB ports
3D accelerator for my computer
garbage disposal

[Montfort]

I've done just about all the technology things, except a portable mp3 player, but I have a minidisk unit that does the same thing, so it's a wash.

But, I've never worn rollerblades. The last time I roller skated, about twenty years ago, I had these skates that strapped onto my sneakers, and the skates weren't in-line, but in two rows of two.

[Ruffian]

Pager. I think they're one of the most annoying (and since the vast improvements in cell phone technology, unnecessary) gizmos out there.

[SmackFu]

Montfort got me thinking... Never used a...

Skateboard
Ice Skates
Rollerblades
Motorcycle
Circular saw

OTOH, I've used just about all the modern equipment listed here.

[Andy]

Never used a fack machine.....(is that the singular of fax?)

[Uniball]

Pacemaker.

[OrcaChow]

Motorcycle
Recumbent bicycle
Nintendo or Playstation
Phone card
MP3 player
Laser pointer
Helicopter
Inline skates
MRI scan
PC video camera
Videoconferencing
Diving recompression chamber (I hope I never do)
One of those newfangled little open-air, rotate-the-pizza cookers

[Purd Werfect]

Originally posted by porcupine
Never used a Sybian.

You crack me up, porcupine

[KJ]

I have...

Never used the internet.

Never used a cell-phone, don't really plan to (except maybe in an emergency situation. I mean, what am I gonna do in school, check my stocks?)

Never used a head-set phone (but I do have a headset microphone for my computer which I have used, and lemme tell ya, it's easier to just get a regular microphone.)

Never used a teleporter (wait, those aren't around yet. Nevermind.)

Never used a portable internet device, and I don't plan to.

Never used a Razor Scooter, don't plan to.

Haven't played PS2 yet, but I definately plan to.

I knew about Napster for a long time, but never actually used it until a few months ago.

[Fairy Princess Kitty]

Well I guess that there isn't all that much I haven't used, most importantly a vibrator.
DVD player
Fax machine
Palm pilot
ATM
Tools of any sort...

I think that's all

Kitty

[Monster104]

I've never used a machine gun. Really. The evidence is all circumstantial, and plausibly deniable. I swear.

[Disembodied Head]

::using this thread as a checklist::

ok, i have used nearly all of the things on this list, that make sense, i.e. pacemaker and things that require illness or disorders i don't think count, so then after that i think i've got most bases covered. except for vibrator, ATM, FAX machine. There might be others, but i can't think of anything

[MsRobyn]

Let's see.....

I've never used rollerblades (I've got a bad knee that won't allow this kind of sport), had a CT scan, and up until this year, possessed a cell phone or a PDA. However, now that I've got both, I consider them indispensible.

Robin

[Uniball]

I never used the Internet. What is like?

[labdude]

Originally posted by porcupine
Never used a Sybian.

too funny!!!!!!!

[Uniball]

What the fuck is a Sybian? It's the same as a thespian?

[wevets]

Checking against what others have listed:

•rollerblades, motorcycle, inline skates, ice skates, or razor scooter
•CT scan, pacemaker
•machine gun (darn, now you made me want to, Monster!)
•headset phone, pager
•portable internet device (I've got Palm Envy... mine's only a III)
•PS2, Game Boy, mp3 player, or Napster
•Videoconferencing, PC video camera
•recompression chamber (2nd you on that, Orca!)
•One of those newfangled little open-air, rotate-the-pizza cookers (I don't even know what that is!)
•vibrator (don't even want to think about using one!)
•any of the exercise machines mentioned so far
•tractor
•humidifier

I've used everything else mentioned, but that's still a long list so far.

[Purd Werfect]

Originally posted by Uniball
What the fuck is a Sybian? It's the same as a thespian?

Remember the mechanical horses out in front of the grocery store that you could ride for a quarter when you were a little kid?

The Sybian is similar. Except they don't rock back and forth. And they are rarely found in front of grocery stores. And the pommel is a wee bit more pronounced.

[Uniball]

And they are rarely found in front of grocery stores.

Ah.Rarely found. When they were found, to begin with?

[katie1341]

I've never used an MP3 player, an electric toothbrush, or a portable CD player. My 20-yr-old son thinks I'm a dinosaur.

[Torgo]

I've never used the "Anal Power-Fister 4000" by Ronco, though the TV ads make it look interesting.

[Skelji]

Originally posted by Uniball

Ah.Rarely found. When they were found, to begin with?

Once upon a time, Uniball, the Sybian was found in front of certain restaurants. Usually those all-you-can-eat buffets, with the real nice spread.


Oh yeah, the OP. I've never used a cell phone.

[porcupine]

I tried to host an "all you could eat buffet, with a real nice spread," but no one, uhhhh, came. So I'm thinking about maybe getting that Sybian as a Xmas present to myself.

[zen101]

an electric type writer.

electric can opener.

electric carving knife.

I tried to use a mechanical pencil and I kept breaking it so I did try to use one of those.

garage door opener.

I avoid doorbells (they make me suspicious), I just knock.

probably a whole lot of stuff I haven't even heard of.

[OrcaChow]

•One of those newfangled little open-air, rotate-the-pizza cookers (I don't even know what that is!)

I *think* they're new, since I've seen them in stores and advertisements only for a couple of months now.

The best way to describe one is it looks a bit like a Cuisinart without the stirring attachments and with a powered Lazy Susan for the pizza. The heating element looms a couple of inches above the pizza. The pizza revolves on the turntable and passes under the heating element which is big enough to cover only one slice of the pie. Eventually the whole pie catches enough heat to be cooked through and through.

And that's what seems confusing.

The results look appetizing enough, but it strikes me as a very inefficient way of cooking a large piece of food. While one-sixth of the pie is taking in heat, the other five-sixths are radiating their heat back out into the room.

I'd try one out but they cost around $80 (too much for tackling one specific food) and I've presently got precious little counter space in my house.

If any Dopers do get one, or have tried one, please let me know how well they work.

[Annie-Xmas]

Originally posted by Uniball
I never used the Internet. What is like?

/Homer Simpson voice/They have the Internet on computers now.

[Fear Itself]

A pager, and I never will. I hate the alarm clock in the morning; why would I want to carry one around in my pocket?