# Anachronism.com, Or How You're Keepin' It Old School **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 8, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronism-com-or-how-youre-keepin-it-old-school/421940 "2007-10-08T15:05:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronism-com-or-how-youre-keepin-it-old-school/421940/41 "2007-10-11T21:26:01Z")
[Still using this calculator in everyday use since 1982.](http://hp15c.org/hp15c.php) I installed a 4th set of batteries in it last year. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronism-com-or-how-youre-keepin-it-old-school/421940/42 "2007-10-11T21:35:25Z")
[QUOTE=Martini Enfield] The Philippines? Former American colony, operating on 110v 50hz power, using US-style the 2-pin flat plugs. [/QUOTE] You’d be likely to blow something out since the Philippines uses 220 V @ 60 Hz. You’re right about the flat pins though. As for my anachronism - I don’t have a cell phone. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronism-com-or-how-youre-keepin-it-old-school/421940/43 "2007-10-11T22:07:13Z")
I got my primary graphics/paint program from a Macworld book in 1994. On a floppy disk (Actually, I believe it had to be split up over a couple of floppy disks). One of the models I’m using in a flight simulator project was extracted from Bungie’s _Myth: The Fallen Lords_, circa 1997. I last used a Hypercard stack about three days ago. It may be the only copy still in existence. I know what a Stirgil, a Nelaton Probe, and a Orbitoclast are, and how they are used. I have occasionally wished I had my own. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronism-com-or-how-youre-keepin-it-old-school/421940/44 "2007-10-11T22:57:19Z")
[QUOTE=Risha] [Random link my husband showed me last night.](http://steampunkworkshop.com/lcd.shtml) [/QUOTE] Even cooler (I think), from the same site: [Steampunk Keyboard](http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronism-com-or-how-youre-keepin-it-old-school/421940/45 "2007-10-12T00:03:46Z")
[QUOTE=Yeticus Rex] [Still using this calculator in everyday use since 1982.](http://hp15c.org/hp15c.php) I installed a 4th set of batteries in it last year. [/QUOTE] I have the same one, bought it later than '82, though. Someday, I’m gonna (sorry, going to) get a [Curta](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta_calculator). ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronism-com-or-how-youre-keepin-it-old-school/421940/46 "2007-10-12T01:43:16Z")
[QUOTE=Declan] Mind you , as I notice that your posting from Australia , obviously they are letting the convicts have some computer privilges , 🙂 [/QUOTE] Australia? What’s that? Never heard of it. I am posting from the Colony of New South Wales on the continent of New Holland, just north of Van Diemen’s Land. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronism-com-or-how-youre-keepin-it-old-school/421940/47 "2007-10-12T03:00:39Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] Australia? What’s that? Never heard of it. I am posting from the Colony of New South Wales on the continent of New Holland, just north of Van Diemen’s Land. [/QUOTE] Latecomer. I’m posting from just west of Fort Rouillé in New France, not far from the great Carrying Place trail that leads to the upper lakes. And, _certainement_, we drive our wagons on the right, not like the perfidious English along the east coast. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronism-com-or-how-youre-keepin-it-old-school/421940/48 "2007-10-12T03:07:01Z")
I still have a bank book. I have to update it periodically by taking it to the bank. The account is in a town I’ve not lived in for 30 years. My parents opened the account for me when I was born, to save my family allowance payments. The account number is all of four digits long. Someday, I’ll pre-pay my funeral with cheque on that account. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronism-com-or-how-youre-keepin-it-old-school/421940/49 "2007-10-12T03:29:15Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] I’ve seen more movies from the 1920s than 1987-2007. [/quote] Yeah, I’ve probably seen more movies from _any single year_ in the 1930s than I have from the past decade. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronism-com-or-how-youre-keepin-it-old-school/421940/50 "2007-10-12T04:24:32Z")
I’m posting from Shichisei-gun, Taihoku Prefecture, Formosa. Where bank books are standard issue and personal checks are unknown. ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronism-com-or-how-youre-keepin-it-old-school/421940/51 "2007-10-12T05:48:40Z")
[QUOTE=maggenpye] and most old school of all, I insist that my 8 year old child uses _good manners._ What do I win? [/QUOTE] My daughter is 2 years old in speech therapy because the only things she says are “kitty kitty” “uhoh” “hello” and “Thank you!” I’m insanely proud that one of her first words/phrases is “thank you” Anachronistic…hmm…I say Sir and Ma’am. I believe in table manners are far more important than most people apparently think. Toss me back to the 70’s because I still think women deserve equal rights. I’d dress in all 50’s dresses if I could. I love pointy high heel shoes. I still think a woman that wears red shoes is one to be wary of. I’m deeply in love with the steampunk computer also. Oh, I still think men should take out the trash. No matter how far we’ve come. ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronism-com-or-how-youre-keepin-it-old-school/421940/52 "2007-10-12T05:55:47Z")
Oooh, I forgot, I still count change back the old fashioned way. Even when I’m dealing poker. Player bets $350, player calls with a $500 chip, I count back toss 'em 50, that’s four hundred, toss ‘em 100, that’s five. I’ve had players comment that I do it weird. Um, that me, kickin’ old school. No one knows how to make change any more. (Oh, and I learned to type on a manual typewriter) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronism-com-or-how-youre-keepin-it-old-school/421940/53 "2007-10-12T06:19:15Z")
When I see someone driving too fast in an inappropriate place, I holler “Twenty-Three Skiddoo!” at them. I really do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anachronism-com-or-how-youre-keepin-it-old-school/421940.md?page=2)