# Common Things You Don't Have **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 18, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904 "2009-05-18T21:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/21 "2009-05-18T23:12:00Z")
Is TiVO actually commonplace? We don’t have any houseplants, or indoor pets. Or TiVO. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/22 "2009-05-18T23:13:04Z")
No toaster, but we do have a toaster oven. No cordless phones. I like my phones wired to the wall so I know exactly where to find them! No video game. No “smart” cell phones. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/23 "2009-05-18T23:16:58Z")
From what people have said here: No TIVO(it’s not that common, though). No land line No inside-the-house plants ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/24 "2009-05-18T23:17:31Z")
No toaster. The toaster oven does fine. We’d probably count as no game console, since the only ones in the house are out daughter’s ancient PS2 and this joystick with a bunch of old Atari 2600 games loaded. No air conditioner. We’d really need it only 2 or 3 days a year. Our insulation is good, so we open the windows at night, cool off the house, and close up during the day. It wasn’t bad even yesterday, which was a scorcher. We have millions of fans, though. And, thanks to our books, no space. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/25 "2009-05-18T23:27:24Z")
No beer. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/26 "2009-05-18T23:31:39Z")
Temporary conditions brought on by the death of my last refrigerator: No ketchup No mustard No mayo No pickle relish No salad dressing No half-used bottles of you-name-it No cartons of baking soda, other than the one I actually use for making food ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/27 "2009-05-18T23:32:45Z")
Money. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/28 "2009-05-18T23:40:34Z")
A furnace. I live in the South, where the bad part of winter lasts about a month. My house is heated with a combination of electric baseboard heaters and a big woodburner. ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/29 "2009-05-19T00:11:56Z")
No TV reception of any kind. (Which I discovered AFTER I bought the new TV for the new house!) No coffee maker. No A/C or evaporative cooler. (I may live to regret that, but the house has been here 30 years without either) No lawn mower (Cheating…I don’t need to mow the pine needles that cover my yard) No video game system. No husband or partner of either gender. No money. (See answer number one…) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/30 "2009-05-19T01:01:28Z")
No car. No television. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/31 "2009-05-19T01:05:51Z")
No cable, no dishwasher, no flatscreen. No hair dryer. No traditional dry or wet mop. No sewing implements of any kind. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/32 "2009-05-19T01:28:39Z")
No cable, satellite dish, or antenna. No current video game consoles. I have dozens, but nothing newer than the Dreamcast, and I haven’t really touched any of them in the last 7 years. No ice. I don’t own ice cube trays, no ice cube maker, and I don’t buy bags of ice. I don’t use ice, much to the surprise of friends and family, who believe mankind runs on ice or something. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/33 "2009-05-19T01:39:37Z")
I believe I am the last person in Panama without a cell phone, except for one aged Indian at the head of the last river on the Colombian border. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/34 "2009-05-19T02:16:16Z")
No firearms. ---
**Author:** ![yams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/848f3c/32.png) [@yams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yams)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/35 "2009-05-19T02:46:51Z")
[quote=“Randy\_Seltzer, post:14, topic:496904”] [Microwave](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=493198). As I mentioned in that thread, one can certainly do just fine without a microwave, but some things are made more difficult:[ul] [li]Microwave popcorn. This limits my popcorn-making abilities significantly.[/ul][/li][/QUOTE] But it doesn’t have to!! I don’t have a microwave either, but I make popcorn almost every day. Just a little oil in a pot, cover it up, on the stove, bing bang boom, popcorn! love yams!! ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/36 "2009-05-19T03:04:46Z")
No landline no game consoles no microwave oven (I’m gonna buy another one soon) no sex, no affection, no companionship ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/37 "2009-05-19T03:06:48Z")
No DVD player No radio No flat screen TV or HDTV No functional computer printer No video games (not even WOW) ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/38 "2009-05-19T04:27:27Z")
No DVR. I don’t personally own a car, although our household has one. I’m sure there’s other things I’m not thinking of because it’s a fairly regular occurance for us to realize we need something basic and don’t have it. I can’t think of any specific examples off the top of my head though. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/39 "2009-05-19T05:47:27Z")
No landline. No oven (unless you count the toaster oven, which I really don’t) No dishwasher, at least not one that works. No driver’s license, still. No husband. Well, technically, yes, but only on paper at this point. No other male partner, mostly on account of the previous item; therefore No sex or love, or any sort of male companionship. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/40 "2009-05-19T07:09:54Z")
Just thought of one more: no A/C. It doesn’t get hot enough long enough here to make it worthwhile; even most of the stores only have limited A/C. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904.md?page=3)