# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/81 "2009-05-20T14:23:28Z")
No job. ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/82 "2009-05-20T14:45:04Z")
No dryer. Washer but no dryer. We dry clothes the old fashioned way. I hardly think about it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/83 "2009-05-20T16:48:04Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > No job. Same here. ☹ I have a dishwasher now, but lived for 14 years without one, and I didn’t really miss it. It feels so luxurious to just load the dirty dishes, add detergent, turn it on and walk away. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/84 "2009-05-20T17:06:27Z")
no dish washer /cry ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/85 "2009-05-20T17:18:06Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > No job. One could make the argument that that’s not a common thing to have anymore. :\ ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/86 "2009-05-20T17:23:03Z")
I’ve never had cable and never missed it. No house plants either. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/87 "2009-05-20T18:25:43Z")
Library card. I live in an unincorporated area, and would have to pay over $200 a year for my family to have cards. We used to do it, but between the kids’ school libraries, [paperbackswap.com](http://paperbackswap.com), a good book exchange at work and Border’s/Barnes and Noble, we do OK without it. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/88 "2009-05-20T18:35:32Z")
No blender No pets No printer No cable or satellite No coffemaker (don’t drink coffee) ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/89 "2009-05-20T18:44:06Z")
> [@stuthehistoryguy](#): > > What other pseudo-necessities might these my brethern and sistern be without? I don`t own a comb. Do normal men comb their hair? I would comb my hair every morning until I was about 12. It hasn’t been combed since. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/90 "2009-05-20T19:59:27Z")
Until a few years ago, I didn’t have a TV. ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/91 "2009-05-20T21:16:36Z")
I dont’ consider not having a land line lacking anything these days unless they don’t have a cell phone either. Many people are getting rid of the expense of having two lines. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/92 "2009-05-20T21:38:53Z")
> [@Foxy40](#): > > I dont’ consider not having a land line lacking anything these days unless they don’t have a cell phone either. Many people are getting rid of the expense of having two lines. The main difference I see in landline vs. no landline is families versus singles. Singles have cellphones; family residences (some combination of adults and children related by blood, marriage, or some similar partnership/commitment) have landlines in addition to whatever cellphones they have. People with roommates may fall on either side of this, depending on how close of friends the roommates are. The distinction, I guess, is something like, “Is the caller trying to reach a specific person?” or “Is the caller trying to reach anyone from the household?” ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/93 "2009-05-20T21:43:59Z")
A life. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/94 "2009-05-20T23:03:14Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Or the theme song from _Gilligan’s Island_. 🙂 Or [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUcXI2BIUOQ) song? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/95 "2009-05-20T23:14:53Z")
I don’t have a portable music player of any sort. This is a rarity in my generation. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/96 "2009-05-21T00:04:34Z")
> [@Lucky\_13](#): > > No other male partner, mostly on account of the previous item; therefore > No sex or love, or any sort of male companionship. ☹ How you doin? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/97 "2009-05-21T00:16:01Z")
Cable TV. Tivo. DVR. Toaster oven. Pets. Kids. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/98 "2009-05-21T00:47:02Z")
No cable No games console No coffee maker No landline ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/99 "2009-05-21T07:19:48Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Speaking of phones, another common thing that I don’t have a lot of is touch-tone phones. Most of our phones are rotary dial, but I keep one touch-tone phone in the office so I can connect with conference lines for work and order prescription refills. ok if this isnt to forward how old are you? the last time I saw a rotary phone in USE was my grand parents place back in the 70’s for my list, much already mentioned no Tv Coffee Pets Plants Landline the only game system besides the pc is a ps1 untouched forever ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/100 "2009-05-21T20:15:33Z")
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