# Mundane things you've done but probably will never do again **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-youve-done-but-probably-will-never-do-again/589519 "2011-07-18T23:46:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-youve-done-but-probably-will-never-do-again/589519/41 "2011-07-20T18:29:25Z")
Keep score with a pencil or grease pencil while bowling. I really miss that - it was part of the fun. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-youve-done-but-probably-will-never-do-again/589519/42 "2011-07-20T19:52:54Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > - Dial a telephone See, this is a semantics disconnect between older and younger generations. They don’t associate the verb “dial” with a physical dial. We wouldn’t necessarily say that we will never “dial” a telephine just because it doesn’t have a dial. Kind of like “paste.” Millions of things are “pasted” each day with no actual paste. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-youve-done-but-probably-will-never-do-again/589519/43 "2011-07-20T20:21:15Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Put film into or take it out of a camera. > > Put a card into or take it out of a library catalogue. > > Use a typewriter. Especially a manual typewriter. You had to beat those damned keys like a rented mule. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-youve-done-but-probably-will-never-do-again/589519/44 "2011-07-20T20:41:23Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![RoeCocoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@RoeCocoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoeCocoa)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-youve-done-but-probably-will-never-do-again/589519/45 "2011-07-20T21:04:49Z")
[ul] [li]Drink human milk[/li][li]Build a fort out of two chairs and a blanket[/li][li]Read a book by John Grisham or Robin Cook[/li][li]Log in to my [excite.com](http://excite.com) e-mail account[/li][li]Empty a dishwasher[/li][li]Paint my fingernails[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-youve-done-but-probably-will-never-do-again/589519/46 "2011-07-20T21:39:49Z")
Here’s one I forgot to mention: Have sex with a famous \*Jeopardy! \*champ. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-youve-done-but-probably-will-never-do-again/589519/47 "2011-07-20T22:13:29Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Remain in my car while the gas is filled and the oil is checked by an attendant Come visit St Peterburg and I’ll take you to such a place; I’ll be going there tomorrow. I admit there ain’t many of them left. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-youve-done-but-probably-will-never-do-again/589519/48 "2011-07-21T01:03:27Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > Come visit St Peterburg and I’ll take you to such a place; I’ll be going there tomorrow. > > I admit there ain’t many of them left. Out of curiosity is it a lot more expensive than the other stations? I would have said I’m not likely to having a credit card manually swiped onto carbon paper, but was surprised when they did just that at a convenience store recently. Apparently their register wasn’t swiping right and they still have the old things for backup. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-things-youve-done-but-probably-will-never-do-again/589519.md?page=2)