# Museum of the recently obsolete... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 5, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-of-the-recently-obsolete/402874 "2007-05-05T12:55:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-of-the-recently-obsolete/402874/121 "2007-05-07T22:32:02Z")
> [@gotpasswords \[/quote](#): > > I’m assuming you’re referring to the cream that would float to the top of the bottle? That’s not obsolete, it’s just been better separated out of the milk so they can sell cream at a better profit. What remains is more firmly in suspension and distributed throughout, thanks to homogenization. yeah, but you never get bottles with that thick layer on top anymore. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-of-the-recently-obsolete/402874/122 "2007-05-07T23:00:32Z")
I think most people don’t get milk in bottles at all anymore (though presumably some still do) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-of-the-recently-obsolete/402874/123 "2007-05-07T23:09:35Z")
[QUOTE=Martini Enfield] Cassette Player Walkmans… Haven’t seen a new one since the early '90s, [/QUOTE] New ones are still being made. I happened to be in Wal-Mart this afternoon, and thinking about this thread, I strolled through the electronics department to take a look. There was only one model, an RCA, and it was dirt cheap, about 8 bucks. It had AM and FM, although it was an analogue tuner. Granted, there is no longer a market for them, but should you really, really want a new one, they aren’t hard to find. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-of-the-recently-obsolete/402874/124 "2007-05-08T01:38:03Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] I think most people don’t get milk in bottles at all anymore (though presumably some still do) [/QUOTE] I get mine via e-mail ---
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-of-the-recently-obsolete/402874/125 "2007-05-08T06:02:45Z")
[QUOTE=Ferd Burfel] May I nominate the paper boy? [/QUOTE] And the milkman. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-of-the-recently-obsolete/402874/126 "2007-05-08T07:12:00Z")
The milkman is alive and well in the UK. Mind you he also sells: Bread, spuds, OJ,cheese,butter, soft drinks,eggs, cream etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-of-the-recently-obsolete/402874/127 "2007-05-08T14:04:20Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] I get mine via e-mail [/QUOTE] You must have a cryogenically cooled PC! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-of-the-recently-obsolete/402874/128 "2007-05-08T15:22:14Z")
[QUOTE=Ferd Burfel] You must have a cryogenically cooled PC! [/QUOTE] I must re-read the manual. I thought Microsoft Outlook came with a _diary_ function. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-of-the-recently-obsolete/402874/129 "2007-05-08T15:31:38Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth] Audiophiles, right or wrong, think tubes give them a much better tone than transistors, and as long as they’re willing to buy them someone is going to make them. [/QUOTE] Not audiophiles, musicians. Electric guitar players anyway. They prefer tube amplfiers, and there isn’t any debate. Several solid state amplifiers are engineered to produce “that tube sound” as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-of-the-recently-obsolete/402874.md?page=6)