I do not have and probably never will have cable.
I don’t have a pager.
I don’t have a scanner, printer or digital camera.
I don’t have a camcorder.
I have no video game systems.
I don’t have a cell phone, but ever since the one storm last winter in which it took my sister three hours to make the 20 minute drive to pick me up at work (she’d been chauffering me after my car was totalled), I’ve considered getting one.
Eve, I admire your restraint. I was sure you were going to complain about how lousy movies have been ever this sound fad caught on.
Me? I’m probably the only person who owns both a DVD player and a stereo-opticon.
I have no car, nor vehicle of any sort. Not even a bike.
No mobile phone.
I do not have stereo equipment.
I possess no video-game system that requires a television set.
I do not have access to a dishwasher. Unfortunately.
Until recently, I did not have a toaster.
Ummm…
That’s about it. I DO have things like a computer, DVD player, VCR, and more remote controls than anyone could conceivably need.
Or, if you’re smart, lookie over here!
Most of the mod-cons we have, even if their use is limited. And we’ve found them to be important when we’ve had to use them, such as cellular phones. I’m pleased to say we are not members of the clod sect who can be seen talking on mobile phones anywhere anytime. But in emergencies, they are a comfort to have.
CDs, yeah, cable, yeah, AC, yeah (though we hardly ever use it), microwave, yeah, answering machine, yeah, VCR, yeah.
Strangely, we don’t have an electric can opener. I have a vague memory of having one when we first got married, but then it broke and we just bought a hand-crank one and it’s lasted nearly two decades.
No TV, and I don’t even know what a DVD player is.
But you’ll have to pry my cell phone from my cold dead fingers :D. (Due to the nature of my job, it is an absolute blessing & a big time-saver.)
I have a vague notion of what a Palm Pilot is, but my DayTimer is my second most important work tool.
I grew up largely with no electricity, no phone, no family car, and often no plumbing, though. frankly, I am happy to have all of the above, having had to carry the family poop bucket to the big hole in the ground & had weekly chilly baths in a sheep dip tub, which the whole family shared. We were poor enough at times that my mom made casseroles out of chicken feed & goat cheese (from our own goats.) we were vegetarian, so we didn’t get to eat the goats & chickens.
yes, modern life is grand!
Music from HAIR:
Ain’t got no cable.
Ain’t got no VCR.
Ain’t got no computer.
Ain’t got no phone.
Ain’t got no cell phone.
Ain’t got no microwave.
Ain’t got no driver’s license.
Ain’t got no car.
Ain’t got no dishwasher.
Ain’t got no washing machine.
Ain’t got no dryer.
Do have TV for news, Simpsons, and soaps.
Do have portable CD player for collection of about 500 CDS.
No, Eve, they’re waiting for me to get one, so they can come up with something else. I’m still pissed about 8-tracks. 
Our stereo has a dual cassette player, and a turntable on top, but no CD player. (But I can play CDs on the computer).
No dishwasher, no electric can opener, no DVD player, no Palm Pilot devices.
I do have a cell phone, a microwave, cable TV, an answering machine and a garage-door opener.
Our Nintendo (Super NES) is about 6 or 7 years old. I don’t think they even make games for it anymore.
No car; no microwave. Also no air conditioner, no CD player, no LP player, no game playing system, no palm pilot. I do have a computer, TV, VCR, cassette player, and cell phone. I hardly ever use the cell phone, but every now and then it comes in handy.
Don’t have:
• Dishwasher
• Cell phone, pager
• Automatic coffee pot (still using a tea kettle)
• Sink disposal
• VCR (I do have a TV, but it’s not hooked up)
• Stereo system (if I want tunes I go ride around in the car - when my cousin’s husband sent me a CD he’d recorded I listened to it in my business partner’s car)
• Printer for my home PC
• Washing machine/dryer
• Ironing board/iron
• Bed
In fact, very few gadgets overall, although I couldn’t live without the microwave. I didn’t really go out and buy one, though. A friend of mine ran up a tab at a topless bar on my credit card and paid me off with that and some raquetball gear.
Let’s see…
No DVD player.
No portable CD player.
No digital camera.
No pager.
No Palm Pilot.
(But I do have a Pocket PC. :D)
I’m still using a dial-up Internet connection.
I haven’t purchased a video game system since the Super NES. And I still have my original NES, which I use often.
I’m still using the stereo system my parents gave me for Chirstmas when I was in the sixth grade. (I’m now a sophomore in college.)
Isn’t it funny Coldfire’s link to a Palm Pilot site didn’t work? 
I have no:
pager
cell phone
air conditioning
non-portable CD player (yes, I have a Discman, which I mostly use with the stereo adaptor in my car)
dishwasher (there’s one in the house but it doesn’t work and we don’t care)
Palm Pilot
video game system of any kind
electric can opener (for years when I was growing up, we exclusively used a P38)
We have a computer, with a dial-up connection, but there’s limited times of day I can use it (long story there).
We have a TV and a VCR, but no cable or television reception, so we can’t watch TV, only videos. I sure miss PBS sometimes!
I have a car, but hey, I live in SoCal. You try functioning without one! And my job requires it.
My roommate has a garage door opener but I park on the street.
cell phone or pager
cable television
DVD player
digital camera or video camera
palm pilot
electric can opener, or coffee pot type gadgets
I do not have and adamantly refuse:
- cell phone
- pager
- digital camera
- Palm Pilot or equivalent
- electric can opener
- chichi phone frills
Own but rarely use:
- VCR
- microwave
- television
Tools are only effective if they make life easier and better. Unfortunately too many “labor saving” tools morph users into slaves to keep them functional. I have a verylow patience threshold for demanding tools.
Veb
P.S. True story: a slasher storm knocked out power to my house for 3 days. It was fun, the house lit by kerosene lights and listening to the wind-up Victrola. Okay, it was summer but my tools served me rather than the reverse.
No cable TV (but I have a cable modem)
No fancy car stereo - just am/fm cassette, and I don’t even use the cassette
No auto AC either, or AC of any kind for that matter
No hair dryer
No vacuum cleaner (I like sweeping)
No land line phone or answering machine - I just use my cell phone, that way I don’t have to share with anyone
I am not a Luddite, I love technology and science and love to see it advance. However, I do live pretty simple.
*I have a car, though it is a small compact enconomy car.
*I have a computer, and will have DSL shortly.(cheapy computer, enough to get online)
*I, of course, have a telephone, though basic and no long distance provider at all. (and I use it mabey once a week, aside from the internet)
*I do have a microwave oven, though I hardly use it. (hardly eat hot foods)
*Shower, indoor plumbing, electricity, heating, AC, sink w/garbage disposal, and a tiny refrigerator all are in my apartment.
Things I don’t have:
*Stereo: Music; something I listen to in my car or on my computer
*TV: Rots the brain, easy to put things off while It is on, and if I had it…It would be on.
*VCR, Cable, DVD players or anything TV related also are nonexistant in my apt.
Washer and Dryer; No, though I do use my parents.
*Cell Phone: only reason I would ever get one of these is in case my car breaks down, and 35 cents and a little excersice seem a small price compared to the 20+ bucks a month cell phone companies charge. (don’t have a pager either)
*No cute electronic address books, electronic books, Palm Pilots, or anything else electrical aside from a wrist watch.
So true. I would give up my cell phone or microwave before the garage door opener. I would willingly toss the phone in the trash, but you’ll only take my garage door opener when you pry it from my cold dead hand. I love that thing!
I just have to say, you people are REALLY freaking me out!! I’m almost going into a panic mode thinking of my life without these things.
I don’t own a car. (live in NYC)
I don’t have a 52 inch high definition television!
I don’t have TiVO!
I don’t have one of those monkeys that go around and do chores for me.
I don’t have a FemBot.