# Obsolete in my lifetime **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-in-my-lifetime/731055 "2015-09-13T13:32:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-in-my-lifetime/731055/41 "2015-09-15T22:46:46Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > My 2011 Jeep Wrangler has manual windows My 2014 Wrangler has manual windows and locks. The doors are still awfully heavy when I remove them. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-in-my-lifetime/731055/42 "2015-09-15T23:32:56Z")
I miss floor vents in cars. Pull the knob, and fresh air came in over your feet. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-in-my-lifetime/731055/43 "2015-09-16T01:15:21Z")
Fotomat booths. Remember those? You could drive up in your car, fill out a little envelope, pop your film inside, come back in a week, pay the attendant and receive your prints! Imagine nowadays waiting a WEEK to see if that shot come out. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-in-my-lifetime/731055/44 "2015-09-16T01:25:31Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > I miss floor vents in cars. Pull the knob, and fresh air came in over your feet. I rode in a pickup truck once with throw rugs covering the rusted-through floor. Now _that_ was wild. Cars used to rust out, right? Do they still, or do I just trade-in way sooner? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-in-my-lifetime/731055/45 "2015-09-16T03:16:19Z")
> [@bizerta](#): > > Automobile features: > \>Cars without heaters. IIRC, heaters were an option for cars shipped to warmer climates when I was a kid. I assume it’s simply cheaper not make it an option. Does any car manufacturer offer A/C as standard equipment? Even the cheapest economy cars (which start at about 12k) have A/C as a standard feature, I think it is a standard feature on 95%+ of cars. Power windows is not always standard though, but is usually only seen on the economy cars. I’m assuming anything that isn’t a base model of a car that is \<20k has power windows as a standard feature. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-in-my-lifetime/731055/46 "2015-09-16T05:00:28Z")
Carbon paper. Teletype machines. Mercury-vapour streetlights. Incandescent light bulbs. Movie-theatre film. Movie-theatre film projectors. Leaded gasoline. Police call boxes (small metal boxes, the front hinged and opened with a key, not tardis phone booths) and public fire alarms, both attached to power poles. Phone booths. Bookmobiles. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-in-my-lifetime/731055/47 "2015-09-16T08:20:04Z")
FWIW, I have a candlestick phone built in 1911 , with a rotary dial (rather new-fangled at the time; it was introduced only in 1904 and became widespread in the US only from 1919 onwards). It works perfectly and, yes, I still use it 🙂 I am also a lover (not _ **that** _ way, pervs!) of manual typewriters, and I have a few in working order at home. I still remember my university days when I studied Computer Science and we had to share a big VAX machine with green or orange CRT monitors. Sending compiling jobs to be processed and waiting for the printout with the results… ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-in-my-lifetime/731055/48 "2015-09-16T08:53:28Z")
Computer punch cards. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-in-my-lifetime/731055/49 "2015-09-16T16:24:48Z")
> **[The Best of Vermont from The Vermont Country Store to your door!](https://www.vermontcountrystore.com)** > > The Vermont Country Store is proud to offer a great selection of high-quality and hard-to-find merchandise. Explore our general store today. Vermont Country Store sells both manual and electric typewriters. Their catalog says the former is manufactured just for them. They also sell ribbons. ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-in-my-lifetime/731055/50 "2015-09-16T21:45:26Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > [The Best of Vermont from The Vermont Country Store to your door!](http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/store/jump/productDetail/Catalog/Home/Home_Office/Our_Vermont_Country_Store_Portable_Manual_Typewriter_/67320) > > Vermont Country Store sells both manual and electric typewriters. Their catalog says the former is manufactured just for them. They also sell ribbons. That looks like it’s based on a Remington Corona model maybe just made by another company or under license from whoever owns the corona patent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-in-my-lifetime/731055.md?page=2)