# Old-fashioned things you'd like to see revived **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167 "2023-01-13T14:14:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/181 "2023-03-09T18:44:14Z")
😁 (discourse discourse) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/182 "2023-03-09T19:09:33Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > Once you experience the sensuous pleasure of a nib moving over good paper, or the dark clarity of fresh ink, a normal ballpoint or rollerball feels so pedestrian. > > Pedestrian? > \*Laughs in Quill Pen User\* I’ve used a steel nib on a quill, and you’re right - that _skritch skritch skritch_ is very satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/183 "2023-03-09T19:35:34Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > well that was a rhetorical statement. But thanks for playing. I still agree with the person you’re replying too. You’re the one with the bad attitude here, not the sandal wearers, IMO. They are doing something that hurts no one and has no affect on you, and you’re judgmental and hostile and rude - about them, if not to them. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/184 "2023-03-09T19:48:05Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > I remember toys in cereal boxes in the 1980s and 1990s, but I don’t remember any of them being cool. How far back in time do you have to go for that? Ask the guy who was there - '40s and '50s.Cool from the little boy’s POV, don’tchaknow? Dan ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/185 "2023-03-09T19:56:07Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > ETA: Actually, grocery delivery is an old fashioned thing that actually _is_ making a comeback. From what I understand back in the 1920s and 30s it was the norm for the grocery store to deliver your order to your home. Actually, before about 1960, the grocery guy would hit the neighborhood twice a week or so, open the back of his big box truck, and sell produce. Housewives in my neighborhood liked this because not everyone had an automobile. Yet. Dan ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/186 "2023-03-09T19:56:07Z")
Another fountain pen user here. Because the act of writing on paper is a distinct pleasure if you just slow down enough to enjoy it. My favorite pen is from about 1920. From about 1910 to 1960 was the golden age. They are often very beautiful objects as well. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/187 "2023-03-09T20:04:03Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > Setting down with a bunch of friends and a stack of albums and making ‘Ultimate Mix’ Tape. “Tape”? We had to make do with a wire recorder! Dan ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/188 "2023-03-09T20:53:39Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I’ve used a steel nib on a quill Real quills are better. Nothing like a nice goose feather you’ve cut yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/189 "2023-03-09T22:18:59Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > I’ve used a steel nib on a quill > > Real quills are better. Nothing like a nice goose feather you’ve cut yourself Poser. _I_ use a stylus on a wet clay tablet. In cuneiform. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/190 "2023-03-09T22:27:22Z")
Speaking of goose feather badd_ass_ery (which appears to have vanished from your post), I enjoy the feel of soft goose-feather toilet tissue. But, as an animal lover, I don’t cut the feathers off the poor geese before using it. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/191 "2023-03-09T22:30:48Z")
How positively Rabelaisian of you! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/192 "2023-03-09T22:50:27Z")
I’ve used fountain pens when younger. I cut my teeth drafting with rapidograph pens. Koh-I-Noor mostly. We where constantly looking for the best ink that would not clog a 0000 nib. Did a LOT of lettering with a scribe set. K&E Think. Tiny, tiny text on maps. Before that, I hand painted maps. Oil on linen. They where VERY $$$$. You where doing good if you could get 25 square inches done in an 8 hour period. The brush was tiny, and the the map very complex. Now, we just do it in GIS and send them to the plotter. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/193 "2023-03-09T22:55:16Z")
I still sometimes dress up to fly. It has got me bumped up to first class several times. Best thing I ever got in a cereal box was computer CDs for games of Jeopardy! and Scrabble. That’s still electronic, of course. Colby cheese was ubiquitous in Canada then suddenly mostly disappeared twenty years ago (apart from very small scale artisan made). Why? No idea. Still everywhere in the US. Pick up games of everything. Grainy mustard. Tahiti Treat. Scratch doughnut stores. Driving caps and hats in general. Free outdoor public movie screenings, and festivals, and drive-ins. Sandwiches, where butter added by default. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/194 "2023-03-09T23:14:20Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Before that, I hand painted maps. Oil on linen. They where VERY $$$$. You where doing good if you could get 25 square inches done in an 8 hour period. The brush was tiny, and the the map very complex. Color (with a fine-nib pen) me officially dazzled. đŸ€© ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/195 "2023-03-09T23:15:21Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Once you experience the sensuous pleasure of a nib moving over good paper, or the dark clarity of fresh ink As I read to the words “fresh ink”, I was sure the next bit would be “spreading from the pocket of your white shirt”. Dan ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/196 "2023-03-09T23:19:37Z")
Nah, that’s why all the ~~nerdy~~ cool guys wear plastic pocket protectors. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT1UMyinjvHEyhRSE1msweiT9FVS7p1MmIiqA&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT1UMyinjvHEyhRSE1msweiT9FVS7p1MmIiqA&usqp=CAU) ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/197 "2023-03-09T23:26:05Z")
Guy’s a _real_ nerd, if his ballpoints are leakin’ on him! Wouldn’t trust him to hold a baby
 Dan ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/198 "2023-03-10T01:02:55Z")
Are crossword puzzles old fashioned? I only remember them from the Penny Dell books when I was a kid. I know they are still around, but have they fallen out of favor? Or have they only ever been something mostly old people do? I found an app that got me into this Cryptic Crossword game
 My goodness are cryptic crosswords fun. I enjoyed the tutorial app so much, I went and ordered an actual paper book of them so I can take them to bed with me. I even bought some rainbow pencils. It’s a very inexpensive hobby, so you can splurge on the pencils. It may make me desperately uncool, but then, I always was. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/199 "2023-03-10T01:04:15Z")
I love Variety Puzzle Books! Cryptograms, anagram magic square, alphabet soup, letterboxes. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-things-youd-like-to-see-revived/978167/200 "2023-03-10T01:07:09Z")
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