That same thought has occurred to me. But they’ve seen it much clearer and very close up, even having never been there, on another miracle almost no one thinks about, high-definition TV, all the while travelling at ~500 mph, five miles above the ground — sitting in a chair.
I can’t remmber the last time I saw some Elvis product [records or those stupid china plates or a black velvet painting] commercial on TV … and I really can’t remember the last time there was an Elvis sighting on the front page of one of those Weekly World News type newspapers at the grocery store.
You don’t hear people claiming to have seen UFO’s and aliens any more. Or Bigfoot, etc.
Smart phones with cameras took away all the fun 
With shows like Finding Bigfoot, Killing Bigfoot and Monster Quest, it’s not for lack of trying.
I’m just mentally clutching at the seat imagining plummeting that distance. Or colliding with another plane. Looking down would be too much to bear.
A few blocks from my office is this wondrous place. Great beer and classic arcade games FTW!
Thatched roofs - seems like nobody even cares for a decent thatch job nowadays.
Same with a fireplace - they don’t even know what a fire brick even is!
And these young-uns with their fancy "automobiles’ - they don’t even know how to start it anymore - they have a silly little motor to do the starting - and a friggin’ battery to start the motor! Hopeless!
And when was the last time you saw a decent pair of semaphore flags?
What?
I’ve actually seen this done, ONCE: clothes put through the wringer. My backwoods grandma had that kind of washin’ machine. Wait, I’m sorry, TWICE: the first time was a hand-cranked machine. Later, the uncs and aunts got her a power wringer.
But it’s more fun to say “lube”!
Polaroid just announced a new photo printer that you can print from your smart phone: Polaroid Zip Pocket Printer Spits Out Prints From Your Smartphone - SlashGear
Seems to me we had an electric wringer in my early days up in the mountains, but I barely remember it, cause then we moved down and got all citified.
Likely had a CEE-ment pond, too, I reckon. 
Boy, howdy!
[eschereal, you brought back a memory: when we’d go fer a visit, we’d say We’re goin’ “up the mountain” to see Granny.]
I’ll take “things that are not always interchangeable” for $1000, Alex.
My grandmother in Arkansas had one of those! Hand-cranked. She finally upgraded to a modern washer and dryer when she moved into her new house in 1970.
I use a travel agent for all of my overseas travel. She gets me very good deals on flights and accommodation. I much prefer to pay her to make all of the arrangements rather than waste my own time doing it much less efficiently.
We sometimes use a travel agent here who can get us better deals on international flight tickets but not to plan entire trips.
Still write checks. More than 5 less than 10 every month. For a lot of small town contractors it’s just easier to take a check. I pay maybe half those bills I write checks for by mail. A couple of contractors just pick the check up from the box on my porch. What can I say, it’s a small town.
Why write checks? There’s a century of legal protection there that I’m real comfortable with.
I don’t see checks lasting more than a decade. They’re already dead in Europe.
I still receive bank statements by paper. That magnetar from another thread takes out the banks, I have documentation. 
Speaking of small town living, for a decade my dry cleaning was delivered without charge to my house. I miss that.
(Coloring mine)
I’m curious, Ms Wormer, what do they use instead?
If it’s like Thailand, where in my decades here I’ve seen only a handful of checks, they pay for everything by cash (even automobiles) or just use debit cards now.
The few checks I’ve seen have been from companies – insurance dividends and such. I’ve never known anyone here who has a checking account. I certainly don’t. (I’m not even sure if it’s legal for foreigners here to have checking accounts.)
It is very easy to pay anyone electronically through online banking.