# Things You Still Do The Old-Fashioned Way **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 1, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684 "2015-01-01T16:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/1 "2015-01-01T16:26:45Z")
What do you still do the old-fashioned way, even though technology has come up with a tech-ier way to do it? For me, I still write (with a pen) my appointments and important dates on a calendar, which is made of paper and hangs on a wall. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/2 "2015-01-01T16:30:44Z")
Yes, a paper calender is so much quicker. One glance and I know my appointments. Much faster than opening a calendar app. Still write my grocery list on a scrap of paper. Still use post it notes. I got 5 stuck to my monitor now. Most of my transactions are for cash. CC is for big purchases over $30. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/3 "2015-01-01T16:35:28Z")
Line-dry laundry and peel my own vegetables. And i make hot cocoa with real cocoa powder, not the nesquick mixes. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/4 "2015-01-01T16:38:28Z")
I still use long division, and occasionally write in cursive. I also roast my own coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/5 "2015-01-01T16:42:03Z")
I read books made from pulp. I don’t own a reader. I still purchase music CDs. I have never downloaded an MP3. ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/6 "2015-01-01T16:49:02Z")
I still use iOS 5 on my iPhone. ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/7 "2015-01-01T16:50:49Z")
Read books,brew tea,write notes/lists,cook most of my own food… Wear glasses,wash dishes in the sink,hang closes on the line(not by choice). Did have a standard truck… ---
**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:** [January 1, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/8 "2015-01-01T17:18:36Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I still use long division, and occasionally write in cursive. I also roast my own coffee. Ditto, with a fountain pen. Er, _write_, not roast coffee, with a fountain pen, that is… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Holdsworth_Effect)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/9 "2015-01-01T17:21:26Z")
Raise food. Cook, simply, from scratch whenever possible- and convenience meals are things like sushi, or daily fresh sandwich from the office hippie barista. Line dry weather permitting, getting soft in my old age and use a dryer when it’s raining rather than hanging a line in the barn. Peel and cut up my own vegetables. The calendar thing. We still have a land line. I could make basic medicaments out of a lot of the plants in my yard, both native and intentionally grown. All of our rooms have at least one bookcase except the down 3/4 bath, and they are overflowing. Brew cider, and various other fermentables (mead). I talk to people face to face. I think I have texted maybe twice. Husband never has. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/10 "2015-01-01T17:22:10Z")
I don’t use a computer-- that whole internet thing is just a fad. I write on paper, but only paper that I make myself (from papyrus plants a raise in my garden), with ink I make from dried berries and horse dung, and a quill from the feathers of geese I raise myself. They’re a special breed of geese that I’d mention, but you’ve never heard of them. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/11 "2015-01-01T17:24:36Z")
I run a very specialized machine shop. The oldest machine can verify is 1906 we suspect one is older. The newest is 1950’s. With some reconfiguring of the belts and pulleys to a line shaft, we could run without electricity. A lot of work but could run off of steam or a water wheel. Welcome to the 1800’s. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/12 "2015-01-01T17:25:12Z")
When I make a bow and arrow I start with a log and use my draw knife and hand tools to shape it into a bow. Same way they did it 600 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/13 "2015-01-01T17:49:10Z")
A lot of the things mentioned already. The one I lament the most is pilots not being able to navigate with just a map, no electricity at all in the cockpit. I don’t want to go back to that but the ability to do it is important IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/14 "2015-01-01T17:55:14Z")
Maps instead of GPS, although with Portland’s hopeless street system I’ve been tempted. My wife makes endless lists and schedules on paper. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/15 "2015-01-01T17:58:04Z")
I only have prokaryotic cells ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/16 "2015-01-01T17:58:26Z")
My husband designs, builds, and sells tube amplifiers… Me, I still write and format my books in Word. Do my own internal links and stuff. No fancy novel-writing software for me, no sir. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/17 "2015-01-01T18:07:32Z")
Sex without toys ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/18 "2015-01-01T18:14:42Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > When I make a bow and arrow I start with a log and use my draw knife and hand tools to shape it into a bow. Same way they did it 600 years ago. You kids and your trendiness. Metal tools are a fad. I still knap my own flint tools when I want to build a bow and arrow. If it was good enough for my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, it’s good enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/19 "2015-01-01T18:23:25Z")
I wrap my husbands lunch sandwiches in wax paper, exactly the way your Gran did, back in the day. I rake my leaves and shovel snow, no machines. I’m not a fan of kitchen gadgetry, and do most everything with my knife. In a small kitchen that would annoy most. But it suits me just right! ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/20 "2015-01-01T18:33:33Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I write on paper, but only paper that I make myself (from papyrus plants a raise in my garden) And hopefully your plants are not GMOs. :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684.md?page=2)