# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/61 "2015-01-02T04:40:30Z")
When I torture, I rely strictly on methods described in the Bible, none of this new-fangled ‘water-boarding’ or taking cattle prods to the genitals for me! Of course, I make my whips at home using hides I tanned myself. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/62 "2015-01-02T05:01:39Z")
I use an iPhone 6 instead of a 6 Plus. ---
**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 2, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/63 "2015-01-02T12:22:26Z")
We > [@BeeGee](#): > > What kind of machining do you do? One of the machine shops I use in Austin is run by a guy who refurbishes older machines, but not that old. What we do is Metal Spinning. Still done with hand tools on a lathe. The old machines are solid, well built and well maintained, and paid for! We are a small shop and would love a CNC but there is no way we could ever pay off the $250,000 We use a lot of power tools and modern conviences where we can but could still operate after the zombies knock out the power grid. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/64 "2015-01-02T12:31:09Z")
> [@Mr.Goob](#): > > 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. You would appreciate the[American Precision Museum in Windsor, Vermont.](http://www.americanprecision.org/exhibits/upcoming-exhibits) It is located in the old Robbins & Lawrence Armory building, which manufactured many of the weapons use by the Union Army during the Civil War. They have a lot of the old machines used than, all run by water wheel energy in the old days, though most have been converted to electric motors now. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/65 "2015-01-02T13:20:16Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > You have my greatest admiration, if knapping was not so addictive I would get into it. of my best friends are knappers. Leaves me logy. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/66 "2015-01-02T13:30:08Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Sex without toys [Sheds new light here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=744055) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/67 "2015-01-02T15:26:35Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > My husband designs, builds, and sells tube amplifiers… For audio systems or guitars? If guitar amps, why are we SDMB Guitar Geeks not hearing about these in the GOGT (Great Ongoing Guitar Thread)? I am not playing much electric these days, but always interested to hear… As for old-fashioned: I change guitar strings and get them up to range using a tuning fork ;). Once the strings are stretched and broken it, I revert to a digital tuner, so it is easier to align with other players… ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/68 "2015-01-02T20:37:00Z")
> [@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. Oh. _Projectile_ weapons. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/69 "2015-01-02T20:53:59Z")
> [@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. What did they make bows out of before then? > [@Sattua](#): > > 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. I don’t even write books. > [@Procrustus](#): > > Sex without toys I don’t even have sex. > [@cochrane](#): > > I’ve got you beat. Mine has iOS 3. I don’t even have an iPhone. And my cell phone has a keyboard with actual buttons that I don’t use. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/70 "2015-01-02T20:56:08Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Kitchen tools are their own beast - many are worthless, especially when they are single-use. I don’t use a hand can opener to be contrarian or something but because I’m not spending money on something that wastes counter space and isn’t an faster. I use a “fancy” side-cut one though. No reason to use the top cut ones. And it can also open beer! > > I still have a feature phone (“dumb phone,” most of which can get limited internet, but if I wanted to pay for that I’d get a smartphone). > Wow, you’re so old school you don’t believe in this newfangled -ed thing! Like I said I drink a lot. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/71 "2015-01-02T21:22:38Z")
> [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](#): > > Is there some newfangled way of making tea that doesn’t involve brewing? [There](http://www.amazon.com/Lipton-Unsweetened-K-Cup-Classic-Count/dp/B00JUEZXX6/ref=sr_1_1?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1420233594&sr=1-1) [are](http://www.amazon.com/Lipton-Sweetened-Instant-Lemon-Quart/dp/B000HBGP2Y/ref=sr_1_5?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1420233594&sr=1-5) [several](http://www.amazon.com/Lipton-Pure-Leaf-Black-Unsweetened/dp/B00CFXE600/ref=sr_1_9?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1420233594&sr=1-9). ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/72 "2015-01-02T22:46:15Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I don’t even have an iPhone. And my cell phone has a keyboard with actual buttons that I don’t use. I don’t even have a cell phone. And I barely use the land line. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/73 "2015-01-02T23:11:15Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > … > Both of our cars are stickshifts - … I read this as “both of our CATS are stickshifts…” Enough internet for me today. 😛 Hey, CW, how ya been? > [@Broomstick](#): > > …Still use an analog wrist watch… My watch and all clocks in the house except one are analog. When I see a clock with a digital face, I mentally convert it to analog. I see/think in terms of “pie wedges” of time, so I have to picture the pie wedge to know how late/early I am. I write in cursive, but sadly, no one can decipher it later. Including me. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/74 "2015-01-02T23:25:31Z")
To plant corn in a small area thats too small to use the big equipment but too big to plant by hand we use some old horse drawn farm equipment (although we pull it behind a lawn tractor). An old 2 row planter for planting corn and a cultivator. Maybe 100 years old or more. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/75 "2015-01-03T00:21:51Z")
My wristwatch is a sundial. P-i-t-a on the subway… ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/76 "2015-01-03T04:35:40Z")
I record shows on a VCR. What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/77 "2015-01-03T07:13:14Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I still purchase music CDs. I have never downloaded an MP3. Hah! I have a record player you just wind! I play my collection of 78s on it. Now, I also download music and play it on my computer, but I love my 78s. Also, because we’re vegetarians who keep kosher, we cook a lot from scratch, including baking bread. Use the quick-rise yeast, though. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/78 "2015-01-03T07:33:20Z")
Quilting - I do my piecing and quilting by hand and most of the time I design the quilts on graph paper with colored pencils, although I sometimes resort to Electric Quilt 7. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/79 "2015-01-03T12:36:34Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > I record shows on a VCR. What do I win? Betamax, I assume? ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/80 "2015-01-03T13:29:30Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > I rake my leaves and shovel snow, no machines. Same here. Nowadays I can’t just rush out there and do everything in one fell swoop, however. I need to pace myself. Middle age sucks in this instance 😛 > [@](#): > > 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! I inherited a drawer full of kitchen gadgets, most of which still never see the light of day. I can’t bring myself to donate them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684.md?page=5)