# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/81 "2015-01-03T15:54:08Z")
I walk, using my feet inside socks and shoes, to go places. I do my thing in those places (stop your giggling at the back, _dry cleaning_, etc etc) and then I walk back, also using my legs. ---
**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 3, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/82 "2015-01-03T20:37:53Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > I record shows on a VCR. What do I win? > [@kayaker](#): > > Betamax, I assume? Betamax? I use a kinescope. ---
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/83 "2015-01-03T20:44:48Z")
I trained monkeys to watch the shows and sketch the action onto pages I can rapidly thumb through. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/84 "2015-01-03T20:57:03Z")
I use old-fashioned wood pencils instead of mechanicals. They’re much more reliable. When teaching, I much prefer a whiteboard and markers to a smartboard. Again, they’re reliable, and there are also still a lot of things smartboards can’t do, like write with two markers at once. Plus you have to boot up the computer and deal with login issues and the like. I’ll admit that I’m not too fond of slate and chalk, though. If I ever get a place with a lawn I’m responsible for, I intend to use a push-powered reel lawnmower, instead of a gas or electric one. For me, the convenience of never needing to refuel, or never having to get out an extension cord and worrying about running over it, outweighs the moderate muscle effort required. I wash my clothes in a wringer washer. It takes a little more operator time, but it uses much less water. And I don’t usually do so, but I have been known to use a slide rule instead of an electronic calculator to do calculations. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/85 "2015-01-03T21:26:32Z")
Wow, yeah, almost nothing. My iPhone rules my life, I rarely carry cash, my Kindle is full, I haven’t had a land line in a decade, I buy nothing at brick and mortars. I don’t own stamps, and I keep a nice stash of kitchen gadgets. I spend four years in Peace Corps washing laundry in buckets and fermenting my own sauerkraut. If I’m in the First World, I want those sweet, sweet first world problems. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/86 "2015-01-03T22:05:17Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > When teaching, I much prefer a whiteboard and markers to a smartboard. Again, they’re reliable, and there are also still a lot of things smartboards can’t do, like write with two markers at once. Plus you have to boot up the computer and deal with login issues and the like. I’ll admit that I’m not too fond of slate and chalk, though. I use both, but am glad that chalkboard has met an ignoble death. > [@](#): > > If I ever get a place with a lawn I’m responsible for, I intend to use a push-powered reel lawnmower, instead of a gas or electric one. For me, the convenience of never needing to refuel, or never having to get out an extension cord and worrying about running over it, outweighs the moderate muscle effort required. You’d change your mind if you had acres to mow, but generally I agree. And it isn’t just the convenience/price factor - push mowers are more fun to use, especially if they are modern enough to weigh considerably less than an adult human. Also it is incredibly viscerally pleasing to give the mower a sharp jerk backwards, sending the blades spinning the other way and spitting a close of grass clipping in the air. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/87 "2015-01-03T22:09:53Z")
Make tea in a pot Keep chickens for eggs Cultivate a ginger beer plant Wear glasses Read dead tree books Make custard from scratch Grow vegetables Make jam ---
**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 3, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/88 "2015-01-03T22:24:35Z")
> [@JustinC](#): > > I walk, using my feet inside socks and shoes, to go places. I do my thing in those places (stop your giggling at the back, _dry cleaning_, etc etc) and then I walk back, also using my legs. Pfft. Bipedalism’s just an exercise fad; I still walk on my knuckles. ---
**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, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/89 "2015-01-03T23:14:32Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Pfft. Bipedalism’s just an exercise fad; I still walk on my knuckles. I’m still in the sea! ---
**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 3, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/90 "2015-01-03T23:28:16Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > I’m still in the sea! Oh, you have _sea_. Personally I think primordial ooze is less effete. ---
**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 4, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/91 "2015-01-04T00:29:23Z")
Someone should post about planetary disc formation. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/92 "2015-01-04T00:43:58Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > I spend four years in Peace Corps washing laundry in buckets and fermenting my own sauerkraut. If I’m in the First World, I want those sweet, sweet first world problems. Amen, sister. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/93 "2015-01-04T01:06:35Z")
I use my imagination, if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/94 "2015-01-04T04:14:54Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > I still have cable TV. I watch over the air with a set of rabbit ears and a digital converter hooked up to a Panasonic CRT set. ---
**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 4, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/95 "2015-01-04T04:16:22Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I watch over the air with a set of rabbit ears and a digital converter hooked up to a Panasonic CRT set. Puppet shows. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/96 "2015-01-04T04:22:27Z")
I have good old fashioned halucinations instead of playing those new fangled video games. ---
**Author:** ![I-VI-ii-V](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@I-VI-ii-V](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I-VI-ii-V)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/97 "2015-01-04T07:42:23Z")
Hand-cut dovetails. My workbench in the house is only for hand tools. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/98 "2015-01-04T15:37:20Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > What did they make bows out of before then? It’s the whole package: bows were made from wood from the start, but not with (steel) drawknives and handtools. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/99 "2015-01-04T16:00:16Z")
Do people not get that **John Mace** was joking about papyrus? Or do I not get that people are joking in their responses to him? ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684/100 "2015-01-04T19:41:32Z")
I wanted to make fun of him for using papyrus but it takes a few days for my clay tablets to dry before I can send them in to the internet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-still-do-the-old-fashioned-way/708684.md?page=6)