# Tools that are no longer made ...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tools-that-are-no-longer-made/569795>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 1, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tools-that-are-no-longer-made/569795 "2011-02-01T17:17:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tools-that-are-no-longer-made/569795/121 "2011-02-21T22:10:14Z")

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> [@VernWinterbottom](#):
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> I own a tooth key that’s a year old. [TOOTH KEY](http://www.gggodwin.com/CartGenie/prod-48.htm) Historical reenacting provides a market for the manufacture of things like this.

The fug? People are reenacting 100-year old dental procedures?

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tools-that-are-no-longer-made/569795/122 "2011-02-22T03:58:50Z")

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> [@DrCube](#):
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> All the carhops at Sonic have these.

I’ve seen one used recently by a clerk at a McDonalds in the US who was making change outside (apparently the drive-through lane people like or are forced  
to work outdoors occasionally).

What about ditto machines? I remember the ditto sheets with the purple ink from the mid-eighties. There are probably plenty sitting in school storage closets, but are they still being made in these days of laser printers and photocopiers?

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**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tools-that-are-no-longer-made/569795/123 "2011-02-23T07:18:14Z")

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> [@SciFiSam](#):
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> … (One day someone on the Dope will actually agree with me on at least one thing I post. I mean, statistically it has to happen sometime).

Congratulations, today’s your lucky day. I agree with you 100%. You are absolutely correct that statistically it has to happen (and just, in fact, did). 😃

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**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tools-that-are-no-longer-made/569795/124 "2011-02-24T04:20:33Z")

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Is anyone still making manual typewriters?

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