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10 Things That Are Practically Obsolete Now that We Have Smartphones
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| 13 Nov 2018
| Chirs Queen
Posted on 11/14/2018 4:10:12 PM PST by Rummyfan
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I was very surprised to see a bank of pay phones while walking in Manhattan last week. I thought they had gone the way o the dinosaurs.
But I still keep a flashlight in the house.
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posted on
11/14/2018 4:10:12 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: Rummyfan
Key word PRACTICALLY as we use them all here
To: Rummyfan
Red lights. Stop Signs. Safe Pedestrians.
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posted on
11/14/2018 4:15:02 PM PST
by
dp0622
(The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
To: Rummyfan
Lessay you wanna simply inquire over the telephone about an expensive good or service:
In the old days you could use a public phone to do that, and you wouldn’t later get solicitation phone calls from that company, in case you got cold feet and backed out.
Now, that’s much, much harder, as public phones are a rarity.
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posted on
11/14/2018 4:15:20 PM PST
by
gaijin
To: Rummyfan
Smart phones are quite impractical for most of the country as there is not that much cell coverage.
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posted on
11/14/2018 4:16:17 PM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: Rummyfan
I didnt see PRINTED BOOKS on the list. Or PRINTED NEWSPAPERS.
Not gone yet but surely in big decline.
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posted on
11/14/2018 4:16:20 PM PST
by
InterceptPoint
(Ted, you finally endorsed. A)
To: Rummyfan
Having a tuner, a multi-track recorder, a virtual keyboard, a white noise generator, signal analyzer and dB meter at every gig is nice.
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posted on
11/14/2018 4:16:43 PM PST
by
RedStateRocker
(Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
To: Rummyfan
Clearly, the author never used the HP 12C. Not only is this da bomb, but you can throw it at a wall (usually after the NPV comes back negative) and it won't break.
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posted on
11/14/2018 4:17:05 PM PST
by
DoodleBob
To: gaijin
Now, thats much, much harder, as public phones are a rarity.
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“Hey. Lemme borrow your phone for a minute. My battery’s dead.”
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posted on
11/14/2018 4:17:09 PM PST
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: dp0622
“Red lights. Stop Signs. Safe Pedestrians”
Those funny little painted lines on roadways.
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posted on
11/14/2018 4:17:23 PM PST
by
CodeToad
( Hating on Trump is hating on me and America!.)
To: Rummyfan
A few EMPs plus a major grid failure = largely phucked.
Not to worry. Jesus has it all under control. No kidding.
To: mountainlion
I use WIFI more than I use the cell; almost every place has it, way faster.
You’re right,. useless for out in the boonies, but I have a GPS for navigation and texting usually seems to work darn near everywhere
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posted on
11/14/2018 4:18:06 PM PST
by
RedStateRocker
(Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
To: Rummyfan
To: DoodleBob
I used to love mine. I wonder what box its in?
To: Rummyfan
everything from this ad you can now do on your phone
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-cichon/radio-shack-ad_b_4612973.html
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posted on
11/14/2018 4:19:05 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
To: Rummyfan
Its not the future that our elders promised to us when we were kids I mean, where are the flying cars?
I’ll trade in the dumbphone for a Rocket Pack.
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posted on
11/14/2018 4:20:32 PM PST
by
Gasshog
( Fight climate change - Try beating the air and scream at the sky)
To: Rummyfan
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posted on
11/14/2018 4:20:43 PM PST
by
laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: RedStateRocker
Agreed, but a downside to that accessibility is that more and more bands are playing live to a click or backing tracks. More often than not, these bands lack spontaneity and even good tunes. As Roger Daltrey would say, give me a bum note and a bead of sweat.
To: Rummyfan
However, IF I forget to charge my phone it does none of those, so I keep flashlights and have a landline to name two.
To: Rummyfan
1. Address booksAnd I still keep an old hardcopy address book.
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posted on
11/14/2018 4:22:39 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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