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03-30-2017, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Sojourner
All the ones on the Disappear Soon list seem reasonable to me... except #2: blackouts. I guess it depends on what the definition of "soon" is in this context, but I have serious doubts that occasional power outages here in my neighborhood will stop happening anytime soon. For that to happen, the price of whole-home batteries would have to drop substantially and/or the power lines running to my neighborhood would have to be replaced and re-installed underground.
We have, on average, around two long-ish (1+ hour) power outages per year in my neighborhood. While inconvenient and annoying, I don't see enough incentive for the power company or individual homeowners to invest a lot of money to completely eradicate this problem.
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Agreed!
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03-30-2017, 01:32 PM
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I drove manual vehicles for years and don't miss it a single bit. It's not really "fun" and the computer does a better job anyway.
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03-30-2017, 01:32 PM
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What will (sadly) never die, apparently, in the USA is the imperial measuring system (vs metric for the rest of the world...)
... must be the wrench manufacturing lobby
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03-30-2017, 01:35 PM
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Yeah...when are you folks gonna finally join the modern system of measurement that almost all of the rest of the world uses??
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03-30-2017, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Music Lover
Yeah...when are you folks gonna finally join the modern system of measurement that almost all of the rest of the world uses??
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Grams are so much easier! When I bake, the recipes that don't turn out well are usually the ones that use cup (volume) measurements. Volumes vary, but a gram is a gram.
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03-30-2017, 01:39 PM
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Oddly enough, I am seeing a resurgence of 'ethanol free' gas around here. They are modifying most of the QT store (one of the largest gas chain store here in Atlanta) to offer it.
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03-30-2017, 01:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Music Lover
Yeah...when are you folks gonna finally join the modern system of measurement that almost all of the rest of the world uses??
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I worked in the US auto industry. We switched over to the metric system in the 80's.
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03-30-2017, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Music Lover
Yeah...when are you folks gonna finally join the modern system of measurement that almost all of the rest of the world uses??
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Never! We crashed a billion-dollar space probe into Venus (or was it Saturn?) once because of a conversion error, but even that didn't move things along... instead, I guess, we focused on making better calculators
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03-30-2017, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by COcheesehead
I had a manual not because it shifted faster, but because it gives you more control of the driving experience.
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I had a manual because it removed the tendency to hold the cell phone...
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03-30-2017, 01:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Music Lover
Yeah...when are you folks gonna finally join the modern system of measurement that almost all of the rest of the world uses??
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never - blasphemy!
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03-30-2017, 01:52 PM
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...yet another one that refuses to die: the dollar bill
Costs an arm and a leg to replace all the worn out bills (compared to longevity of a coin) - alas, dollar coins have failed many times to the point where the government finally gave up producing them for circulation a few years ago....
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03-30-2017, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by 2017ish
I hope they don't go away--but there are at least three of us on this thread who drive them and fear that the opposite is true in the USA/Canada given the improvements in electronics...
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Four of us!
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03-30-2017, 01:53 PM
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#53
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Originally Posted by Music Lover
Yeah...when are you folks gonna finally join the modern system of measurement that almost all of the rest of the world uses??
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With Brexit, I think Imperial will have a few years left. Remember stones and thrupence? I don't think I will live to see 2x4s and 4x8s obsolete. OK 1.75x3.5...
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03-30-2017, 01:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by COcheesehead
I had a manual not because it shifted faster, but because it gives you more control of the driving experience.
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+10
It's what I have when I want to enjoy driving a vehicle, be it my sports car or my truck. Also, try driving in 3 or 4 foot of snow drifts, in an automatic on a bad day.
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03-30-2017, 01:59 PM
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03-30-2017, 02:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by euro
...yet another one that refuses to die: the dollar bill
Costs an arm and a leg to replace all the worn out bills (compared to longevity of a coin) - alas, dollar coins have failed many times to the point where the government finally gave up producing them for circulation a few years ago....
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Up here, we loved the $1 coins so much that we added $2 coins. I don't miss the small denomination paper money at all. In fact, the coin tray in my car has $50 or $60 in loonies and twonies...there's always money for a car wash or a drive thru.
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03-30-2017, 02:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Music Lover
Up here, we loved the $1 coins so much that we added $2 coins. I don't miss the small denomination paper money at all. In fact, the coin tray in my car has $50 or $60 in loonies and twonies...there's always money for a car wash or a drive thru.
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can you actually buy anything up there for $1?
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03-30-2017, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Midpack
- Keys - less for sure but never zero
- Blackouts - we have had one outage in 20 years when the step-down transformer exploded in a fiery flash. We do not even install backup batteries in electronics.
- Fast Food Workers - fewer but never zero. More JIT delivery. Never leave the workstation/couch
- Clutch Pedals - maybe in driverless cars
- College Textbooks - yup except how do the profs avoid hacking?
- Dial-Up Internet (it's not already dead?) - 1996 dialup Compuserve mail from Mexico. Never since.
- Your Neighborhood Mail Collection Box (group box, not individual home) - this is failed experiment in Canada includes delivery
- Your Privacy - always a work around for the paranoid
- Incandescent Light Bulbs - yup by government decree
Things that refuse to die:
- Parking Meters - group payment machines by spot number, cash Debit CC or call up. Extend time by callup.
- Cassette Tapes - already dead
- Ethanol Flex Fuel - bad idea anyway, please hurry...
- The Penny- already gone in some places. Pay to the penny by CC/Debit otherwise round.
- Fax Machines - not as long as there are doctors and lawyers!
- Paper Checks - we have to have something to take a photo of. Wait for Fintech?
- CB Radios - not soon in my boat. Always out of cell range.
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03-30-2017, 02:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Big_Hitter
can you actually buy anything up there for $1?
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Not much...dollar store items or maybe toss the occasional one to a busker or panhandler
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03-30-2017, 02:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by exnavynuke
Cassettes aren't dead? I can't recall the last time I saw one.
One thing I expect to be gone in 20-30 years is the traditional realtor charging a % of the house sale price. I think the flat fee realtors will replace them for the market that will still use realtors at all by then.
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I still have some!!! But have not listened to one in more than 10 years... and I even had a car that would play them up to a couple of years ago... (and it was a 2004!!)...
DW wants me to get rid of them as they are taking up space... I have thrown out 80% of what I owned, but just cannot seem to throw out the last... now that I read this I probably will...
Edit to add... my car was a manual and I LOVED it... but, will probably not buy another since DW will drive mine at times... I do not need an 'extra' vehicle...
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