What "old school" things do you still do?

[Ronstar]

Writing things by hand may be "old school", but also better for our mental health.

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[Walt34]

I still watch movies and TV shows exclusively on my actual TV... never on my phone, tablet, or computer monitor. I was amazed (and baffled) to learn that many, if not most, younger folks these days don't watch TV shows on their, you know, TVs.

I stopped watching anything on the TV years ago. Too many commercials by far and what was left was mostly drivel. I only watch movies and such on the PC display, a nice wide screen one that shows movies nicely.

DW is the only one who watches TV and if it weren't for her I'd get rid of the thing.

 

[Stormy Kromer]

I listen to baseball games on the radio (over the air for free).

I was a huge sports fan until I had to pay threw the nose to watch games on television.

 

[imjustawarrior]

I listen to baseball games on the radio (over the air for free).

I was a huge sports fan until I had to pay threw the nose to watch games on television.

I think baseball is the one sport that can be better on the radio as compared to TV. A good radio announcer really adds a lot. On TV, there can be a lot of silence with just scratching and spitting. I have not followed baseball for a while, so maybe that has changed.

 

[Stormy Kromer]

I think baseball is the one sport that can be better on the radio as compared to TV. A good radio announcer really adds a lot. On TV, there can be a lot of silence with just scratching and spitting. I have not followed baseball for a while, so maybe that has changed.

When I still had TV I would turn down the TV volume and listen to the radio announcers. In my opinion the radio guys had a much larger understanding of the game. Nobody cared how they looked. Plus, I didn't have a television on my John Deere tractor. Once during the world series I stopped my tractor to listen to the game because I knew I'd lose signal down the field a ways. Kirby Pucket hit a Home Run and we went to game 7. All Vin Scully said was "We'll see you tomorrow night". It was like I was there.

 

[MC Rider]

I like to drive my own car and run through the gears with my left foot on the moto. Braaaaap!

Forget that self driving stuff. Just take the bus.

 

[scfr]

I think I do lots of old school things. A couple examples are using wired earbuds and using the thumbs up emoji.

 

[ArmchairMillionaire]

I think baseball is the one sport that can be better on the radio as compared to TV. A good radio announcer really adds a lot. On TV, there can be a lot of silence with just scratching and spitting. I have not followed baseball for a while, so maybe that has changed.

I listen to baseball games on the radio (over the air for free).

I was a huge sports fan until I had to pay threw the nose to watch games on television.

Not a baseball fan, but I do like the Green Bay Packers. (I live in Wisconsin, where being a Packer Fan is pretty much a state law - people are allowed to root for their previous home team if they move here from another state, though)

I can count on one hand the number of games I've seen on television, but I listen every week on the Packers Radio Network™. Not only do Wayne & Larry know more about the game and the players, they're biased! And in a good way. They have a great camaraderie, lots of great statisticians, and the sideline reporter gets to talk to the players and head coaches during half-time.

I tried that trick of watching the game on a Thursday night (the only way we could ever watch a game, as we cannot get local TV channels but we do have Amazon Prime) but there was too much of a television delay. We would hear the radio announcers call the play, and 6 or 7 seconds later, we would see it on the screen. I turned the TV off after only a few plays.

 

[happy2bretired]

I still carry a purse. The younger ones only carry their phones. I like my phone but it’s hidden in my purse. I don’t like getting it out in public.

 

[bbqcoder]

You can lose your phone ( and all your appointment stuff) but it's hard to lose a wall calendar.

Nope, just like "Golden Mean", my info is stored in the cloud. I can use my phone/laptop or someone else's computer to access the calendar. I like having a shared family calendar and having my wife share her calendar with me.

My (phone) calendar is on Google's servers. I can get to it from any phone or computer in the world, as well as having it shared with friends and family.

 

[gwill1010]

Paper calendars come in handy when you do not own a cell phone.

Well, you got me there.

 

[Sojourner]

I stopped watching anything on the TV years ago. Too many commercials by far and what was left was mostly drivel. I only watch movies and such on the PC display, a nice wide screen one that shows movies nicely.

One of my friends (10 years older than me) does the same thing: watches movies and shows only on his 32" desktop monitor. So, obviously, it works well for some people... but I just don't get it. The screen is small compared to a nice flatscreen TV, the sound is much worse, and I don't want to sit in a chair at my desk to watch a movie. I want to stretch my legs out and sit on my big, plush, comfy sofa, while gazing at my 75-inch flatscreen and being enveloped by the rich 5.1 surround sound. And as far as commercials and advertising, I'm not subjected to any of that while watching Netflix, Max, or any other streaming service. At any rate, what feels good and works for me clearly doesn't suit others so well, and that's okay.

 

[Qs Laptop]

I think baseball is the one sport that can be better on the radio as compared to TV. A good radio announcer really adds a lot. On TV, there can be a lot of silence with just scratching and spitting. I have not followed baseball for a while, so maybe that has changed.

Agree that a good radio play-by-play announcer can really make a baseball game immersive. Televised baseball has swung all the way over to the other extreme. There is no dead air time. The color commentators rarely let more than one second go by without saying something inane.

 

[ArmchairMillionaire]

One of my friends (10 years older than me) does the same thing: watches movies and shows only on his 32" desktop monitor. So, obviously, it works well for some people... but I just don't get it. The screen is small compared to a nice flatscreen TV.

Our living room flat screen TV (the only TV in the house) is a 32"

 

[Gumby]

Our living room flat screen TV (the only TV in the house) is a 32"

As I recall, the first TV set the young wife and I bought was a 19" cathode ray tube.

 

[ArmchairMillionaire]

As I recall, the first TV set the young wife and I bought was a 19" cathode ray tube.

Ours was a 19" CRT as well. This 32" flat screen (Samsung) was our first flat-screen. We bought it in 2009 for our 1st house together. It's still working just fine today.

 

[pb4uski]

DD would say that the old school thing we do is to go to the grocery store and shop for groceries rather than order them online and have them delivered.

 

[Chuckanut]

I watch over the air free TV. Though I do admit recording most shows on my DVR. But, my DVR is a very old TiVo Roamio unit about 4 generations old.

 

[Koolau]

As I recall, the first TV set the young wife and I bought was a 19" cathode ray tube.

Reminds me that DW and I "went to housekeeping" with a used 21 inch B&W. The on/off switch had long since failed, so on was plugged in and off was plug pulled. Only (sorta) got 4 channels. Those were the days we look back on fondly. Go figure.

 

[audreyh1]

TLDR, but I don't print boarding passes at home. I get them at the check-in counter when I bring my bags. Just a bit of passive-aggressive on my part. Why should I do their job for them?

I saw a guy once who had his pass on his phone but then the phone ran out of batteries.....

I have them print me boarding passes at check-in, much easier to get through security and have electronic put away. They seem to print the boarding passes anyway these days.

At the gate I usually use my phone.

 

[pb4uski]

I watch over the air free TV. Though I do admit recording most shows on my DVR. But, my DVR is a very old TiVo Roamio unit about 4 generations old.

+1, but I didn't realize that OTA was old-school.

 

[pb4uski]

As I recall, the first TV set the young wife and I bought was a 19" cathode ray tube.

In 1986 we bought a top of the line Sony Trinitron 27" CRT for ~$800. Very heavy but great picture "back in the day".

Our recent TV purchase was 75" 4K high-definition. Great picture. We paid ~$800.

Inflation? Not!

 

[audreyh1]

Paper Calendars... This blows my mind. I can't imagine not being able to:
- Not being able to enter and review appointments on my phone while I'm away from the house.
- Enter appointments for next year. Where would I get a 2026 calendar today?
- Enter annual recuring appointments (Homeowners insurance & taxes, birthdays, ect). What a pain to start a new year.
- Enter appointments once for my spouse and me on our calendars (invite function)
- Get multiple reminder emails when it's something I absolutely can't miss.
- Get an email on MWF to take my 3 day a week med(eye drops). Delete the email when I 'do' the drops.

Exactly! All Of the above.

We have a couple of iCal calendars set up for family sharing and it makes it so much easier to track things that affect us both, especially as appointments change. Another has all our travel info. Same with electronic reminders/lists which we use heavily, especially for shopping at different stores.

Our annual paper calendar is for display, and read-only, ha ha.

 

[Gumby]

Somehow, I manage my life just fine without being able to do any of that stuff.

 

[aja8888]

Somehow, I manage my life just fine without being able to do any of that stuff.

I put a "reminder" in my phone calendar to remind me to write a post-it note to leave next to my wallet and keys reminding me of the task(s) I have for that day. So when I am ready to leave, the note is at hand. Works every time!