What "old school" things do you still do?

[Crewer]

I have two newspapers delivered. I can read them without distracting dancing ads - yay! And I like the puzzles from Wednesday or Thursday on. I don't have to download and print them myself. This is quite an expense so every so often I think I'll quit and save some trees but it's my true addiction.

I am also on AOL. Same email address for 30 years +/-. A few years ago I got an email from someone I hadn't seen in 20+ years. Other blasts form the past show up occasionally. I don't do social media so that's nice.

 

[mistermike40]

I still use a Franklin Planner. It came in handy when I was my wife's caregiver (for doctor appointments, when were meds changed, PT/OT schedules, etc). My memory is still very good but it helps to have a record of events both past and future. I've used one since November 1st, 1988 (yes I remember the exact month I began!).

 

[brett]

Despite spending 30 plus years in IT, my spouse is still dismayed that I have calendar above my desk. They are harder to find. The self serve car wash that I frequent is one of the few places that gives them out gratis.

I get two. One for the wall. The other I use for vacation planning.

I do not use my smartphone for data nor do I keep any financial information on it whatsoever.

 

[Sunset]

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Buy a new paper calendar every year and use it to keep track of our appointments and schedules.

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We donate to various organizations, and they send us calendars, we get so many that we give some away to relatives who need a calendar to write appointments and things.

We also use calendars to write down appointments.

 

[Koolau]

Yes, we still use a paper calendar - it w*rks even when the power is out.

 

[Dtail]

My “old school” behavior is mostly from what I observed from how my Dad treated Mom.

Brought flowers on Friday afternoon, always opened the car door for her, called when he was working long hours to make sure she was OK. Cooked meals when he could to give Mom a break. Date nites. I do the same.

Nice. I bring flowers randomly and specifically not on set dates like anniversaries, birthdays, etc.
Also open the car door, which no one I know does. Date nights or sometimes date lunches and then the activity. Only cook breakfast, lol.
Good stuff.

 

[aja8888]

I write notes and reminders to myself and stick them on the refrigerator with magnets.

 

[Ronstar]

^^ about the same here, but I use a bulletin board.

 

[Stormy Kromer]

I go to funerals.

I dress up and stand up with my hat off at the grave site.

Not so common anymore.

 

[MarieIG]

Nice. I bring flowers randomly and specifically not on set dates like anniversaries, birthdays, etc.
Also open the car door, which no one I know does. Date nights or sometimes date lunches and then the activity. Only cook breakfast, lol.
Good stuff.

DH brings flowers randomly (about once a week) and on special dates, opens the car and other doors, and cooks frequently.

I'm not complaining.

 

[audreyh1]

I buy a wall calendar every year because I like the pretty pictures of deep space objects. I don’t write on it, but it has information important to me like moon phases and equinox and solstice dates.

 

[RetiriusMinimus]

Playing albums, and jokingly call ridiculous presentations I have to prepare at work…”foils..”

 

[Luvtoride]

I attend college classes (for enjoyment not credit) and take notes in a spiral notebook during class. One of my fellow students came over to me at the end of class and asked if he could take copies of my notes. He took photos with his iPhone! I felt good!

 

[Koolau]

I attend college classes (for enjoyment not credit) and take notes in a spiral notebook during class. One of my fellow students came over to me at the end of class and asked if he could take copies of my notes. He took photos with his iPhone! I felt good!

I'm guessing the student with the iPhone would have changed his mind if he saw MY notes. I could barely read them.

 

[folivier]

DSIL makes a calendar each year with all of our extended family pictures on their birthdays.

 

[Koolau]

We still write checks and pay bills by mail.

 

[Gumby]

Just shoveled 3 inches of snow off my walks and my 130 foot long driveway, by hand. Took me 1-1/2 hours. I'd say that's pretty old school.

 

[athena53]

We still write checks and pay bills by mail.

I'm not fond of checks and snail mail but I'm Treasurer of a Garden Club and a lot of the transactions are by check. When someone joins I have to send $10 to the state GC and $2 to the District. I've checked our bank and they actually charge for electronic bill pay. Silly. And the price of a first-class stamp is getting ridiculous.

I'm also finding more and more home service businesses, even the large, established ones that are likely paying taxes, requiring check or cash (or surcharging 3% for credit cards, which more than wipes out my 2% cash back). I don't have Zelle or Venmo (do have PayPal) so I just write a check. I think it helps that now they can scan it in immediately and thus would know if it bounced.

 

[sengsational]

...step outside and consult the sun while looking at my watch to see which way is South and declare "we need to go this way".

GPS's are not good for that first decision because you're not moving yet. Even cloudy days work because you just need a little more light from one direction or another. A similar situation comes getting off an underground train in an unfamiliar city...the street names are unfamiliar, and if you emerge on the wrong side of a thoroughfare, it might be a longer slog to the destination. I usually start with a plan to go in the same direction as the train or opposite. Even if the track direction reorients entering the station, it's usually roughly correct.

My love of maps started when I was a tiny kid. When they had the map lesson in "The Weekly Reader" I could not understand why other kids were struggling (weren't you born knowing this stuff, like I was?)

I like the overview offered by a paper map, but I've become a zoom master, by necessity.

Paper maps are great, but I'm waiting for the paper map that has the blue dot.

 

[Gumby]

GPS's are not good for that first decision because you're not moving yet. Even cloudy days work because you just need a little more light from one direction or another. A similar situation comes getting off an underground train in an unfamiliar city...the street names are unfamiliar, and if you emerge on the wrong side of a thoroughfare, it might be a longer slog to the destination. I usually start with a plan to go in the same direction as the train or opposite. Even if the track direction reorients entering the station, it's usually roughly correct.

My love of maps started when I was a tiny kid. When they had the map lesson in "The Weekly Reader" I could not understand why other kids were struggling (weren't you born knowing this stuff, like I was?)

I like the overview offered by a paper map, but I've become a zoom master, by necessity.

Paper maps are great, but I'm waiting for the paper map that has the blue dot.

Well, I was professionally trained to find out exactly where I was and know which way to go in a place totally devoid of streets or signs or, indeed, landmarks of any kind.

 

[Luvtoride]

I'm not fond of checks and snail mail but I'm Treasurer of a Garden Club and a lot of the transactions are by check. When someone joins I have to send $10 to the state GC and $2 to the District. I've checked our bank and they actually charge for electronic bill pay. Silly. And the price of a first-class stamp is getting ridiculous.

Talk to your local bank branch customer service reps. I am treasurer for a non- profit and I set up Online Business Bill pay for our account and now use it almost exclusively, at no charge to us. I’m not sure if they would charge based on $$ in the account, but they helped me set it up and it works very well.

 

[Ronstar]

Well, I was professionally trained to find out exactly where I was and know which way to go in a place totally devoid of streets or signs or, indeed, landmarks of any kind.

Same here, but my training probably wasn't as professional as yours. After 40 years of land surveying in the wombats, I used to take celestial observations to determine location and azimuth. Still use maps and compass for navigation. Much more fun than GPS.

 

[athena53]

Talk to your local bank branch customer service reps. I am treasurer for a non- profit and I set up Online Business Bill pay for our account and now use it almost exclusively, at no charge to us. I’m not sure if they would charge based on $$ in the account, but they helped me set it up and it works very well.

Well, this is interesting. Last time I tried to enroll on-line and was shown a schedule of charges per payment. This time I enrolled on-line with no such messages. I did some more research and it looks like they dropped the fees, which makes sense. Our account balance is steady at $3,000+ and we don't have that much activity so they're probably making a little off of us.

But how will I ever use up my infinite supply of address labels the charities are sending me?

 

[Koolau]

But how will I ever use up my infinite supply of address labels the charities are sending me?

Christmas cards?

 

[ls99]

Well, I was professionally trained to find out exactly where I was and know which way to go in a place totally devoid of streets or signs or, indeed, landmarks of any kind.

How do you use a sextant a few hundred feet below surface? Just kidding. Is there one mdified for periscope when close to surface?
On old 747s there was a port over the cockpit for sextant use over long overwater flights. They could be out of range even for LORAN.