Old-Time? This lady belongs in the dog house

[moosmom]

Lizbud's right. Anything older than 5 needs to be replaced. TVs don't last long and are now made of plastic.

Don't take offense at it, mrsspunkysmom. In 1995 I went out and bought my Dad his very first cordless phone. He HATED it!! Kept forgetting to hang it up, so I was constantly driving over there to make sure he was okay.

I didn't get my first computer till they had been out for almost 10 years.

Some people don't like change. I find the older generation as a perfect example.

[Bonny]

Things were made to last long, long, long ago. Now they last a few minutes & then you either trash it, recycle it,or do with out it because everything is so expensive.

Those perculators could probably be found in an antique store? I left my moms on the stove when I sold her house. She always had it full of STRONG coffee & sometimes it would perk over & coffee would run out from under the lid. What a mess it would make. She refused to use an electric coffee maker because the coffee tasted better from the perculator pot.

[mrspunkysmom]

Lizbud's right. Anything older than 5 needs to be replaced. TVs don't last long and are now made of plastic.

Don't take offense at it, mrspunkysmom. In 1995 I went out and bought my Dad his very first cordless phone. He HATED it!! Kept forgetting to hang it up, so I was constantly driving over there to make sure he was okay.

I didn't get my first computer till they had been out for almost 10 years.

Some people don't like change. I find the older generation as a perfect example.

No offense taken. Why would I? For someone who's tech competent, I'm pretty much a Neo-Luddite. I got my first PC in 95 and my first laptop in 04. I never buy the latest in computers and just this year got a flat-screen HD TV. Still don't have the the HD subscription of DVR. I'm waiting for the right subscription price.

I prefer the old-fashioned can openers and I've yet to find a lever-action can opener (the lever being your arm) like the one my mom had. It had a wood handle that made it easier to grip. All other types break. I have a simple mixer but prefer to hand-beat mixes. My mother insisted I learn how.

My gripe was this: If this had been a young person asking about old-time appliances, I would have asked what she meant. Many young people don't even know how to make pop-corn from scratch.

Since she was at least my age, I ASSUMED that her definition of "old-time" was the same as mine. Perhaps she didn't know how to communicate her thoughts. I think I know what she was thinking: more modern doesn't mean better.

Sometimes the simpler things are better.

This has been an enjoyable conversation.

PS. It took my mom 10 years to learn how to program her VCR. AS long as one of us was close by, she didn't feel the need to learn.

[RICHARD]

Many young people don't even know how to make pop-corn from scratch.

I will, when the balloon goes up, will sit back with a fresh bag of "Stove Top" and giggle my arse off.

I am a Luddite and dang proud of it too.

If it was done with out electricty once upon a time?

I can still do it.

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Your poor mom, as soon as she got the hang of it, they brought DVRs into the market?

[mrspunkysmom]

Stove Top?

Nah, I use the actual Top of the Stove. But Stove Top would be better on a grill. In case of disaster. I do have a camping grill. I'm tempted to a a large grill. No real place to secure it outside except the storage unit. Bummer.

I can do old-fashioned on a grill. an open fire would require something with a long handle. Like a hearth pan?

[RICHARD]

I can do old-fashioned on a grill. an open fire would require something with a long handle. Like a hearth pan?

Nah....

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[mrspunkysmom]

This country has an invention for most every problem.