Are you still using outdated technology and love it?

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When I moved here, Northeastern PA, in '95. I bought this cool thermometer gizmo. You put one part outside, and it radios the temp to a gizmo inside, which ALSO reads the inside temp. Well, it's OCT, and DLS time-a time to change the batteries in alarms and stuff. Yeah, I can turn on TV or the net to get the temp, but I still love my gizmo. Are you still using outdated technology and love it?
 

I had a thermometer like that in the camper, but it was always going blank.

Sometimes I am the outdated technology.
 
I have fond memories of that temp gizmo.

My friend bought one and couldn't set it. He called me over.

We fooled around trying to set the inside one without success until I realized we were trying to set the preprinted plastic cover which was supposed to be peeled off first of course.

Larry and Curly were there. We were just missing Moe.

Im a fan of old technology. Still running Windows XP on a Desktop. And a hand me down digital camera.

A VHS tape unit.

What else? Me.?
 

I don't have to have the latest stuff. If it works and does what I want it to then I am satisfied. Guess I am easy to please. Saw the lines waiting for the newer phone that costs 1000.00 and thought " Give me a break". Like the folks camping out at 4:30 in the morning here in Houston for the Astro parade which did not start until 2 pm. Almost a million people downtown and then they were mad because it took them forever to board metro to get to their car and get home. Then a lot of them were bitching because people had stood on their cars to get a better look and their cars were damaged on top. I watched from home and had several channels to choose from to get the best views! Showing my age I guess but even when I was young I would not have done any of these things. Just too busy working 2 jobs to support my kids!
 
Some technology is, IMHO, better when it's "aged".

When I was driving, I preferred cars that were more mechanical than electronic. If I could turn a screw or swing a hammer at it, I could usually fix it. Now the electronics rule the automotive kingdom and you need a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering to even do a simple tune-up.

Computers ... I cannot afford the latest whiz-bang computer model, but maybe that's a good thing; fixing this aging dinosaur every so often keeps me mentally stimulated. :D

Phones ... I don't like phones, as a general rule. Right now I have an old flip phone (free thanks to a gov't. program) and a VOIP phone that is pretty much the only one I use.

TVs ... got a 42" flat screen just a few months ago. Up until then I had a circa-1970's 26" RCA beast. Oddly enough, the commercials are still numerous and increasingly annoying.

Coffee Pot ... I love me some coffee, but no, I don't have a Coffee Ninja or a Triple Cappuccino Maker. I have a $7 Dollar General coffee maker, and THAT will be replaced when I can find an old perc-style pot.


Since I don't carry a cell phone around with me, I have a (GASP!) wrist watch. A nice Seiko, keeps time like an atomic clock. It doesn't have an alarm, nor glow-in-dark numbers, nor a light, nor does it make a microwave pizza. It just shows what time it is.

I have a friend that just HAS to order the latest gizmos from place like QVC. She gets them and they're basically junk - cheaply made with terrible instructions. She usually returns them in a few days, but continues to order more stuff. The last was a high-tech pressure cooker / slow cooker. It had beautiful flashing lights and a sleek black plastic housing. Very pretty.

She couldn't get it to do more than cook for 3 minutes. Back it went after 2 weeks.

I prefer simple, and proven, designs.
 
Camper6 said:
...We fooled around trying to set the inside one without success until I realized we were trying to set the preprinted plastic cover which was supposed to be peeled off first of course. Larry and Curly were there. We were just missing Moe...
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"Larry & Curly were there...we were just missing Moe". :3stooges: ......:rofl:
 
We still use one of those thermometers and we love it. We use it several times a day. It shows up temp inside as well as outside and humidity outside and the time. We don't live very close to a big city and the weather people are never right about what is happening in our town. I am pretty sure I would be lost without that little gadget !
 
I have so much technology in this house... latest TV ..computers...ipads..iphones..remote control lights, remote control heating ..you name it ..my husband is very technical so we get all that stuff... It always takes me ages to work out how to use it, and I still have't mastered half of it...so I have to leave it to him to update stuff for me on my computer or my phone

I have had the latest phones since Adam was a lad... but unlike everyone I know, I never use it to tell me the time, I love watches...as does my husband so we still wear watches...

However some of this stuff gets on my nerves, it's supposed to make things so much more simple ..but for an example..the other day I went to turn on the heating from my iphone remotely ( we've been using this app for a long time now) ... for some reason it wouldn't turn on.. but now we have no manual switches for the heating except a tiny ( technical box ) on the wall, which I've still not mastered... so after an hour of shivering and trying to get the app to work from my phone ( it 's usually fine)... I had to whatsapp my husband who was at work 40 miles away to ask him to turn the heating on remotely from HIS phone...and it did... but what a FAFF>... I just want to be able to flick a switch like I used to...
 
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I never had a cellphone until 9 yrs ago when my brother&co-workers strongly suggested I get one, for emergencies. They knew I walked to work early in the morning{6am} when it was still dark outside.I have a 'pay as you go' flip phone which works for me,take it with me everywhere since I'm retired. I've never had the desire to get a smartphone/IPhone and pay a obscene amount of money for it.
I never had a computer before,bought one, a month before I retired in 2011,not really knowing how it worked,learned as I went along
I don't see the need to get a 'fitbit watch',just another'tech toy' waste of money.I wear a regular watch. Sue
 
moviequeen1 said:
I never had a cellphone until 9 yrs ago when my brother&co-workers strongly suggested I get one, for emergencies. They knew I walked to work early in the morning{6am} when it was still dark outside.I have a 'pay as you go' flip phone which works for me,take it with me everywhere since I'm retired. I've never had the desire to get a smartphone/IPhone and pay a obscene amount of money for it.
I never had a computer before,bought one, a month before I retired in 2011,not really knowing how it worked,learned as I went along
I don't see the need to get a 'fitbit watch',just another'tech toy' waste of money.I wear a regular watch. Sue
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I have a smart phone because the phone company charges as much for a landline than it does for a smartphone. The charges are the same. But I get bored really easily and I ride the bus. The smartphone helps alleviate the boredom.
 
I have a flip phone from Consumer's. It's so old they don't have pics, or the manual for it, on their web page. I used to work the 4-12 shift. So, I bought timers for the lights. They have to be 25-30 years old, still work. Dell will send updates for my computer, but they can't 'register' it, because their records don't go back that far.
Yeah, those weather gizmos area bear to set up.
BTW. I'm Moe.
 
SifuPhil, be leery of atomic clocks. I've got two of them and the time differs more than 20 minutes between the two of them, although they're the same brand and they're one room apart. Oh, and neither of them is even close to the correct time. The closest is 26 minutes fast.

If I really want to know the time, I check my battery-powered travel alarm.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
. Are you still using outdated technology and love it?
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For sure! When I moved into my cabin in Alaska my son bought me a 'used' iMac that was 2006 and I am still using it. I did however have to upgrade the operating system because it would not run new programs downloaded today.
 
Smiling Jane said:
SifuPhil, be leery of atomic clocks. I've got two of them and the time differs more than 20 minutes between the two of them, although they're the same brand and they're one room apart. Oh, and neither of them is even close to the correct time. The closest is 26 minutes fast.

If I really want to know the time, I check my battery-powered travel alarm.
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SJ, If you want the exact time, Turn on your TV. Every time you change channels, look down at the lower right side of the screen
and there you'll see the exact time; EVERY time you chamge channels. Try it.
 
SifuPhil said:
Coffee Pot ... I love me some coffee, but no, I don't have a Coffee Ninja or a Triple Cappuccino Maker. I have a $7 Dollar General coffee maker, and THAT will be replaced when I can find an old perc-style pot.
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Phil I've got three used plastic Poly Perk's (like below) sitting in top of the hall closet collecting dust that are in great working order.....I'll send a couple to you "on my dime" if you want
them, just shoot me a PM or email me if you're interested.

poly.jpg
 
Smiling Jane said:
SifuPhil, be leery of atomic clocks. I've got two of them and the time differs more than 20 minutes between the two of them, although they're the same brand and they're one room apart. Oh, and neither of them is even close to the correct time. The closest is 26 minutes fast.

If I really want to know the time, I check my battery-powered travel alarm.
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Wow, that's amazing. So much for hi-tech, eh? ;)

Thanks for the heads-up.
 
SifuPhil said:
Wow, that's amazing. So much for hi-tech, eh? ;)

Thanks for the heads-up.
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Not impressed at all. I don't throw things away, but i'll be glad when both of them die so I can toss them.

I've usually got my Kindle fired up and it has the correct time. So does my microwave clock, and as I said I love my little battery-powered clock.
 
Well, I'm still using Windows 7, if that counts as outdated. I do have a smart phone and I've mastered the stuff on it that I need. It's a prepaid Samsung smartphone from T-Mobile and costs me almost nothing to use because I'm not much of a phone talker and I don't do internet stuff on it. One of the things on it I use most is the alarm feature. For some reason, the annoying little ditty it plays DOES wake me up, even though I am a past master at sleeping through beeping or ringing clocks. My son thinks I am hopeless because I don't text, but the arthritis in my hands make those little bitty keys hard to navigate. I also use a Roku, etc.
 
RadishRose said:
Remember those little toys called "Yak-Baks"?

I wish I had one! I could record where I parked, what I need at the store, etc.
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Had not heard of a Yak-Bak, but a regular smartphone(iPhone or Android) would be able to provide such services.

For example, recently used the cell phone to take a picture of my parking spot(with car) at the airport parking lot. Also used the Google Keep, which is an app that resembles a "sticky note". Used it to type the "3H" parking lot designation, in case the picture I took(at 3a.m.) didn't turn out.
 
neotheone said:
Had not heard of a Yak-Bak, but a regular smartphone(iPhone or Android) would be able to provide such services.

For example, recently used the cell phone to take a picture of my parking spot(with car) at the airport parking lot. Also used the Google Keep, which is an app that resembles a "sticky note". Used it to type the "3H" parking lot designation, in case the picture I took(at 3a.m.) didn't turn out.
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Great ideas Neotheone, thank you!
 

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