25 Years Ago Almost Everyone Had These 34 Things, But Now They’re Gone

Just turn the phone off.

Still a good idea. Google maps is frequent wrong.

For a long time, I used to have a Thomas Guide in my car.

Rand McNalley in seat pocket ... to see the lay-out

Reading maps used to be a valuable life skills.

Still use them for nautical navigation.

It's interesting to have a map of West Berlin in a post about 1999.

I carried a roadmap for almost 50 years, until about two years ago. I moved and just haven’t gotten another one yet.

Mostly for sentimental reasons, but I still have my German map in my car.

I didn't have a map of Berlin in my glovebox because I live in Canberra. AITA?

Map 44 G5. I woukd argue if you gave a street directory to a modern kid they would struggle

I still get a trucker's atlas sometimes. They come in handy.

I keep a road atlas and get a new one every two years. They're invaluable when you love road trips like we do.

We have folding paper maps and use them in addition to GPS.

We always had a big atlas when we went on vacation.

I still keep a map book in my car.

I keep an updated road atlas because the few times I've needed a map, I've been in a no-phone-zone. (There are still areas in the western US that are too remote for cell service). Besides, I need to see the big picture of a map; those GPS screens just don't help me.

Still have them, not in my car though.

Road trips weren't road trips without 'em

When we travel by car, my husband always makes sure we have maps. I drive because I can't read them so he does and tells me where to go. Works for us.

A few reboots, remakes, and sequels, but still a good year for movies. It also gave us Galaxy Quest and The Iron Giant.

It's a planet to me and no one will convince me otherwise XD

Memorized some, had a Rolodex for the rest.

Shiny metal style? Newbie. In my times we had fake wood plastic carapace

AND.... Not having to remove your shoes to go through security Food and drink were way cheaper Airplane seats were wider and more comfortable

Britannica.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, if consumers stop utilizing the over priced services they're upset about, things will change. For instance, some entertainers give lip service to the folks who attend their events decrying the fact that Ticketmaster (et al) have a monopoly on event tickets, but they still perform. If people went one season without purchasing the overpriced tickets and let the entertainers (or their fan club) know WHY they aren't purchasing tickets, things would change. The loudest voice you have is your $$$.

My aunt used to use vegetable oil. She switched to olive oil, because it's healthier. Yup, she looks like a well worn saddle.

Still do.

Loved coming here because I could rent video games, too.

My Dad passed last August. I miss him too.

Loved these.

How can this apply to the title???? 34 Things That Were Considered Necessities In 1999, But Are Practically Extinct Now. It is still a necessity to have affordable housing!!! Practically extinct but necessary.

Okay but that book is so cool.

RIP Privacy. You are missed

I miss having my corded phones. They worked during black outs to make emergency calls. Now when your in a black out you have to make sure your cellphone is not dead.

I remember the DVD rewinder...

This one is so culturally shattering. It is basically impossible to create new networks of people in a community without a shared vehicle of communication. This means that there is a lot of social stagnation even though there is this appearance of rapid progress on an individual technological level.

Now, posh people have the latest film cameras because they are being made again. I still have my 80s one

The problem was real, but it was discovered early enough that it was fixed before it became a disaster.

One of those things I'm glad is gone. The smoke never stayed in its own section.

I knew battery outside the phone. For his job, my father had a big Alcatel phone, heavy as a wallet, working only inside Paris and close surburbs, and highways. One minute call fee was crazy, the phone itself cost the equivalent of 7500€ in FF

*beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep*............... DEEE DEEE DEEE DEEE VREEEEEEEEEEE KADOOOONG KADOOOOOONG KRSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (When I was a kid in the 90s, I used to sneak onto AOL/the internet at night when everyone was asleep and I would pile pillows and couch cushions around the PC in the desperate hope of muffling the dial-up sound...)

Another disc in the mail every week! A dozen different email addresses to utilize the freebie.

I still have mine and I still use it.

They were good, but XP was better. It could run all of the stuff from 95 or 98.

People should still learn to navigate their own towns without GPS.

Did anyone else have a newer TV, on top of one of these?

I have one and it's new.

Thankfully.

Inflatable furniture is very much alive and well. It's just branded as "travel" now. I use an inflatable ottoman under my desk

And when you called these numbers, you got to speak to someone who was in the USA and not some foreign country. And you could actually understand what they were saying.