50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using

Seriously though, why would a fridge need to be connected to WiFi?

Yes, especially if you’re driving, you don’t need to look at a touchscreen and can keep your eyes on the road

Same my friend, same.

My friends took me out to dinner, I'm waiting for the person to bring our menus, and my friends said it on their app. What the f***k? they had to download that square thing, to then download something else, I don't need all this c**p on my phone, I already disable a lot of the stuff on it, now I gotta add more, and it makes life harder? No Thanks

I got a Kindle for a gift a year ago and I'm pretty fond of it.

Unnecessary apps are terrible. They don't need my info to order a shelf set.

Notebooks at school are about to extinct. So the beautiful handwring is.

Yes please!

I read an article a while ago that said there is a difference in "Pyrex" and "pyrex" The brand Pyrex sold their name to a company that makes cheap knockoffs, which has the lowercase "p" at the front of the name

I’d love to see cars like this more often, as cars are often the most heavily used machines in your life, unless you take public transport. But alas, it shall not be so

Until you get arthritis...

monthly payments and subscriptions on everything is b******t in general

The noise alone is worth banning the things.

I leave mine as habitat for little bitty things, then mulch the leaves with the first mowing of the spring. My lawn is usually greener and healthier than the neighbors who clear their yards of leaves.

Please fact check but I believe the leaves are the natural shelter of necessary bugs. So we should avoid raking leaves, or at least leave the backyard alone.

Better yet, mow and turn into mulch.

I used to live amongst Hank Hills. These were 1/3-acre subdivision plots on flat land, yet these knobs used riding mowers and then pulled out their leaf-blowers to remove the mower-blown grass clippings off their driveways. A rake and a broom would've sufficed. Use your imagination about their body shapes.

the Smell of Burning Leaves....AAH

The large oaks and maples in my yard drop about 60 cubic yards of leaves each fall. You are more than welcome to come yard and rake them up. It would probably take you 3 weeks working 8 hours a day to rake them up. 69 cu yds is about 199 of those large paper leaf bags. Sorry I am using my 8 horsepower walk behind leaf blower and my tractor to collect these. The go into my trailer and off to a leak composting facility

My daughter uses the mulching mower (with bag), then composts the results into beautiful soil. Generally, she only needs to do this twice per autumn. We have about an acre that needs mowing, so it would be a bit much to rake by hand.

I just mowed them down. Occasionally I use a bagger.

And the fumes are just poisonous

Leaf Blowers are so redundant. One gust of wind and that task you were happy took ten minutes instead of a half an hour, you now have to do it ALL again. The noise also gives me headaches, when I can hear it, in my house with the windows and doors SHUT. Its TOO LOUD!

agreed. and don't even bother with raking leaves unless you need the grass clear for some specific reason; local wildlife and insects use the leaves to bed down for the winter, and the decomposition process will make the soil in your yard happier!

I mow some of the leaves, mostly from the big oak tree near the house, then collect some for the garden. Half of the leaves I wait for Nature to take its course.

I use mine, but not often

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There was a vid somewhere + the woman took a large sheet of cardboard + used it like a shovel to push the leaves instead of the back-breaking rake the d**n things. :)

This should be higher. Leaf blowers (and snow blowers) are the bane of my autistic existence. Some sounds REALLY get under my skin, and that's one of them. I had a neighbour who used to use his leaf blower every single day through the spring, summer, and fall, and then switched to his snowblower every day in winter. I still despise him for it.

Depends on your yard. Good luck raking the rock around our trees. I used to let them simply decompose (the wind would end up moving them into the tree wells over time) but now they are being produced faster than they break down. Thus a leaf blower, round them up into a pile, push it around a couple of times to expose and remove stuff that isn't leaf, then put the mulcher on, suck them up and dump the powder around the trees. Already chomped it breaks down faster.

Just leave the leaves alone, mow over them and let them sit throughout the fall/winter it’s much better for the environment

Landscaper here, cant do without a blower

If possible, let the leaves stay and compost. They are beneficial to the environment in many ways, including cover for wildlife.

Ugh my yard is huge.... I'd rather have the blower!!!!

I like my electric one! It's quiet compared to a gas one & doesn't stink & I can use it for more than leaf blowing! A leaf rake is only good for leaves!

Those points are all well taken but have you ever tried to rake a sidewalk or driveway? Ineffective and loud.

And the ones you get every week in the autumn by your company who has a landscape service on contract. Forget about phone calls or e-meetings when one of them is going by. I hate 'em.

I use an electric leaf blower because I have fibromyalgia, psoriatic arthritis and peripheral neuropathy.

I have an electric leafblower and it is great for getting leaves out from under bushes that are low to the ground. Also it blows the leaves but not the rocks that make up 90% of the ground cover in my yard.

It depends. I used to do landscaping in a park and without a leaf blower it would take me 3 times longer than with a rake. It should only be used when you have large areas and limited time, never in private yards. I totally agree that the noise is horrible and annoying. Would love if they somehow made professional blowers quiet.

thank you!!!!!

I do charge when I am eating out, but leave a cash tip for servers. I tell them, they don't have to claim it all on their taxes.(oops, any IRS folks out there?)

I can read online books fine, but there's just something about holding a real book that can't be compared with digital.

They can be expensive.

I still use my Windows Office 2007. They have not added any functionality that I need since. It irks me when my laptop automatically starts new documents in Office 365

Up until recently, you had to use the Tesla touchscreen to open the glovebox. Now you can do it in one model (maybe in all) by a long press of one of the scroll wheels on the steering wheel. I guess that's 'progress'...

As someone with doctor handwriting, the notes app has been a godsend for me tbh

These people have never heard of the joint problems of old age...

Every car I've ever bought was manual transmission. Easier and cheaper to drive and repair

I like that I can actually own media and never have to worry that a service will lose their license to carry it. I have bought some digital copies of films out of desperation (like being stuck in a hotel room during a storm) and I never feel like I really own the movie. Plus, the complex ins and outs of negotiating music rights for movie soundtracks means some films might never make it to streaming.

I think cast iron is more popular now than it ever was.