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<blockquote data-quote="Pink Elephant" data-source="post: 736884" data-attributes="member: 21572"><p>Oh... another super-great topic, SOT! Love it!</p><p></p><p>I miss newspapers, too. I tend to get the news over the net now, and still occasionally tune into the news hour on television, but I find news in general brings me down, because seldom is there anything positive in it's content, so I tend to veer away from news.</p><p></p><p>I miss old-fashioned milk delivery, which store-bought milk has replaced. Just seeing the milk truck make it's rounds with the open doors, and the way the driver could enter and exit on either side of the truck was neat. Such a recognizable sight, and the driver always gave us a toot on the horn and waved at us kids.</p><p></p><p>Old-fashioned diaper service and delivery. My mom never used such, nor did I, but I do remember the service truck driving around town and through neighbourhoods making it's rounds. Baby Pants Diaper Service, or something like that was the name of the service in our town. The truck was all white, with the flat sides, and a string of diapers was painted on it's sides, as if the diapers were drying on a line. Oh, and I remember a big diaper pin painted on the sides, too. The introduction and popularity of disposable diapers were the demise of such service.</p><p></p><p>Old-fashioned landlines. So many have gotten rid of their landlines and in turn, they are no longer listed in the book, so contact has been lost with so many.</p><p></p><p>I don't know... are there full-service gas stations anymore? I remember them as a kid, pulling up to the pumps and having a man come out and gas the car up while washing the windshield. </p><p></p><p>I also miss when everything was closed on Sunday, though not so much technology, but rather, corporate greed.</p><p></p><p>Also miss record shops. How I used to love to visit our record shop once a week and flip through the hundreds of albums.</p><p></p><p>I know a few of mine border on progression through the eras rather than the introduction of technology, but I still felt they were worth mentioning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pink Elephant, post: 736884, member: 21572"] Oh... another super-great topic, SOT! Love it! I miss newspapers, too. I tend to get the news over the net now, and still occasionally tune into the news hour on television, but I find news in general brings me down, because seldom is there anything positive in it's content, so I tend to veer away from news. I miss old-fashioned milk delivery, which store-bought milk has replaced. Just seeing the milk truck make it's rounds with the open doors, and the way the driver could enter and exit on either side of the truck was neat. Such a recognizable sight, and the driver always gave us a toot on the horn and waved at us kids. Old-fashioned diaper service and delivery. My mom never used such, nor did I, but I do remember the service truck driving around town and through neighbourhoods making it's rounds. Baby Pants Diaper Service, or something like that was the name of the service in our town. The truck was all white, with the flat sides, and a string of diapers was painted on it's sides, as if the diapers were drying on a line. Oh, and I remember a big diaper pin painted on the sides, too. The introduction and popularity of disposable diapers were the demise of such service. Old-fashioned landlines. So many have gotten rid of their landlines and in turn, they are no longer listed in the book, so contact has been lost with so many. I don't know... are there full-service gas stations anymore? I remember them as a kid, pulling up to the pumps and having a man come out and gas the car up while washing the windshield. I also miss when everything was closed on Sunday, though not so much technology, but rather, corporate greed. Also miss record shops. How I used to love to visit our record shop once a week and flip through the hundreds of albums. I know a few of mine border on progression through the eras rather than the introduction of technology, but I still felt they were worth mentioning. [/QUOTE]
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