Things that are archaic

[regular.joe]

Land navigation without a GPS device.

[wolf]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Gotta read that tonight.
Have you read Ellison's account of his brief tenure at Disney? (part 3)

http://harlanellison.com/iwrite/mostimp.htm

Yep. Years ago. Its either in one of his forwards or was part of his Glass Teat essays.

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Cash registers that do NOT calculate the change

I love freaking out checkers by having exact change ready before I'm rung up.

Typewriters that type on paper (and carbon paper and white out)

Have two. One electric, one manual.

Slide rules - straight and circular

Got one of them, too.

One-man Post Offices

Limerick and Skippack, Pa. Both are one-man operations. Skippack wont deliver mail to any houses .... all PO boxes.

Sears Roebuck Service Departments

Now that I really miss. Cant remember the last time I considered Sears the place to buy electronics.

Originally Posted by regular.joe

Land navigation without a GPS device.

I just took an orienteering class.

Damn. I'm feeling old.