View Full Version : Things you don't do since the Internet?


Janice
04-06-2005, 10:25 PM
I rarely use the phonebook for looking up business numbers. Instead I go to www.Switchboard.com (http://www.Switchboard.com)

I don't buy TV Guide anymore. I used the TV Listings on AOL.

I don't call for movie theater info anymore. That's www.moviefone.com (http://www.moviefone.com)

I buy all my books at Amazon.

I don't even buy magazines anymore. I read articles on the web.

dlemond
04-06-2005, 10:45 PM
For movie info I go to IMDB - I used to always go to Leonard Maltin's book.
My roomates (back then) and I used to call it the bible, or say, "look up in Lenny."

IMDB was one of the first major discoveries I found for myself on the net.
I remember back then having to tell everyone about it.
Now it is a staple and the source for movies.

I still like looking up stuff in Leonard Maltin's book but mine is so outdated.
I think I still might get a new one to have for reading in situations when not near the computer.

Brian Damage
04-06-2005, 11:08 PM
I use to read Entertainment Weekly religiously. Now with the internet I have so many resources for movies and TV that I hardly ever crack it open.

Brent88
04-06-2005, 11:10 PM
I have quit shopping in store... I check online, and then purchase(unless I know it's on sale somewhere).

I have quit watching The Weather Channel since I can get more timely weather info(and not have to wait on some boring documentary to be over) to see the radar. :rolleyes:

No TV Guide's anymore

98% of my free time(which is basically all day) is spent on this thing. Yes... I'M ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET! When it goes down, it's like I lost my best friend. :lol:

*Pleasant Tomorrow*
04-06-2005, 11:11 PM
Live. But...I probably wouldn't be doing that anyway...so nevermind.

swedeace
04-06-2005, 11:22 PM
I pay all my bills online.

I bank online.

I search TV listings on www.zap2it.com

I get all my news online instead of watching it on TV or reading the newspaper.

I search for maps/locations/phone numbers on www.yellowpages.com

Belair
04-06-2005, 11:26 PM
Live. But...I probably wouldn't be doing that anyway...so nevermind.

:rofl: Yeah,that sounds like me.

Janice
04-06-2005, 11:33 PM
I also pay most of my bills online.

I used to go the library, but don't feel the need to with the internet.

For a couple of years, I got my dvds delivered from www.Netflix.com (http://www.netflix.com/), but I was waiting too long for movies, so I stopped.

I send flowers online through www.1800Flowers.com (http://www.1800Flowers.com)

I get directions from www.MapQuest.com (http://www.MapQuest.com)

I read Dear Abby and Ann Landers everyday online.

I check the weather. The Weather Channel is on my AOL Welcome Page.

Before I moved last fall, I often shopped for groceries online. That was great. Delivered right to my door.

Dutabi84
04-06-2005, 11:36 PM
Take showers.





Haha, kidding.

Janice
04-06-2005, 11:39 PM
Take showers.
:rotflmao:

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤
04-07-2005, 12:04 AM
Go out. LOl Actually, I dont watch as much tv anymore.

I pay for everything online.

Janice, whats the site for Dear Abby? I read it everyday at work in the paper!

Janice
04-07-2005, 12:07 AM
Janice, whats the site for Dear Abby? I read it everyday at work in the paper!

http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/ :D

Hollow
04-07-2005, 12:33 AM
i can buy things online instead of waiting to go to the store.
if i forget song lyrics, something in a TV show, someone's name or anything i can look it up.
i can download songs.
i can keep up to date on everything i'm interested in.

i don't even remember what life was like before i got the internet. i can't believe i used to go every day without it.

TheHappyBurgerMeister
04-07-2005, 01:04 AM
Hmm, I really can't think of very much.

I guess I use IMDB.com to find out about a movie.

But I still go to the library to get books or the bookstore, because reading stuff on the screen is not the same at all as actually reading it from a book!

I still buy magazines since I always have to read magazines in my bed before I go to sleep.

Oh, yeah I listen to internet radios stations (like Egg Radio) online since regular radio these days pretty much SUCKS!

TheHappyBurgerMeister
04-07-2005, 01:07 AM
I rarely buy a TV Guide. I get my listings usually with the Sunday paper.

That's how I get my tv listings, too. Our sunday newspaper always comes with a weekly TV schedule, so that's VERY nice to have. Also, our daily newspaper has a evening tv schedule of all the shows.

Lady T
04-07-2005, 01:17 AM
I am going to Palm Springs this weekend, so instead of going to the gas station and purchasing a map, I just logged onto Mapquest and received my directions from there :D

dawsongirl
04-07-2005, 03:20 AM
Actually, there's not much I do online that I don't also do offline. I pay all my bills offline. Support the PO.

TJL
04-07-2005, 04:08 AM
I used to have to go to the local "adult" book store to buy pornography, but thanks to the internet...

Wait, never mind.

;)

Janice
04-07-2005, 09:39 AM
I used to have to go to the local "adult" book store to buy pornography, but thanks to the internet...

Wait, never mind.
Your "girlfriend" is a cyberdeal thing too, isn't she? :lol:

TJL
04-07-2005, 11:05 AM
Your "girlfriend" is a cyberdeal thing too, isn't she? :lol:

No, that girl is real. I'm just using the internet to stalk her.

;)

*MIBabe03*
04-07-2005, 02:04 PM
I don't watch as much TV anymore... J/K.

Mr. Television
04-07-2005, 04:31 PM
I used to read newspapers alot but now I just read them on the internet. I don't read TV Guide as much but I still get them since I've been collecting them for 22years.

snl75
04-07-2005, 05:43 PM
i dont watch the entertainment news shows ie entertainment tonight anymore because i can get all the breaking showbiz news i want on the net 24 hours a day also i rarely turn on my local radio anymore because of internet radio

snl75
04-07-2005, 05:44 PM
I used to read newspapers alot but now I just read them on the internet. I don't read TV Guide as much but I still get them since I've been collecting them for 22years.i collect tv guides too its a fun hobby

Courtnee
04-07-2005, 06:08 PM
I don't sleep anymore :eek:

Steve M.
04-07-2005, 10:06 PM
Watch TV, 'cause there's nothing on! :p

Polniaczek033
04-07-2005, 10:18 PM
Hmm.. let's see.

Sleep
Exercise
Talk to real humans

Uh, I basically do all the stuff that was already mentioned. imdb.. and i research, so no need for a library.

Superstar
04-08-2005, 04:16 AM
Live. But...I probably wouldn't be doing that anyway...so nevermind.
same with me.