Well Sat. mail will stop being delivered, so here are a couple of other things I think we can say bye to in the near future.

I think mail in general will stop being delivered, if you want your mail, you'll have to pick it up at the post office, like everything else you will have to go to THEM.

I think HOME HEALTH will eventually be cut out, again the idea of an actual flesh and blood person coming to your house for ANY reason will be obsolete.

If you need physical therapy you will have to go to THEM to get it, to the hospital or where ever, and you'll just have to get there the best way you can, if you're elderly and have a hard time getting there.....too bad for you.

Basically anything that requires someone coming to your house will cease I think.

Including cops and IRS ?

Including cops and IRS ?
Could you imagine calling 911 for an emergency and the operator telling you to drop dead? :lol:

Could you imagine calling 911 for an emergency and the operator telling you to drop dead? :lol:

It honestly would NOT surprise me. The idea of ambulances being cut out would really not surprise me. Again like everything else, if you have an emergency you will have to go to THEM, the best way you can.

I remember a time if you had an emergency you could get inside the Police Dept. ANYTIME of the day or night and there was always someone there 24/7, the one in our town locks the doors at 6pm, I remember once I was out at night at 11pm and someone CRAZY got behind me started blwoing and trying to run me off the road, SO I drove to the police dept. and not a soul in sight, the doors were locked. I think there was someone in there SOMEWHERE, but as far as getting them to the door, prolly impossible.

Ppl just don't wanna fool with anything anymore or do anything. I just dont look forward to everything going out of existence excpet maybe cell phones.

My uncle jokes that eventually EVERYTHING will go out of existence except a HUGE cell phone that everyone will be plugged into. He says ppl won't even have houses anymore. lol

To add to what you said, I could see Pizza delivery being stopped. Some of it because of the price of gas.

Ambulances will stay. So much ER visits are old people arriving by ambulances also pizza delivery will stay because places put a delivery fee in to supplement the price of gas

Ambulances will stay. So much ER visits are old people arriving by ambulances also pizza delivery will stay because places put a delivery fee in to supplement the price of gas


Pizza delivery is kinda a new thing anyway. I mean it came about in the 80s I think which isn't like ancient.

But I could still see ambulances stopping, and as far as older people relying on them, too bad! That's is the order of the day, everything is geared toward the masses.

When I have to take my grandma to the hospital for checkups, we half to walk what seems like a half a mile UPHILL, and it's all she can do to make it, and no one even offers to help. Used to they would have come right to her home.

Pizza delivery is kinda a new thing anyway. I mean it came about in the 80s I think which isn't like ancient.

But I could still see ambulances stopping, and as far as older people relying on them, too bad! That's is the order of the day, everything is geared toward the masses.

When I have to take my grandma to the hospital for checkups, we half to walk what seems like a half a mile UPHILL, and it's all she can do to make it, and no one even offers to help. Used to they would have come right to her home.

I've worked in the ER and nursing homes always use ambulances when something is wrong and ambulances are required to take them back home at the end of the visit

The old incandescent light bulbs are being replaced by those long swirly bulbs. The problem is that all of my ceiling light fixture globes are not large enough to cover them. And they aren't as bright. I can't find a regular light bulb around here anymore so I found some on Ebay and ordered 12 of them!:)

My fiance found some of the old ones last May but I have no clue where

I wonder about Ambulances. I don"t think they would vanish that much. Around here, it minimum 500.00 fee. We have a hospital and nursing home within a stone's throw and if a person has to be transported there, $500.00. That is a costly taxi ride. Then whenever is done in the ambulance another fee is tacked on. Many times I would love to not take the ambulance to save the money but the hospitals are so nervous if you took a turn for the worst.
They would rather you live and pay the high price, than for you to save money. Then again it all depends on what ailment you have. Broken leg or possible heart attack are two different situations.

Then with all the phobias about germs, we might be kissing KISSING goodbye.

School textbooks are quickly becoming a thing of the past. The sight of kids lugging backpacks full of them home is just not going to happen soon. All learning materials will be accessed online or at the very least, in an offline computer format. Not sure how I feel about this. It's understandable, but somehow sad to me. Probably just me getting old, lol.

The old incandescent light bulbs are being replaced by those long swirly bulbs. The problem is that all of my ceiling light fixture globes are not large enough to cover them. And they aren't as bright. I can't find a regular light bulb around here anymore so I found some on Ebay and ordered 12 of them!:)


I know and my grandma HATES that, she likes the older ones.

And that's the problem with this new stuff, SO MUCH of it is not compatable with the older things, so you have spend hundreds of dollars to redo your whole house.

Like I have a DVR player now and for SOME REASON, you can't record off TV. It just seems like with every upgrade, something is lost.

School textbooks are quickly becoming a thing of the past. The sight of kids lugging backpacks full of them home is just not going to happen soon. All learning materials will be accessed online or at the very least, in an offline computer format. Not sure how I feel about this. It's understandable, but somehow sad to me. Probably just me getting old, lol.


Well I heard they have already stopped teaching cursive, and that someday they will stop teaching kids how to write altogether!

And I will tell you how I feel about it, I don't care if it does make me sound old, it is RIDICULIOUS!!!! I mean, this world is gonna be so dumb, people SHOULD know how to write!! If the computer messes up we are going to be doomed!

It will get to the point where we wont even have to SPEAK, something will convey our thought waves.

I honestly don't look forward to it, it's SAD!

Ten years ago I attended college and was flabbergasted at the price of textbooks. I paid $80.00 to $115.00 for one textbook. If the computer way is cheaper, I am all for it although, it might be a bit harder to use compared to flat book.

Life is changing so fast, you have to buy things to keep up or you looked to be old fuddy dud.

Ten years ago I attended college and was flabbergasted at the price of textbooks. I paid $80.00 to $115.00 for one textbook. If the computer way is cheaper, I am all for it although, it might be a bit harder to use compared to flat book.

Life is changing so fast, you have to buy things to keep up or you looked to be old fuddy dud.

Say "hello" to an old fuddy dud! :wave:

I'm a Fuddy Dud, My truck is a Fuddy Dud, My duds are Fuddy Duds.

I'm a Fuddy Dud, My truck is a Fuddy Dud, My duds are Fuddy Duds.

And this WHOLE COURTROOM is a Fuddy Dud...!

(sorry, channeled Al Pacino for a second there)... :lol:

ME TOO! I don't mind being called a fuddy-duddy.

I mean things are just moving TOO FAST.

I've finally got my video library converted to DVDs, now I'm just waiting until next week when DVDs will be obsolete and you will have nothing to play them on.

I knowyou can play them on bluerays BUT those will be obsolete by next month. It was cool when these modern things were here for pleasure, but when they start FORCING you to use them as necessity, it's bad I think.


It's funny how bad the past is hated now days, I mean in the 80s and 90s the past was kinda looked at as cool, and we had TV stations like Nick@Nite that were really popular, and were beloved for preserving things lfrom the 50s and 60s, now people hate ANYTHING that even reflects the past.

AND I get so tired of, esp. on IMDB. On pratcially EVERY movie forum, there is the classic post, "This movie is SOOO dated!" And I'm like SO WHAT? is that such a bad thing? What's wrong with seeing how things were in certain eras and decades? But it's like ppl don't even want the past on our sophisticated, hip, cool, 21st century screens, nows!!! And SCREENS!! Who uses those now days?!? Just burn the movie off, MOVIES?!? Who watches movies nowdays?!, DAYS?! Who has DAYS anymore?? Ok I'm done hehe BUT it's getting that ridiculious!


I mean I taked to a teen once and he didn't even know who Dick Van Dyke was, things like that ANGER me!

Sorry but I could rant about this forever! I get ticked off every time I TRY to go shopping,, EBAY is my main store now. I know it's a modern thing, but it's the only place I can find anything.

I've still got a couple of VCR's and I don't have a flat screen tv so I guess I'm a fuddy-duddy too. lol

I've still got a couple of VCR's and I don't have a flat screen tv so I guess I'm a fuddy-duddy too. lol

Yeah and I've kept my special VHSs that I've had since childhood, in MANY WAYS I like VHSs better, I like how you can just plop them in and play them immediatly, without haveing to have a DVD out, handle it like you're handling delicate china, then wait 10 mins for it to load. I have VHSes that I've had since 1986 and they play fine, but some DVDs get scratched and mess up within a year or so.

One VHS messed up once the tape came off the reel, BUT I was able to tape it back on and it plays fine, that's another thing, used to when something messed up you could pretty well fix it, but when a DVD gets damaged you're pretty well out of luck.

But I am REALLY MAD about how I can't record stuff off TV now, but the ppl at the cable co. said there is no way to, so TOO BAD for me I guess, that is most ppl's attitude nowdays.

But I am REALLY MAD about how I can't record stuff off TV now, but the ppl at the cable co. said there is no way to, so TOO BAD for me I guess, that is most ppl's attitude nowdays.

Why can't you record anything off TV? Is this a cable issue because I have no problem doing it.

Why can't you record anything off TV? Is this a cable issue because I have no problem doing it.


Well I dunno much about, BUT our cable co. updated everything a few months ago *usually with any updating something gets lost*

So they came out and put a new box in, and every since then when I try to play the TV through the DVR *in the recording mode* I notice that setting is not available, so I called the co. and they told me with their NEW system there is no way to do that anymore.

I still think it's fishy, I hope I can find out some way. That doesn't seem right.

Yeah I had a vcr and was doing fine til about last March when the digital hubbub changeover bit came along. I used my vcr but could only tape the show I watched. The Comcast people told me the VCR is no longer a converter. That was a hassle for most of the time I had to remember to switch the channel. I taped the game show Millionaire, other shows all on different stations. I said to myself there is gotta be another way. So I got a DVR from Comcast. It works nice. I do have a bit of problem fast forwarding but that is just bit of practicing. I pay $7.00 a month more for the DVR. I do have vhs tapes, some I have of Family videos, old shows, movies which I would like to get to another type media. NOw how to learn how to convert. There should be a low cost service to learn.

Yeah I had a vcr and was doing fine til about last March when the digital hubbub changeover bit came along. I used my vcr but could only tape the show I watched. The Comcast people told me the VCR is no longer a converter. That was a hassle for most of the time I had to remember to switch the channel. I taped the game show Millionaire, other shows all on different stations. I said to myself there is gotta be another way. So I got a DVR from Comcast. It works nice. I do have a bit of problem fast forwarding but that is just bit of practicing. I pay $7.00 a month more for the DVR. I do have vhs tapes, some I have of Family videos, old shows, movies which I would like to get to another type media. NOw how to learn how to convert. There should be a low cost service to learn.


I know how to convert, I've almost got all my VHSes converted but it IS a headach, some VHSes wont convert and that is so frustrating!

I know I sound crazy but oh I think it would be so great to wake up and things be like they were in the late 80s early 90, I mean I'd like some of the modern day technology to still be around, but only as a luxury, NOT has a HAVE TO HAVE OR YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK thing.

And I like the internet MUCH better the way it was in like 1999 and 2000. I ADMITT I'm addicted to facebook and youtube, but even YOUTUBE is getting messed up, it was best the way it was in like 2006 and 2007.

Yeah I had a vcr and was doing fine til about last March when the digital hubbub changeover bit came along. I used my vcr but could only tape the show I watched. The Comcast people told me the VCR is no longer a converter. That was a hassle for most of the time I had to remember to switch the channel. I taped the game show Millionaire, other shows all on different stations. I said to myself there is gotta be another way. So I got a DVR from Comcast. It works nice. I do have a bit of problem fast forwarding but that is just bit of practicing. I pay $7.00 a month more for the DVR. I do have vhs tapes, some I have of Family videos, old shows, movies which I would like to get to another type media. NOw how to learn how to convert. There should be a low cost service to learn.
I didn't know that. I have a DVR too. When I want to save something, I just tape the show from my DVR to my VCR. I don't do it a lot but if I want a show and I don't want to buy it on DVD, the VCR comes in handy.