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Record players...probably around 1990. The 1st cd I ever bought was Emmylou Harris's ""Brand New Dance". That was her 1st album that wasn't released on vinyl.
Typewriters...Never mastered typing until I got a computer.
Cassette tapes (audio)...in the 90's I think.
Engines with carbeurators...around 1997.
VHS...the 90's or early 2000's
Beepers / pagers...around 1993.
Dial-up modems...I'm guessing early 2000's
Film cameras...early 2000's
CD...i still buy cd's
CRT displays (monitors and TVs)...still use them
Landline telephones...about 5 years ago
AM radio...still listen to am Radio mostly for the talk shows.
Adding machines...never used this on a regular basis.
Record players...as a 2-year old I broke the record player in 1989. My parents tell me that I decided to experiment as to what would happen if I pulled the needle the wrong way.
Typewriters...never used this.
Cassette tapes (audio)...1998 or so...
Engines with carbeurators...never used this
VHS...2001 or 2002 I guess
Beepers / pagers...never used this
Dial-up modems...turn of the millennium I suppose
Film cameras...1999 or 2000
CD...2007 or so
CRT displays (monitors and TVs)...threw out last TV of this type earlier this year
Adding machines and pagers I never had a need to use them.
Cassette tapes..still use them since 80% of my old radio shows are on there. Don't have a way right now to transfer them to cd or on my hard drive. Uploading them to You Tube or Facebook is a no no especially since one of my old radio stations is now part of the Iheart media empire and they will now doubt claim "copyright". CDs still use them.
Typewriters...last time I used one was at a radio station in West Virginia about 10 years ago typing some PSAs to be read on the air. Interesting thing about typewriters back in the mid 80s my high school did not allow boys to take a typing class. I guess the thought of a male secretary was too much in those days. By the time I left high school in 1987 boys were allowed to take typing classes.
Dial-up modems...ten years ago living in West Virginia. At the time no high speed internet was available so that was the only way to get online. This has since changed. Ten years ago was about the last time I had used a CRT monitor.
Film cameras...early 90s
Landline phones still do use them.
AM radio...not as much today but that is due to the content on the local AM stations here in Denver more than anything else. DX'ing picking up out of town AM signals is unfortunately next to impossible here in Denver. Once in a full moon I can pick up a signal out of Texas like KRLD from Dallas and maybe WHO from Iowa that is strong enough to listen for maybe an hour tops. Omaha's KFAB was once a strong catch here as recently as 5 years ago but it no longer is.
Record players...not since 1992 when I worked at a radio station that did the classic country thing and most of that music had came from 45 rpm records and no doubt some of those records were worth something like that one 45 that was signed by Dolly Parton back in 1968. Apparently Dolly sprayed that record with perfume and even in 1992 I could still smell it. In those days we did have a local Pastor who did come in on Sunday mornings to do his show live and all of his music came from albums.
VHS..still have lots of tapes but no player to play them.
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