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Watches - they will still be status symbols, jewelry, and for many people who don't want to look at their phones, timepieces.
Paper maps - somehow, I don't think they are going anywhere. You'd be an idiot not to have one in case of technology failure.
Hand-written letters - I hope that my kids have the sense and the courtesy to send hand-written thank you notes, etc. It's just classy.
Talking to one person at a time - Are you serious?!! This multi-tasking conversation never needs to be the norm. It's the height of rudeness.
All good points, Stan. I'm what you call a very late adopter of technology...I kid around and say that by the time I get new tech, it's on the clearance shelf at the Walmart.
But some things are a matter of good manners and common courtesy. No tech at the dinner table. I never let our kid send an email to say thank you. He writes a thank you card - no exceptions. His grandma went abroad for a trip and she mailed him hand written letters. Wow - he loved getting those letters in the mail! So rare these days.
I'm kind of sad about maps, though. I love paper maps.
Me too! Nothing like going to the AutoClub, flashing your card, and coming away with a bag full of maps.
Have you looked in the map section of Borders or Barnes and Noble lately? They carry these tremendously cool maps (Borch is one company) that are very durable and are waterproof. For a place like Venice or NYC they hi-light all the places to see. Large print. Just enough detail. I love them!
Me too! Nothing like going to the AutoClub, flashing your card, and coming away with a bag full of maps.
Have you looked in the map section of Borders or Barnes and Noble lately? They carry these tremendously cool maps (Borch is one company) that are very durable and are waterproof. For a place like Venice or NYC they hi-light all the places to see. Large print. Just enough detail. I love them!
I agree with all the points Stan made, for the same reasons he stated.
I will be very sad the days bookstores, newspapers and magazines fade into oblivion. I have heard bookstores are doing terribly these days, but every time I walk into our closest Barnes and Noble it is very busy. I was there Sunday and waited on a line of at least 15 people.
Film is hard to find now. When one of our kids stated an interest in photography, we dug out our old 35 mm camera with all the fancy lenses, only to discover we couldn't buy film for it locally.
Maps are still available for free at any state welcome center. I always stop in and pick one up.
I just read this article this morning. I was saying the same thing about cd's a few weeks ago. I'm 28 and my generation saw them come and go. I remember when I got my first radio for christmas. My sister worked at sam goodys ( old music store) and she bought me all of these casset tapes ( Mc Hammer was my favorite). Then I remember my first disk man when I turned 16....who remembers pagers? We all had them in high school. Thought we where so important and cool. Now you are the joke of the class if you are in the 5th grade without a cell phone! how crazy is that?
....who remembers pagers? We all had them in high school. Thought we where so important and cool.
I remember pagers. I know I still have a couple somewhere. Probably next to my laser disc player, boxes of 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 inch floppy discs, dot matrix printer, and an old Technics record player. Got a Ronco food dehydrator also.
I still use my cassette tapes. Got some great stuff. Every once my player will eat the tape and I gotta pull it all out then grab a pencil and stick it into one of the holes and start reelin' it all back in! Good as new! (well - almost...).
But some things are a matter of good manners and common courtesy. No tech at the dinner table. I never let our kid send an email to say thank you. He writes a thank you card - no exceptions. His grandma went abroad for a trip and she mailed him hand written letters. Wow - he loved getting those letters in the mail! So rare these days.
Exactly! Technology changes, but I don't see how there's an excuse for rudeness/lack of effort in social relationships. If anything, new technology should make life easier with the day-to-day so there is more time for face-to-face contact.
Playing outside.
Playing with a child that your mother doesn't know.
Making up your own game.
Playing baseball without uniforms, a coach and an umpire.
Fishing.
Exploring.
Wondering.
Mom cooking dinner.
Family eating dinner together.
Walking to school.
Going to school when it's snowing.
Buying candy (or anything) with a coin.
Buying candy without showing a government issued photo ID.
Being allowed to go to the candy store.
Drinking water out of the faucet.
Standing up behind the drivers seat and asking your dad about the world you see out the car windows.
Being outdoors at night.
Seeing stars if ever outdoors at night.
Writing poetry about something besides suicide.
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I never let our kid send an email to say thank you. He writes a thank you card - no exceptions. His grandma went abroad for a trip and she mailed him hand written letters. Wow - he loved getting those letters in the mail! So rare these days. 
