Things I was doing in 2009 that I no longer do
— ftp
— telnet (now: ssh)
— feature phone (briefly had the blackberry storm but hated it and went back to feature phone... didn’t get iPhone till 2011)
— read a lot of paper books (got my first kindle in 2010 I think)
— LaTeX
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Things I was doing in 1999 I no longer do
— book air tickets with agents
— landline (first cellphone in 2000 I think)
— desktops (first laptop in 2000, laser desktop 2007)
— AAA triptiks/maps
— CDs
— transparencies for talks! (had backups for ppt-fail as late as 2004)
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Things I was doing in 1989 I no longer do
— 5.25” floppy disks
— DOS, WordStar, GW Basic, Turbo C
— CRT displays (stopped in 2005 I think)
— Ride a scooter
— Travel long distance by train routinely
— Read paper newspapers and magazines
— Top up radiator of a 1958 fiat
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Replying to
This is possibly a false memory but I think I’ve ridden on a regular-service steam locomotive line before they were phased out (I do know I saw a lot, they were used for shunting work till the late 80s at least)
... not counting tourist steam trains I’ve ridden since
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