alocispepraluger102 Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 an impressive, if not depressing number..... i've a laundry list, but chime in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted July 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 me say it isn't Lowe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Corks in wine bottles? 'Democratic' People's Repulic of Korea? Lifesavers Candy Canes? A Kennedy walking the halls of Congress? Naaaa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) Hopefully, the exclamation 'Awesome!' Sadly, if this year is anything to go by, the sun. Edited July 5, 2012 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted July 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) Hopefully, the exclamation 'Awesome!' Sadly, if this year is anything to go by, the sun. folks tell me that beer bottles are going the way of the cork. some perfectly decent craft beers now come in cans. one that comes to mind is buried hatchet stout, which members of our political forums can't stand. :rolleyes: Edited July 5, 2012 by alocispepraluger102 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Free-standing telephone booths Public telephones, except at airports and train stations Free-standing mailboxes? AOL Blackberry/RIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Britain's forests...well if Cameron hadn't been found out trying to flog them off to his Eton mates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted July 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 the larkster is on a roll!!! take another chorus or two, sweety!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 The USA as 'the greatest country the world has ever seen' (a quote from these pages a few years back). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 tigers in the wild glaciers in Greenland? CDs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) The British National Health Service (see above) (aka 'that hotbed of socialism'). The BBC (see above) The concept that there is something wrong with those with wealth buying their sons and daughters to the front of the educational queue. Cylinder discs. Printed newspapers. Jazz critics. Beatles revivals. Edited July 5, 2012 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Pomea Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) People will be mortified that they ever used a lower case i before a capital letter as in iPhone, iPod, iPad, iMac, and the newest substitute for library school, the iSchool. Oh, and CNN's iReporters! Edited July 5, 2012 by Neal Pomea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 The BBC (see above) But... they already survived one nucular war! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Beatles revivals. Come the apocalypse, that's all that'll be left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 The annual ritual of tossing the yellow/white pages phonebook on the driveway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 The annual ritual of tossing the yellow/white pages phonebook on the driveway. Took care of that one last year. Opt out of dumb phonebook deliveries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Garrett Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Along similar lines: Going, Going, Gone: Vanishing Americana This was originally published in 1994, so in the intervening 18 years many of the things covered have receded even further into the past, but there's still much of interest between its covers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 Manual transmissions in cars (boo) Probably conventional automatics too Bicycle wheels with serviceable spokes Malaria, typhoid, small pox, polio. As long as I'm dreaming here, I'll throw in AIDS and cancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 Took care of that one last year. Opt out of dumb phonebook deliveries. Some newspaper reporter (remember them?) did a quick bit of research and found that in many (most) parts of the city and suburbs, the people dropping off the phone books didn't have a no-drop off list on them and scoffed at the idea they would bother to consult one. So I suspect you'll still end up with the phone books for the near term at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 The USA as 'the greatest country the world has ever seen' (a quote from these pages a few years back). That quote has already been proven wrong countless times over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted July 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 Along similar lines: Going, Going, Gone: Vanishing Americana This was originally published in 1994, so in the intervening 18 years many of the things covered have receded even further into the past, but there's still much of interest between its covers. that little book has pretty much vanished. my local library sold it, probably to a rag dealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 Not to be too cynical, but "privacy" probably belongs on the list. Through a combination of self-disclosure and information harvesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 The USA as 'the greatest country the world has ever seen' (a quote from these pages a few years back). That quote has already been proven wrong countless times over. Past Performance Does Not Guarantee Future Results In any case, I think it is quite a stretch to claim that even today the US is the greatest country in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedwork Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 (edited) things that will disappear in our lifetimes, eh? hopefully not, but on my weaker days i'm not so sure: Edited July 6, 2012 by thedwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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