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What do you think will go with us older generations?

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VioletSky Tue 31-May-22 19:28:30

I think:

Printed newpapers

Landline phones

StarDreamer Tue 31-May-22 22:42:41

Snow?

Ooh!

VioletSky Tue 31-May-22 22:53:52

I miss snow, makes everything pretty

StarDreamer Tue 31-May-22 23:24:45

What about coal fires in a hearth in the living rooom?

StarDreamer Tue 31-May-22 23:27:58

Are metal dustbins still used?

Is it all plastic bags and plastic wheelie bins now, which in use depending where one lives?

Bellanonna Tue 31-May-22 23:47:24

Living memory of WW2. There are a few of us on here.

Chestnut Tue 31-May-22 23:50:13

Cameras and camcorders are now old technology. Although there will be people who still like developing negatives. This will become a niche hobby like vinyl records, stamps, postcards and coin collecting.

StarDreamer Wed 01-Jun-22 00:00:34

Living memory of steam locomotives used on everyday mainline trains will go.

Steam locomotives only remaining on heritage lines and on special trips on the main lines.

biglouis Wed 01-Jun-22 00:31:23

Hopefully council tax to be replaced by local taxes based upon income.

BigBertha1 Wed 01-Jun-22 06:29:54

Face powder
Men digging their hard and taking them off when inside
Table manners
Courtesy on the roads
Table napkins linen ones
Tablecloths

BigBertha1 Wed 01-Jun-22 06:31:55

Tablecloths and napkins
Face powder
Men doffing their hats

M0nica Wed 01-Jun-22 07:40:06

Most of the last 6 items have long disappeared already.

Although, I was at a graduation ceremony in a cathedral last week and actually saw several men wearing hats. Most were baseball hats.

GrannyGravy13 Wed 01-Jun-22 08:02:39

I use linen napkins, as do some of my AC

Period pain, someone must find a cure surely?

GrannyGravy13 Wed 01-Jun-22 08:03:29

Face Powder is still used and marketed to fashionistas

Vintagejazz Wed 01-Jun-22 08:03:31

Sewing, cooking from scratch.

boheminan Wed 01-Jun-22 08:10:17

Pubs sad wine

GrannyGravy13 Wed 01-Jun-22 08:20:07

Vintagejazz

Sewing, cooking from scratch.

With the current trend for pre-loved/vintage clothes I think many more folks are getting into sewing.

Every other TV programme is food related, my GC have all started baking:cooking as soon as they could stand at the kitchen table. Not sure if cooking will ever disappear.

Casdon Wed 01-Jun-22 08:26:02

We are a nation of foodies. I can’t imagine napkins and tablecloths, home cooking or restaurants and pubs disappearing - there are plenty of younger people enjoying them all, and many of them like formal tables.

Mollygo Wed 01-Jun-22 08:35:47

Honeysuckleberries

Common sense.

That’s already on its way out!

FindingNemo15 Wed 01-Jun-22 08:38:54

Manners. e.g. holding the door for someone in a shop and not getting a thank you.

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 01-Jun-22 08:53:29

Manners won’t disappear with us. My son and his friends were brought up to have good manners and they aren’t alone, though sadly a great many younger people seem totally unaware of what manners are. Also some not so young people - I was very surprised to see Jay Blades keeping his cap on in a Church.

Bellanonna Wed 01-Jun-22 09:00:09

FindingNemo15

Manners. e.g. holding the door for someone in a shop and not getting a thank you.

Oh they always get a very audible “you’re welcome” from me!
(At least one of us is polite ?).

Bellanonna Wed 01-Jun-22 09:04:22

Plug-in satnavs (I actually use mine although I don’t go very far now). Both DDs use their ‘phones and of course newer cars are fitted with inbuilt ones.

Bellanonna Wed 01-Jun-22 09:04:43

Cheques!

DanniRae Wed 01-Jun-22 09:07:08

Potato peelers - for jacket and new potatoes I leave the skin on.
for chips and mash I use frozen potatoes.
Making pastry - I haven't made pastry in years - frozen pastry
is better than any I ever made!
Photo albums - Sadly!

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 01-Jun-22 09:09:43

Frozen potatoes? I’ve never heard of them, except frozen chips.