Adjusting Rabbit Ears On Top Of a TV
Adjusting Horizontal And Vertical Holds on a TV
Be Kind-Rewind video tapes
Calling A Phone Sex Line
Calling Collect On A Payphone
Cash Register Used Manually Entering The Prices (rather than scanning them)
Changing The Ribbon On A Typewriter
Converting Your Albums From Vinyl To Cassette Tape
Cuff Links
Dialing A Rotary Phone
Filing Cards In A Library Card Catalog
Finding Channels On UHF
Getting Off The Couch To Change Channels On Your TV Set
Having Your Gas Pumped For You And Your Oil Checked At A Full-service Gas Station
Kick Starting A Motorcycle
Knowing What Part Of Town Someone Lives In By Their Phone Exchange
Loading A Reel To Reel Tape Drive
Making An Operator Assisted Phone Call
Making Hot Chocolate By Heating Milk in a Pan, Then Adding Cocoa Powder and Sugar (remember the "skin" on the milk?)
Meeting People By Answering Personal Ads In A Newspaper Or Magazine
Opening A Can Of Beer Or Soda With A Church Key
Peeling The Developer Layer Off A Polaroid
Percolating Coffee
Placing A Coin On A Tone arm To Prevent Skipping
Popping Corn In A Pot With Oil
Porn Not From The Internet
Putting A Needle On A Vinyl Record
Rewinding An Audio Cassette Using A Bic Pen
Selling Something In The Classified Ads
Shave With A Straight Razor
Shorthand
Smelling A Freshly Mimeographed Test Paper
Switching To High Beams By Stomping On A Button In The Floor
Taking The Tape Out Of An Answering Machine
Testing TV Tubes At the Drugstore
Using Carbon Paper To Make Copies
Using Correction Fluid
Using A Party-line Telephone
Using A Pay Toilet
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Not all have gone away. Popping popcorn in a pot w/ oil is still better than microwave. And the best beer still requires a church key. Other than that, great list. Thanks for reminding me how old I am.
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