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sibelian

(7,804 posts)
47. Pf! There's nothing wrong with typewriters!
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 07:00 AM
Jan 2013

The amount of time wasted in offices over trying to get fonts right along with paragraph spacing, section breaks, text boxes, table boundaries.... BAH. we got WAY more work done when we were all properly trained as touchtypists and just used the machines properly! I remember very clearly exactly how much I could get done on an electric typewriter and word processors are WORSE. Too may unnecessary factors involved!

Vast amounts of the lifestyle tech produced today serves no particular purpose other than to be shiny and make people feel good about themselves for owning it. I had a PDA for a while - what an amazing waste of time and money! The stupid thing forgot everything when it ran out of power!!! How was it an improvement over a piece of paper? It WASN'T.
I might get a smart phone Lasher Jan 2013 #1
We cancelled hbo and the cable for the second tv. I watch tv less than once a week, why pay $16 peacebird Jan 2013 #2
I guess this is age related dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #3
I grew up with a land line, I no longer ahve a land line obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #19
Sorry, I disagree. Just turned 58 and I LOVE 21st century technology. pink-o Jan 2013 #26
Me too. I'm a year older. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #66
As a senior who relies on smart phone for contact from my children/grandchildren, I resent SharonAnn Jan 2013 #27
Almost all the cell phone carriers will ttransfer your phone number to their phones. hedda_foil Jan 2013 #92
No text but.... librarylu Jan 2013 #104
Not me. I'm 42 and I love technology. Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #74
Oh FFS. Is it Luddite day at DU today?... SidDithers Jan 2013 #4
LOL!!! (Message sent from Joe's iPhone) JoePhilly Jan 2013 #5
I wouldn't insult them. Panasonic Jan 2013 #6
Tell it to the OP. The insults started there...nt SidDithers Jan 2013 #14
+1 obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #16
Wimps - I recently started hauling my clothes to the creek and beating them on a rock. tjwash Jan 2013 #33
Not cheaper. tavernier Jan 2013 #39
LOL .... Trajan Jan 2013 #84
No way would I give up my Galaxy Note 2. trumad Jan 2013 #7
To each their own, I suppose WolverineDG Jan 2013 #8
No thanks. NCTraveler Jan 2013 #9
This thread is so unbelievably sanctimonious. blueclown Jan 2013 #10
Thank you... SidDithers Jan 2013 #13
thank you thank you thank you obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #21
??? EH? There's nothing even slightly insulting about it. sibelian Jan 2013 #46
Did you read the OP at all? blueclown Jan 2013 #51
I can't believe you're taking this much offense sibelian Jan 2013 #59
Thank you.... Mother Of Four Jan 2013 #63
PS - check out #15 if you want insulting! sibelian Jan 2013 #71
I'm not interested in having a smartphone at all LibertyLover Jan 2013 #11
If someone from the 1950s suddenly appeared today dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #114
I reluctantly got an Iphone several months ago and I still don't understand its appeal. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 #12
some people simply aren't smart enough to fully utilize a smartphone.. frylock Jan 2013 #15
Step away from your computer. Shhh, it'll be OK. Brickbat Jan 2013 #17
I'll take a GPS over an atlas any day obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #18
Pf! There's nothing wrong with typewriters! sibelian Jan 2013 #47
100% not true obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #49
LOL! Yes, it in some instances it was! sibelian Jan 2013 #53
Typewriters sucked worse than rotary phones. tridim Jan 2013 #55
There's nothing wrong with rotary phones either! sibelian Jan 2013 #58
I have been with people whose GPS got us lost on multiple occasions. GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #20
Every since we've had airplanes... KatyMan Jan 2013 #22
My smartphone reduces my energy use drmeow Jan 2013 #23
Woohoo! Party like it's 1995! lightcameron Jan 2013 #24
I got your stick right here... Earth_First Jan 2013 #25
We both retired from telephone company jobs and haven't had a land line since IDemo Jan 2013 #28
I've heard some people don't have them at all. raouldukelives Jan 2013 #29
I'm with you. Lifelong Protester Jan 2013 #34
GPS via my Garmin and my cell phone has been wonderful. phylny Jan 2013 #112
Well, I'm with you, SheilaT Jan 2013 #30
My smartphone is absolutely essential and very efficient for me to manage my business. Lex Jan 2013 #31
Advocating not having a tool that keeps you well informed and organized? On a political site? stevenleser Jan 2013 #32
Demagoguery isn't only limited to conservatives. blueclown Jan 2013 #35
I wonder if they are using punch cards to access this web site... Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #81
"Hang on while I log on to DU and rail against Codeine Jan 2013 #89
I have a smartphone and have for 3 years tabbycat31 Jan 2013 #36
You were born in 1980 and I Lex Jan 2013 #38
Exactly -- it's not an age thing obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #50
Meh. MadrasT Jan 2013 #37
I'm glad that works for you, MoF. I *could* do w/o mine, but see no reason to. It's very productive. fishwax Jan 2013 #40
And some take just that bit too far. dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #41
You know why I don't use an atlas? white_wolf Jan 2013 #42
What's a smartphone, lol? pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #43
Smartphones do have dictionaries and autocorrect for spelling and possessives ... REP Jan 2013 #44
My Tracfone costs me about $7/mo hobbit709 Jan 2013 #45
Atlas for me, thanks. sibelian Jan 2013 #48
lol obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #52
Eventually all this newer technology will become much cheaper.... Little Star Jan 2013 #54
smartphones are part of an overall plan to make us all increasingly more stupid datasuspect Jan 2013 #56
Odd, it helps me keep in touch with people better obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #65
cat pictures datasuspect Jan 2013 #68
Rubbish Lurker Deluxe Jan 2013 #57
Some folks need/want smart phones ChazII Jan 2013 #60
You don't have to pay that much to use a smart phone gollygee Jan 2013 #61
a question... shanti Jan 2013 #105
No, you have to use one of their phones gollygee Jan 2013 #110
Smart Phones save indescribable amounts of time Prism Jan 2013 #62
One thing I really like Lurker Deluxe Jan 2013 #64
I love MFP! Prism Jan 2013 #67
+1 dionysus Jan 2013 #99
If my wife decided to unilaterally cancel my smartphone Codeine Jan 2013 #69
but does anyone ever ask themselves datasuspect Jan 2013 #72
I don't "need" much of anything beyond Codeine Jan 2013 #75
i'm not much of a consumer datasuspect Jan 2013 #76
And a petting zoo! sibelian Jan 2013 #73
For your information Codeine Jan 2013 #77
Usually the first to go, I hear... sibelian Jan 2013 #100
delusions of importance datasuspect Jan 2013 #70
President Obama and his beloved Blackberry. Lex Jan 2013 #78
truly important people Lurker Deluxe Jan 2013 #80
whoosh! datasuspect Jan 2013 #83
If your implying Lurker Deluxe Jan 2013 #86
you're = contraction of "you are" datasuspect Jan 2013 #88
-chuckle- Lurker Deluxe Jan 2013 #97
Your modern life may be pretty empty, Codeine Jan 2013 #82
i wasn't speaking about myself personally datasuspect Jan 2013 #87
Whatever gets you through the fundamental emptiness, Tiger. nt Codeine Jan 2013 #90
bless your heart datasuspect Jan 2013 #93
. Lurker Deluxe Jan 2013 #98
E-books Lurker Deluxe Jan 2013 #95
My boyfriend and I got lost at night in New York last spring. Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #79
Because not carrying an atlas around Codeine Jan 2013 #85
Man, I wish I'd had all the things we have now when I was younger. Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #96
let me get this straight datasuspect Jan 2013 #91
Um, it was the middle of the night at a deserted subway. Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #109
my latest experience rickford66 Jan 2013 #94
Good for you AcidBlack Jan 2013 #101
My phones can do so many things that it reduces my carbon footprint. Neoma Jan 2013 #102
I'm so glad I got my smartphone. When I was in the hospital for a week, I had a way to Evoman Jan 2013 #103
I agree about the cable. But my hand held data device (smart phone) is a tremendous convenience. geckosfeet Jan 2013 #106
i think there is a problem with idiots who always feel the need to check some stupid text JI7 Jan 2013 #107
To each his/ her own blueamy66 Jan 2013 #108
I don't have one. Jennicut Jan 2013 #111
"Just got into a wreck, car is totaled ..." I got that text from my son.. nessa Jan 2013 #113
I get more use out of smart phone than I did my flip phone. Captain Stern Jan 2013 #115
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