Like writing checks too. Reminds me I've got money going out. I use cash too. Spend less when using cash. I like writing and receiving letters.

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They constantly try to escape from the darkness outside and within
Dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good T.S. Eliot

I love chopping and stacking wood. I can do it all weekend and not be bothered.

I'd rather hear the soft glide of a hand plane rather then the banshee like 90db drone of my DeWalt thickness planer.


Over Easter I broke up a 25' x 25' 4" thick concrete slab in my back yard with a sledge hammer and wrecking bar rather then spend the $100 on a jackhammer rental. That one was definitely a stupid decision.

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Long Chile was a silly place.

Manual Transmission

Leaf blowers are evil. I'd much rather use a rake.

Still spinning LP's on my turntable. I do stream music as well but it doesn't have that same connection.

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A false humanity is used to impose its opposite, by people whose cruelty is equalled only by their arrogance

I write checks too, in large part because I'm conservative about online banking risk.

Shovel snow rather than use a snowblower.

Not always, but I change the oil in my car when I have the time to do it.

Go to the local bookstore even when I could get the book more cheaply online.

My Miata GT is manual. I park it and leave the top down with no fear of theft. Hell, I'm the only one in my family that can drive it

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"...the street finds its own uses for things"

That is a sad state of affairs that no one else can drive manual. I don't like to drive but manual makes it more enjoyable. I know when my son starts to drive in a few years he is going to learn to drive a manual. Like it or not.

Ben

- I don't own a cell phone because I have a phone at work and a landline at home and don't want anyone to reach me if I'm not at either one of those places.
- I have a microwave (for guests) but have never used it.
- I got rid of a coffee machine with a set timer and just use a French Press.
- I walk or bike to work, to church, doing groceries and running errands, anything in the city.

Now, get off my lawn !!!

Amen. In addition to feeling like you are actually driving, I am convinced it makes you a more engaged and attentive driver.

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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers

Emery's Third Coast Triathlon | Tri Wisconsin Triathlon Team | Push Endurance | GLWR

I want to read a book, I go to the library.

I have co-workers who read several books a week on their Kindle and spend hundreds of dollars a year. I read 5-10 books a year, never spent a dime.

MLCRISES wrote:

For me, I like tying my shoes (I don't wear slip one) and writing checks to pay bills.

I still have the newspaper home-delivered each morning

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"You can never win or lose if you don't run the race." - Richard Butler

Mechanical shifting on my bike.

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Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.

I still have the newspaper home-delivered each morning

I forgot about that one. My morning coffee in a French press and the Globe and Mail delivered to my door is how I start every single day. I can't stand reading news online, other than here of course...

Talking to real people in the real world.
Making friends and have real connections with people.

I will always prefer corncobb or leaves over that newfangled toilet paper

I love driving stick. I needed a half ton for a while, but held out in part because I loved driving my 5spd Tacoma. Now that I've crossed that bridge, I only like trucks that have a centre console shifter. I hate the big steering wheel mounted bar. It makes me feel like I'm driving a bus.

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Long Chile was a silly place.

I'd call you a hipster doufus, but I'm pretty sure they insist on sheep intestine condoms.

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Long Chile was a silly place.

Fify.

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Long Chile was a silly place.

• Manual transmission
• Raking leaves
• Using a telephone to talk with
• Writing letters/ thank-you notes and mailing them (in spite of my loathing all things associated with -7)
• Using cash. Until my recent trip to Italy I have never used an ATM... ever. Used it once to get Euros in Rome and plan on never doing it again. The lady at the bank was incredulous that I had no idea how to use one. Pin? Yeah, I use 'em to place numbers on my jersey.

Totally backwards and unique, but we make (from scratch usually) all of our meals 6 out of 7 days and we make our own coffee.

Also, I use a regular corkscrew to open wine, not one of those Rabbits or one of those power jobbies.

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A solitary man

• Reading a real newspaper in the morning, while;
• Drinking coffee from my Bialetti;
• Painting the exterior my house. I love the satisfaction of a good brush with good paint and a job well-done.
  

I'm just picturing everyone walking around in giant velcro sneakers now. I know slip-ons are out there but something about 'I like tying my shoes' as though that's uncommon now...


Anyway for me it's the dishwasher. I like washing dishes, I find it therapeutic. I'm also in the manual transmission crowd. And I also like ironing my clothes, I'll use the dry cleaners for real formal affairs but generally do my own slacks and dress shirts.

I prefer to hand wash dishes versus putting them in the dishwasher. There are a few items like plastic storage containers that I don't like washing - but I'd rather was typical plates, bowls and flatware.

Printing out boarding passes. At least I know the battery in the paper won't die before i get to the jetway :)

I use the phone for other stuff, to pay at coffee shop, movie tickets, etc. Just don't like it for boarding passes for some reason (and honestly, the way people hold their phone too close, or too far, or accidentally minimize the screen and have to pull it back up... it's just PITA sometime).

And I HATE writing checks.

I always take the stairs, no escalators or elevators. Also, when possible will pull/push a door open rather than the auto-open doors.

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The secret of a long life is you try not to shorten it.
-Nobody

I recently discovered e-book rentals from the public library. You do have to physically go in to a branch to get a library card/account, but once you have it, you can check out titles online and have them delivered to your iPad or Kindle device for free. Most e-books you can keep for 21 days, they they are automatically "returned" - no action on your part. Did I mention it's 100% free? I can't believe I didn't know about this before.

I like to use over-the-air radio (and TV) rather than streaming, including occasionally trying to tune in overseas shortwave...rather ridiculous when you can stream the same but I still find it cool.

I shave with a safety razor and brush on shaving cream...although it's as much a matter of being too cheap to buy the multi-blades as it is a preference. I have an electric which I like but it's useless for shaping a beard/mustache.

I mow with a push/reel mower when I don't have to bag.

I print photo's and hang them on the wall instead of keeping them in my phone or digital picture frame or whatever.

That is awesome! I somehow never heard of this either, I've been trying to cut back on book purchases but keep reading the same things over and over again. Thanks for the heads up!

Libraries still have a limit though on the number of ebooks they can rent..just like real books. So you have to get in a waiting list queue (potentially) to get the book. It is strange. I get why, but the concept is still strange to apply concepts like "inventory" to e-products.

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I do this, too. The app is called Overdrive and it links to my library account - 100s of books and audio books, which are useful for the car or longer runs or trainer rides...

I would rather hear mistakes in my singing than use autotune.

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Good one, a dying skill, and real pleasure in the right car. Not so much in an old pickup with 3 on the tree...lol

IVF

Dying skill in the US. I know in Europe, manual transmissions are still the majority..at least my friends from there tell me so.

I learned on a three on a tree. Never see those anymore. Both my daughters learned to drive on a manual transmission. Its a good skill to have. Even more of a rarity in girls in the US these days.

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True... I just returned from Spain and the rental was manual. It had a feature I didn't know existed. When at idle in neutral waiting for a light the engine shuts off. Its a fuel saving feature and it freaked me out the first time I discovered it.

Went to Australia a few years back and rented a little manual transmission jeep. Now *That* was fun, driving on the right and shifting with the left hand. At least the pedals were the same as we have here :)

Grew up driving a manual (first 3 cars) and glad never to have to do so again on a day to day basis in city traffic.

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I also like books - real, paper books - over a kindle. I buy some but mostly borrow lots of books from the library.

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
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All my cars have been manual. Can't beat that five on the floor.

Just tell her that stick shift can have other uses.

Holy shit, you could be me.

I typed up a response earlier mentioning driving stick and washing dishes - including the therapeutic part - but got distracted and didn't post it. I didn't grow up with a dishwasher in the house (parents still don't own one) and I HATED doing dishes then, but for some reason I enjoy it now. When we visit my parents I actually look forward to helping them wash and dry the dishes after meals, it's good for conversation time with them.

My wife also gave up ironing my clothes years ago because I'd just re-iron them again anyway before wearing.

I still use a hand written schedule book for my business.

Hahahaha. I think everyone would agree with you on that.

I had no idea cooking from scratch was such a rarity until recently. So many of my friends eat out for almost every meal - that is so expensive and so unhealthy! And I really like my own cooking.

I gave up on boxed cereal for breakfast and usually have oatmeal or cream of wheat. Was it Veganerd who posted his overnight oats recipe recently? I've been doing that since reading his post and love it, it's so nice to wake up to breakfast that takes zero effort but isn't full of junk.

I also write out a weekly menu (that I usually stick to) and do a weekly shop.

I worked with a woman several years ago who was trying to buy a bigger house but couldn't get approved. She probably earned $55k a year, and her husband around $30k with a military pension to boot.

She said that they had looked at their credit card bill and discovered that they had spent $1500 eating out in the first three weeks of that month. We probably don't spend that much eating out in a year - especially if you remove vacations.

I love...

* Buying entire albums instead of singles, because I appreciate artists who write for a cohesive album.

* High quality leather boots that can be resoled instead of replaced.

* Making coffee through manual pour over methods instead of a machine and buying beans from roasters who have a direct connection with the farmer as much as possible.
It's
* Making my own tomato sauce from scratch in large batches with seasonal ingredients instead of jarred stuff.
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* Supporting local restaurants whenever going out instead of chains that are a known thing.

* Actually talking to my neighbors physically instead of through a screen.

* Real paper books. I read a ton, use my Kindle a little, but mostly purchase used paper books because I love the tactile feel, the scent of the paper, and taking notes in the book by hand. It means I have to carry more weight in books, but it's worth the effort.

* Life with real relationships and no social media. I killed Facebook recently and it's awesome. I only worry about the people I see and contact through real mediums. It is weird how much I'm unaware of with groups & events planned through FB, but the important people in that stuff will adjust to me not being on, otherwise there's nothing for me to miss just for the sake of having fake connections.

i'm spending a week in a hotel. went out and got some woolite, washed my running clothes in the bathtub.
wouldn't say i 'like' doing that (if there was a machine i'd've used it) but it was pretty satisfying once it was done.

I love this thread, even though I'm late.

- manual transmission! (and female) self taught at that.
- raking, shoveling snow. I used to have a reel mower but my boyfriend flipped out and replaced it with a gas powered one.
- depositing checks at ATM. yes, atm's are a modern convenience but I don't frequent locations with ones that accept deposits, so I end up carrying paper checks around with me for weeks until I can get to a bank when open. I have never deposited a check by taking a photo of it. This is a modern convenience I want no part of.
-definitely take stairs when it's a viable option. (currently rehabbing from hip surgery and climbing tall flights in industrial buildings with the step then meet method is brutal on my non-op leg).

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To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive.

Loose tea. (I hate teabags.)

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"Human existence is based upon two pillars: Compassion and knowledge. Compassion without knowledge is ineffective; Knowledge without compassion is inhuman." Victor Weisskopf.

Fly fishing with bamboo fly rod

Deer hunting with flintlock muzzle loader rifle

/r

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Steve

I like to use a pencil and sharpen it with my knife.

I mop the floor with a bucket and a rag.

I've been known to spend hours fixing something rather than spend $20 to replace it.

I wish I had the discipline to do that.

Shaving with a double edge safety razor and shave soap / brush to make lather (followed by a splash of old school aftershave, e.g., old spice, brut, clubman....). It takes me 10-15 minutes to shave each morning, but I enjoy the ritual.

Home made pizza crust & bread. Tried the bread machine for both but it's so over done. We also make our own salsa, dill pickles, sausage, soups etc. Just having control over what goes into what we eat seems to make sense.

I never park in the reserved veteran spaces (despite being a US Navy veteran) because I feel like those are for older, "real" veterans. Drives my kids crazy when pass up the open spots near the store.

people seem to believe that the process of sharpening a pencil is much more complicated than it actually is.

I love baking bread. Hard to beat the smell of freshly baked bread. Foccacia is my favorite, corn bread, beer bread, pane del muerto etc, all shapes and sizes. Bringing home a loaf in a plastic bag is not even close when you make it and eat it too. And that smell of freshly baked bread....ahhhhh :-)

I never park in the reserved veteran spaces
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I've never even seen such a thing.

To the OP: I will always cut my own grass instead of paying someone to cut it for me.

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Take a short break from ST and read my blog:
http://tri-banter.blogspot.com/

What cars are even still manual? I mean, aside from a high-end sporty cage or an older truck. How many trucks are even manual these days? I think it's near impossible, but I've not gone car shopping these days.

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Gnothi Seauton.

GMC, Chevy, Ford, Ram ... are any of them making a manual even at the heavy duty level? Like you saw, Toyota still has em, but who else? Certain Jeeps, Volkswagen, and some expensive BMWs?

Do you like the new Tacomas?

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Gnothi Seauton.

It works like a real book. They can only loan it to one person at a time. The authors would be getting cheated otherwise.

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“Read the transcript.”

Singlespeed/fixed cycling count? My bikes never miss a shift!

There are quite a few but a lot of times dealers don't stock them so you have to order one. Somehow my WRX didn't make this list.

All available manual cars

Button flies instead of zippers

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Brian

Gonna buy a fast car, put on my lead boots, take a long, long drive
I may end up spending all my money, but I'll still be alive

Driving a manual transmission.
Washing and ironing my bedding and clothing. I never use dry cleaners.
Cleaning wood floors with a bucket and rag.
Cooking my own meals or for friends. I never understood the concept of a potluck when food comes from a supermarket deli or restaurant.
Washing my cars. I have not gone through a car wash since I started to drive.
Replacing small parts on my cars.
Clearing out the yard and pulling weeds.
Washing dishes by hand instead of using an automatic dishwasher.
Handwriting letters and sending them by post.
Hanging laundry to dry when it is warm outside.
Reading a paper book instead on electronical ones.
Having and talking to real friends.
Writing checks to pay bills. I do not do online banking or use an ATM card.

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DISH is how we do it.

prior: 1990 nissan 240sx, 2000 audi tt.
current: 2013 volvo c30.
The last is the only car I purchased new and they had to search inventory in alternate states to get it b/c, 1) few people want a stick and 2) model was discontinued right before I bought it. shame too b/c I was looking forward to picking it up in Sweden.

oh, and i have 3 friends (all female) driving honda fit's with manual transmissions. (gutless underpowered cars, those fits!!)

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To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive.

Handwritten political rants mailed to strangers, written under a pseudonym. Lavender room the way it was in the 50's.

Hand polished shoes and mechanical shifting. Honest machinery!

My wife doesn't care for it either.

What is a newspaper?

I just steer with my junk so I have both hands free to pleasure my lady and shift

I have an icebox instead of a refrigerator.

I prefer all the modern conveniences.

I use my debit card for everything. I NEVER write checks, thats archaic.
I get the paper on my ipad.
I hate driving a stick, even though I can.
I love my timed coffee machine. I wake up and the coffee is alrerady brewing. Ah!
I use the computer for as much as I can. Including ST
I have a rake and broom, but use the blower for everything I can.
I have an automated pool cleaner.
I love the side monitor on my Mazda.

So much more about todays technologies to love

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"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." Jimi Hendrix

Absolutely hate automatic transmissions, especially living in the mountains. More power, more control and a hell of a lot more fun to drive.

Still write checks
Still write thank you cards and send letters
Pull the weeds by hand in the yard. While I have a push gas mower, everything else I do by hand
I like washing dishes, my father also did this to help my mom, and when he got older it helped with his arthritis, so it reminds me of him.
On trips I will write out directions instead of GPS
Read the newspaper and use the local library a lot.
I wish I had a manual car, I miss those.

Are you guys not all sending your posts and replies to Dan via snail mail?

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Long Chile was a silly place.

Pfft I prefer friction shifting

You should just hire a pool boy......

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Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.

 
Wife and I have 4 vehicles, two are manual, two are automatic. One is my classic toy car, the other manual is my 06 Dodge Ram diesel truck. I prefer the manual for towing, I like to have the truck in the gear I want rather than trying to get the computer to shift to the gear I want. Ram still makes their diesel trucks with a manual although they are getting harder and harder to find. I will confess that for the daily commute, the auto trans is nice. But for towing and having fun I prefer my manuals.

Other than that I guess I am pretty modern.

Amen. In addition to feeling like you are actually driving, I am convinced it makes you a more engaged and attentive driver.


I have heard anecdotally, that this is the case ( and also over all better drivers). But it also could be because the people these days who tend to buy manual transmission cars do really enjoy driving and actually being engaged in the process of driving whereas strangely, considering the risks involved and the intricacy of it all many drivers seem to be disengaged from the process of driving.

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