In what ways are you still “old school?”

[MisterCreosote]

I like to think of myself as fairly quick to embrace and adapt to new technology, and not one to cling to the pica pole just because “I’ve always done it that way.”

That said, I still manually keep a running ledger on my checking account, even though the only errors I’ve ever found were due to my **** poor math skills.

I also still drive a stick.

My wife still keeps a hard-copy, handwritten phone/address book.

 

[Here me roar]

I balance our joint checking. It gets messed up if I don't, even though I keep up with it online.

 

[Driftwood]

I keep notes for things I have to do in the next day or two on Post-it Notes and put them in my pocket.
If it's something that I just need to keep track of long term (when I changed the oil in my mom's car, some kind of expiration date, etc.) then I put it in my phone.
But if it's a reminder to stope at the store or what I need to get there, it's a physical piece of paper in my pocket.

 

[MisterCreosote]

But if it's a reminder to stope at the store or what I need to get there, it's a physical piece of paper in my pocket.

Making physical shopping lists was a great way to get our kids to learn handwriting and organizational skills.

My son has pretty much grown out of it, but my daughter still sits and writes out a list every time she comes grocery shopping with me.

 

[UNCGrad]

I still have a CD player in my car, and for the artists and bands I like who aren't really mainstream, I always like to buy physical CDs directly from them.

CDs played loudly in a car still sound better than streaming, I think. I have no evidence to base that off of, but I believe it. Dave Hause's new album and White Reaper's new album just kick as s in the car. Hoping "Electric Nebraska" does the same. (That's a box set I did want a physical copy of just for collection's sake.)

 

[Songbird]

I show up on time.

 

[maumann]

I just drove 26 days and covered over 4,000 miles from Georgia to New England and back with a 2014 Rand McNally atlas in the car. Yes, I planned the stops using Maps Google and hotel searches. But I rarely put the route in the car's GPS because I wanted the freedom and option to drive well out of my way to see places I've never seen.

At some point, I drove on U.S. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19 and 23.

I'd start out with an idea of the roads in my head but every hour, stop and recheck the map to see if I might take a detour or scenic route. I got "lost" every day but never without an idea of where I could get back to the next hotel.

That's how we found candlepin bowling in Colebrook, N.H. And a B&B in the middle of an apple orchard in Vermont. And in a 30-minute span, drove on roads honoring Dean Martin, Lou Groza and Bill Mazeroski. Plus went right by Fred Biletnikoff's high school.

 

[MisterCreosote]

I show up on time.

My son was fighting me every step of the way to go to taekwondo after school, for like five classes in a row. I couldn’t figure out why.

My wife said it’s because I’m “militant” about schedules and he doesn’t like that. I said, “The f u c king class starts at 5:30. Hence, he needs to be there at f u c king 5:30.”

It’s foreign to me that, to some people, being late is completely acceptable, routine, and not rude at all.

 

[Driftwood]

My son was fighting me every step of the way to go to taekwondo after school, for like five classes in a row. I couldn’t figure out why.

My wife said it’s because I’m “militant” about schedules and he doesn’t like that. I said, “The f u c king class starts at 5:30. Hence, he needs to be there at f u c king 5:30.”

It’s foreign to me that, to some people, being late is completely acceptable, routine, and not rude at all.

I'd consider 5:15 late.

 

[UNCGrad]

I f ucking hate being late. Park 10-15 minutes early and go from there. Simple.

Have a wonderful colleague of mine whom I adore. Her first week, had a lunch meeting scheduled with our VP boss. She waits 11 minutes and he's not there, so she leaves.

He texts her 5 minutes later. She writes back, "I'm sorry, you were late. I have work to do."

Respect. No surprise also that she's damn good at her job.

 

[Batman]

I keep notes for things I have to do in the next day or two on Post-it Notes and put them in my pocket.
If it's something that I just need to keep track of long term (when I changed the oil in my mom's car, some kind of expiration date, etc.) then I put it in my phone.
But if it's a reminder to stope at the store or what I need to get there, it's a physical piece of paper in my pocket.

I also make a to-do list every day. I get a little sense of accomplishment when I cross off a task, and since there are usually around 10 of them to get through it helps keep me organized and make sure I don't forget one.
My wife laughs at it, though, because I always put one or two mundane things on there that are like free bingo squares. "Eat lunch" is one of those.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I still have a CD player in my car, and for the artists and bands I like who aren't really mainstream, I always like to buy physical CDs directly from them.

CDs played loudly in a car still sound better than streaming, I think. I have no evidence to base that off of, but I believe it. Dave Hause's new album and White Reaper's new album just kick as s in the car. Hoping "Electric Nebraska" does the same. (That's a box set I did want a physical copy of just for collection's sake.)

I’ve got about 1,500 vinyl records and north of a thousand CDs. They absolutely sound better than streaming - or at least the Spotify type streaming that 99% of people use. The bitrate for Spotify is not great. (I stream music in the car because it’s far more convenient and the quality is less of a concern than it is in a more controlled environment.)

 

[Gym Beam]

I listen to the radio in the car, if I have any extraneous noise at all.

I have never used a GPS, and get irritated when others do in my vehicle.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Flip phone, show up early, listen to CDs and AM radio, still have cable, pay bills by check, use cash whenever possible, and regularly at least try to put as much money as I can into savings. Don't multi-task while driving. And I still prefer one 2-minute phone call to someone than a long string of texts.

 

[DanOregon]

I listen to radio.

 

[Driftwood]

I listen to the radio in the car, if I have any extraneous noise at all.

I have never used a GPS, and get irritated when others do in my vehicle.

I use Google Maps all the time to zero me in. I don't need it to get from where I am to say Atlanta, but it's good to get to your exact location once you get close.
It's also good to navigate you around traffic.

Where I lose my **** on my wife is her regular habit of being on the road and calling me to navigate her around traffic. You have CarPlay and Google Maps. Is it turned on? No. I don't like... or the best was Are you using it? Yes, but I didn't believe it, and now I'm stuck.
What's the point of having a tool but not using it? Hey, I have a hammer, but I think I'll drive this nail with my head.
I've lost it on her a couple of times when in my truck I've missed turns because I didn't realize she'd muted the volume. That was our turn. It didn't tell me to turn yet. Oh, I muted it because I don't like listening to it.

 

[Batman]

I listen to radio, but I also stream it through the iHeart or Tune In apps. The reception on the home radio sucks for AM, and a couple of the stations fade out during my commute. I also like listening to a couple of stations from different parts of the country.

 

[Flip Wilson]

Several years back, our local Target store was clearing out school supplies after the school year had gotten underway, and spiral notebooks were priced at like 7 cents or something ridiculous. We bought 50. Our kids were pretty young at the time, so they could draw and color in them all they wanted. We still have a bunch, and that's what I use for grocery lists. And I always write my list in blue or black ink, then take a red pen to the store and use that to cross off items as they got in my basket. It's a lot easier to keep track than if I was crossing off with the same color.

 

[Flip Wilson]

I still have a CD player in my car, and for the artists and bands I like who aren't really mainstream, I always like to buy physical CDs directly from them.

CDs played loudly in a car still sound better than streaming, I think. I have no evidence to base that off of, but I believe it. Dave Hause's new album and White Reaper's new album just kick as s in the car. Hoping "Electric Nebraska" does the same. (That's a box set I did want a physical copy of just for collection's sake.)

I have a cassette player in my 1994 Ford Explorer. It doesn't work, and the volume button on the radio doesn't do anything so I listen to music and podcasts on my phone through a Bluetooth speaker in the cup holder.

 

[HanSenSE]

Even though I enter my medical appointments on the calendar on my phone, I keep the reminder cards in my wallet.