In what ways are you still “old school?”

[OscarMadison]

Sports events are better without all the jumbotrons, hooplah and EveryMomentBull****.

CDear God, YES! I'm building a new wing for a harem in my mind palace...

- No pausing movies to watch the rest later. If you're in the experience, be *in* it.

Agree to an extent. Anymore, I treat some movies like books. Also, I go back to rewatch passages where the script or the visuals are that good.

- No recording the concert you're at. If you're there, be *there*

Recorders can git off mah yard. The nadir of that was watching Florence of Florence + The Machine sing to a teen in a hospital room. All of her friends were recoding on their phones and not one of them looked up at the actual performance. The adults n the room and the patient enjoyed the show. Not sure about the rest.

 

[SixToe]

I prefer physical media still to digital or streaming. For example, prefer holding actual books in my hands instead of using my Kindle. But I admit, books are such a pain to pack and move.

I resisted using the Nook that my fam got me one year. I had and still have shelves of books. Reference, enjoyable, "for fun," gifts, old ones I've had for 40 years or more.

But after I started using the Nook and realized how easy it was to buy (with a B&N discount), download and then take it with me, I began using it. Now I have the app on my phone. I probably have 300+ books on it, I'd guess, and dozens I haven't read. When you checked a dozen boxes on the Weekly Reader book order form in elementary school, old habits die hard. I don't read mags or newspapers on the Nook, though. Incredible PITA with those.

That said, I love a physical book with pages and still have some. Never will give them up completely.

 

[SixToe]

Recorders can git off mah yard. The nadir of that was watching Florence of Florence + The Machine sing to a teen in a hospital room. All of her friends were recoding on their phones and not one of them looked up at the actual performance. The adults n the room and the patient enjoyed the show. Not sure about the rest.

I shake my head when seeing a golf tournament or sportsballz game on TV and the crowd is filming but not watching. WTF are they going to do with that 39-second video of JimBo Ballscratcher making a putt?

I like snapping some photos when I'm at events, but I'm not going to ignore a big moment so I can film it.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

I prefer physical media still to digital or streaming. For example, prefer holding actual books in my hands instead of using my Kindle. But I admit, books are such a pain to pack and move.

I got broken of that last year when hurricane flooding took out a chunk of my personal library.

 

[WriteThinking]

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 wish I still had a CD player in my car. In fact, I've thought that, if I were wealthy enough to have someone make/build a custom car for me, it would definitely have a CD player in it again.:)

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

I'll join the chorus of cable TV fans and fans of actually listening to the radio. Cable is by far the least of all evils. Easy to navigate, I know where everything is and when everything is on. Streaming is so clunky, especially if, as noted, you want to try and swap out from on to the other. I'm sure that won't be a problem when our lord and savior buys them all anyway.

He'll probably do the same with radio, but I like listening to XM and the even mild variety it offers. It's much more fun to hear a favorite song randomly than by knowing it was showing up on a mix or on an album.

Oh and I like to listen to albums. The whole fücking thing, front to back. There was something to absorbing an album and going from hey I like the singles to hey these deeper cuts are just as good. (Or, conversely, going from hey I like the single to what the fůck that's all you had, looking at you 4 Non Blondes).

Not surprisingly, I also have and still buy CDs. I initially kept them as a reminder of my poor financial choices many decades ago, but they are also growing more convenient as well. My wife wanted to make an exercise mix recently and I had most of the songs she wanted on CD. And it's gotten to the point now where it's cheaper to buy used CDs than to purchase songs. I just got a combo of 10 or so CDs and tapes (the tapes were fun little nostalgic purchases) at the local Mom & Pop music store for fewer than $30. If there's a couple songs on each CD I like, that's better than paying to download them.

I also dislike Google Docs and/or writing in admins. No, I'm not going to just upload into the cloud or write in the admin. I'm going to write in a word doc (or Pages, since I use a Mac) and then cut-and-paste it into whatever I need to cut-and-paste it into. That way I'm always going to have a record of it on my laptop.

tl;dr get off my fúcking lawn :D

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

I absolutely love listening to sports on the radio. There are times I prefer being on the road, listening to a game rather than being home and watching it on TV.

 

[BrownScribe]

I wish I still had a CD player in my car. In fact, I've thought that, if I were wealthy enough to have someone make/build a custom car for me, it would definitely have a CD player in it again.:)

When I was looking to buy a new car in 2016, I wanted a CD player. I was checking out some different models and asked the salesman if there were any with CD players. He was like, "Oh, this one has one." Turns out, it's hidden behind the screen display. You have to push a small button that's easy to miss and the screen pops open and then there's a little slit to put a CD into.

I was like, "Whoa, they are really pushing you to stream now." But I also admit, it's really easy to just pipe music from my phone via Bluetooth.

This was 9 years ago, so I wonder if any new cars have CD players now.

 

[Gym Beam]

I have a house full of books in my "professional" library, but all my leisure reading now is on the Kindle. Why? Because I can check out books for free from my local library and save a fortune. With limited income, it's a blessing to be able to read new titles without forking out $18 every time. I would be willing to pay for a library membership if it came to that.

 

[Roscablo]

I'll join the chorus of cable TV fans and fans of actually listening to the radio. Cable is by far the least of all evils. Easy to navigate, I know where everything is and when everything is on. Streaming is so clunky, especially if, as noted, you want to try and swap out from on to the other. I'm sure that won't be a problem when our lord and savior buys them all anyway.

He'll probably do the same with radio, but I like listening to XM and the even mild variety it offers. It's much more fun to hear a favorite song randomly than by knowing it was showing up on a mix or on an album.

Oh and I like to listen to albums. The whole fücking thing, front to back. There was something to absorbing an album and going from hey I like the singles to hey these deeper cuts are just as good. (Or, conversely, going from hey I like the single to what the fůck that's all you had, looking at you 4 Non Blondes).

Not surprisingly, I also have and still buy CDs. I initially kept them as a reminder of my poor financial choices many decades ago, but they are also growing more convenient as well. My wife wanted to make an exercise mix recently and I had most of the songs she wanted on CD. And it's gotten to the point now where it's cheaper to buy used CDs than to purchase songs. I just got a combo of 10 or so CDs and tapes (the tapes were fun little nostalgic purchases) at the local Mom & Pop music store for fewer than $30. If there's a couple songs on each CD I like, that's better than paying to download them.

I also dislike Google Docs and/or writing in admins. No, I'm not going to just upload into the cloud or write in the admin. I'm going to write in a word doc (or Pages, since I use a Mac) and then cut-and-paste it into whatever I need to cut-and-paste it into. That way I'm always going to have a record of it on my laptop.

tl;dr get off my fúcking lawn :D

I also still have cable, mostly for sports but also my previously mentioned movies. I get so much of each from my TV package that would cost so much more to get all the streaming available for it. But sometimes, I just like to flip around and watch some odd show or something that is familiar. I am the only one in my family who really watches the TV package, although one of my kids watches sports too and also has a show that he's watching right now that one of the networks has and we don't have to stream it. Crazy talk I know.

We actually have our city's service and TV is secondary to internet, so they offer some free thing that will find a streaming service that will get you all the stuff you want and my cable package has always been cheaper and usually by a good amount. I look every now and then just to be sure. I wanted to watch a game once that we didn't have, a very rare occurrence, and I got a free trial of Fubo to watch it and it would cost more than my cable package to get all the sports that I get and some real TV channels but not more. Streaming has kind of become a scam, and I will probably be one of the last with cable!

I also have XM and love it. I'm in the car a lot, and actually use the app a good amount doing other things like working out. I just like that you can get it anywhere even if service dies, it has a radio feel without being radio (I will never listen to regular radio again with what's out there), there is a lot of variety and, like you, I can get good choices and be surprised without making a playlist. I don't want to work for it and I'd get bored with most playlists I make I'm sure!

 

[BTExpress]

WTF are they going to do with that 39-second video of JimBo Ballscratcher making a putt?

Post to Facebook (or wherever the cools post these days), show everyone "I was THERE!!!" and get likes.

There is no other reason. There can be no other reason.

 

[maumann]

Chalk one up for "old school."

I've been caught in both "card only" and "cash only" sports events, so I carry both just in case. Plymouth State football admission was cash only, which flummoxed the swipe and tap crowd of students trying to attend.

It was $3 for students but that was $3 more than most of them had in their purses and pockets.

"Does anybody know where an ATM is?" was what I overheard as I moved swiftly to the front of the line with my stash of dead Presidents.

(However, I'd much rather have a line of people ready to pay with a card or smartphone than the Boomers who either want to write a check, or worse, dig through a little change purse to find the exact amount of pennies, nickels and dimes. I'm not getting any younger, Grandma!)

 

[I Should Coco]

Maybe this is just a Climate Pledge Arena thing (the completely rebuilt Key Arena in Seattle), but I'm not a big fan of the "cashless" concession area, where you scan a card, pick up what you want and walk out while the HAL 9000 eye automatically charges you.

Call me old, paranoid and/or a Luddite, but what if you get overcharged? You'll never know unless you instantly check your credit card account on your phone, and who does that at a ball game? Plus who knows how much service charge is added to the price of that Diet Coke or hot dog.

 

[Driftwood]

Chalk one up for "old school."

I've been caught in both "card only" and "cash only" sports events, so I carry both just in case. Plymouth State football admission was cash only, which flummoxed the swipe and tap crowd of students trying to attend.

It was $3 for students but that was $3 more than most of them had in their purses and pockets.

"Does anybody know where an ATM is?" was what I overheard as I moved swiftly to the front of the line with my stash of dead Presidents.

(However, I'd much rather have a line of people ready to pay with a card or smartphone than the Boomers who either want to write a check, or worse, dig through a little change purse to find the exact amount of pennies, nickels and dimes. I'm not getting any younger, Grandma!)

Some high schools are trending where the only ticket option is purchase on your phone and scan the QR code. You can not just walk up and pay in any form at the gate.
I think that's a little over the top. Plenty of grandparents show up to games, and I dare say many in rural areas have no phone or a flip phone. They are going to get turned away? Not on my watch. If I saw some old folks trying to get in to see their grandkids play and couldn't because of some AD wanting to be cool, I'd just wave them through.

 

[Driftwood]

I guess at this point it would be great grandparents because I keep forgetting that I am grandparents age at this point.
You know what I'm getting at, though.

 

[MileHigh]

Some high schools are trending where the only ticket option is purchase on your phone and scan the QR code. You can not just walk up and pay in any form at the gate.
I think that's a little over the top. Plenty of grandparents show up to games, and I dare say many in rural areas have no phone or a flip phone. They are going to get turned away? Not on my watch. If I saw some old folks trying to get in to see their grandkids play and couldn't because of some AD wanting to be cool, I'd just wave them through.

Yup, lots of high schools out here do that, but I agree with you. Thankfully, my parents who come to see my games, I can leave their names at the front and they let them in, no charge.

 

[Driftwood]

Yup, lots of high schools out here do that, but I agree with you. Thankfully, my parents who come to see my games, I can leave their names at the front and they let them in, no charge.

And I say that as someone who has been to literally thousands of high school sporting events in my life and probably haven't paid to get into one since before I was in high school and also as someone who has had his share of selling tickets, making change, listening to people complain about the price, and then having to fill out a report of every single denomination of bill I turned in to the book keeper.
If it's pro or college, OK. If it's school sports, you make it easy for people to attend, not difficult.

 

[SixToe]

Some high schools are trending where the only ticket option is purchase on your phone and scan the QR code. You can not just walk up and pay in any form at the gate.
I think that's a little over the top. Plenty of grandparents show up to games, and I dare say many in rural areas have no phone or a flip phone. They are going to get turned away? Not on my watch. If I saw some old folks trying to get in to see their grandkids play and couldn't because of some AD wanting to be cool, I'd just wave them through.

I'm sure its frustrating for The Olds when they are told "We don't take cash." But, such is life.

Our son and daughter are almost 30. From the time they were in high school and driving, I always told them to have at least $20 or $40 with them at all times. Just in case. I still ask both if they have some now and they usually do. You just never know when you might need it.

 

[Driftwood]

I'm sure its frustrating for The Olds when they are told "We don't take cash." But, such is life.

Our son and daughter are almost 30. From the time they were in high school and driving, I always told them to have at least $20 or $40 with them at all times. Just in case. I still ask both if they have some now and they usually do. You just never know when you might need it.

I honestly can't tell you where my line in the sand is in terms of The World has to Move Forward and Don't Make it Hard on People.
For high school sporting events, I'm clearly on record as "just take people's money and let them in."
I've also heard people complain about self order kiosks at McDonalds or whatever, and I'm like "It's not that hard to figure out. Get with the times."

 

[SixToe]

Totally agree, @Driftwood. I've told my 80-yo father this a few times as well. I get that it can be frustrating for him and others of his age, but we're not going back in time. Our almost 30-yo kids use Venmo regularly, as does my wife. I've used it. Easy. Apple Pay? Easy. Shopify? Easy (too easy, tbh). I still carry cash but appreciate the easy of e-commerce.


I always thought it was, and still is, idiotic that high schools charge kids something like $3. Few people have that or want to f'k around with with getting it or keeping up with change of dollar bills.

Make it easy: $5 for students, $10 for adults. Or whatever, but make it an even number. Avoid having to have a bunch of ones in the till.