Do you still use: Faxes, Checks, Pay Phone, Stamps, Stapler, Pushpins, PC, Newspapers

[DaneMcCloud]

Fax: Yes. I use Ring Central but some companies prefer faxes to email due to security and sensitive information.

Pay Phone: No. I don't even recall the last time I used one. It has to be 20+ years.

Stapler: Occasionally necessary

Push Pins/Tacks: Never. I have a penis.

Checks: Every week. Housekeepers, gardeners, monthly tuition.

PC: Every day. Couldn't work without it.

Stamps: Yes. Signed contracts, checks, property tax, etc.

Newspaper: Not since 1990

Magazine: Not since 2004

Books: I receive them as gifts but I don't read them. I'm fully into E-Books

Records or CD's: I encoded my CD collection a decade ago.

[HemiEd]

Banks accept faxes but not emails for some reason, so I have had to have faxes sent a couple times in the last year settling some of Dad's affairs.

I still like to send checks, even though my wife refuses to and does everything on line.

I am not sure I have seen a pay phone in the last decade, let alone use one. I think the Munich airport might be the last one I remember seeing.

I like getting the Wall Street Journal and reading it in the crapper. I also need a newspaper source to use the chimney for the smoker.

I get SI, New Yorker, Fortune, Golf Digest and Hemmings Motor News. Like to take them to the VA hospital for their lobby reading.

Staples, no

Stamps yes

Laptop

Maybe one CD a year, load them on the HD in the Challenger

Books no, I read CP, but the Mrs. has a nice collection for some reason.

[Rain Man]

I mentioned this casually in some thread a while back, but I was walking to work one day and a guy asked me if I knew where a pay phone was. I started to say that they don't exist any more and then remembered that I regularly see one pay phone on my walk, and it was less than 100 feet from where the guy was standing. I pointed at it, and it was like making a half-court shot to win a car.

[loochy]

Faxing- Yes, but I use e-fax (basically a scan and email).

Pay Phone- I don't even SEE those anymore.

Stapler - Yeah, I use a stapler.

Pushpins/Thumbtacks- Yeah, I use pushpins to stick stuff into my cubicle wall.

Checks- I write checks when we register for 5ks and 10ks. I also use them to pay for my babysitter.

PC- I sit at a PC for about 10 hours a day at work. When I'm home, I use my PC for web surfing and gaming. It's performance just kicks the crap out of my wife's laptop and it's really nice to have two very large screens.

Stamps- Yeah, when I mail things. That's not often though. I bought two books after our wedding to send thank you cards. We still have some left 5 years later.

Newspaper- Nah, unless I'm at some kind of waiting room and they have one to kill time.

Magazines-I have a free subscription to Family Handyman, but I never have time to actually sit down and read it. Whenever I have free time I'm off doing something else.

Books- Yes, I read books. I don't like ebooks. They just don't feel right.

Records or CD's - I still listen to my CDs in the car because I'm too lazy to convert them to MP3.

[scho63]

I should have clarified the PC. I meant DESKTOP not Laptop. I use my laptop non-stop

My bad....

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by scho63

I should have clarified the PC. I meant DESKTOP not Laptop. I use my laptop non-stop

My bad....

funny thing is somehow i knew you meant that!

[loochy]

Originally Posted by scho63

I should have clarified the PC. I meant DESKTOP not Laptop. I use my laptop non-stop

My bad....

my answer to that question still applies

I use the hell out of then

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by scho63

I should have clarified the PC. I meant DESKTOP not Laptop. I use my laptop non-stop

My bad....

When I'm at home, I use a laptop, but at a desk with a wireless keyboard and mouse. Does that make it a desktop?

[gblowfish]

Faxes: Don't send many. Still get POs Faxed to us here at work quite often.
Pay Phone: Can't remember the last time I saw one. But I do like the saying "I'd crawl through a mile of broken glass to hear her fart on a pay phone." That's devotion.
Stapler: Used daily at work, a red Swingline. Don't take it or I'll burn this bitch down.
Pushpins: Yep, I have a bulletin board in my office. Mostly cartoons and stuff.
Checks: Nope. I've done online banking for a long time now.
PC: I've been a Mac User for more than 20 years. Still use a Mac Book Pro laptop at work. I have a Mac Pro Tower and Mac slim Ipad at home.
Stamps: Rarely. Just when I send Christmas Cards.
Newspaper: Subscribe to the KC Star, Independence Examiner and Lexington News.
Magazines: Get free stuff from AARP, AAA, trade mags at work. That's about it.
Books: Don't read much. Most books I have have been gifts. I try to read them if a gift.
Records and CDs: This is a big deal with me because I make CDs (among other things) for a living. Vinyl is making a big comeback with the 20 somethings, and CDs have much better sound than MP3 or other compressed audio files, and they're making a comeback as entertainment media as well. Don't be surprised if you don't see both of these explode in the next five years.

[scho63]

What are some things NOT on my list that you guys can add?

I forgot the Yellow Pages!

[ExtremeChief]

Faxing- Daily.
Pay Phone- no idea how long .. maybe 20 years ago

Stapler-daily

Pushpins/Thumbtacks-yep and my wife bitches at me when I do and shit falls off the walls

Checks- Occasionally. Maybe 3 a month. Rest is online.

PC- All the time, one at home, 2 at office. Can't even keep the door open when internet goes down.

Stamps-Never at home but have to use at the office.

Newspaper-I just renewed my local newspaper subscription last year. No idea why. It just sits there and I use it for the firepit later.

Magazines-No magazines.

Books-I like to read books, wife prefers the kindle.

Records or CD's-Probably 5 years since I bought a CD. Get everything through ITunes or convert youtube to MPEG's

[tooge]

I read the paper every day, then do the crosswords on the crapper in the eve.
I still fax stuff
haven't used a stamp in at least 7 or 8 years
Haven't used a payphone in 10 years
Haven't written a check in a long time
Still use thumbtacks and staples

[Hydrae]

Seldom have used Faxes in my entire lifetime (55 currently)

Pay Phone, have not used on in years and could not tell you where one may be in the area

Stapler, not very often but they are still a great tool when needed

Pushpins, definitely use these. How else do you keep the calendar on the wall (and change it each month)?

Checks, maybe write a dozen a year. Probably less.

Stamps, very seldom used. Maybe a booklet a year if that. Thank goodness for the forever stamps so I don't have to keep buying penny stamps every time they raise the price!

PC, my main machine at home and work actually. Wife only uses a laptop though.

Newspaper, I seldom read it. My parents still read the whole thing every day but they are old and retired.

Magazines, been a while although my granddaughters get Highlights magazine every month. They love it as much as I did nearly 50 years ago.

Books, Love to read actual books. Wife and I are at the library at least every two weeks to check out a few books each. Maybe I will consider going to an e-reader someday but not too interested.

Records/CD's, never been much of a music listener in the first place so this has been no great loss. Occasionally I listen to a comedy CD but that is about it.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Mother**** FAX machines. I have one client that prefers FAXes for his docs, and I would like to beat him with his FAX machine.

[DaveNull]

I've got an iMac at home, not sure if that counts as being a PC under this definition. Having an always-on machine is super handy.

Haven't used a fax machine in ten years...haven't used a pay phone since I was traveling in europe. I do know where one is, which is surprising. I'd actually like to have one at my house.

I write like three checks a year and it's a pain in the ass.