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From: djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Subject: Re: Things I never thought would disappear
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 01:04:49 GMT
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In article <95lggjdsbkjgknic0e49dodeemhq3je3qc@4ax.com>,
Joy Beeson  <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
>
>Things I never thought would disappear:
>
>wool socks

[Hal Heydt]
Check a good sporting goods/outdoor store, like REI.

>canned tomatoes  (You can get what we used to call "salad tomatoes",
>but not tomatoes that are simply canned.)

Still avail, so far as I know.  Last bought a couple cans about a
year ago.  Still see them on the shelves.

>Definitive stamps that allowed one to mail a letter without affixing
>an opinion.  I didn't even know that plain, ordinary not-special
>stamps *had* a name.

I think non-self adhesive postage stamps are an endangered
species.

>Road maps.

You can still get them from AAA.  The local office has them in a
couple of vending machines (no cost, it's just a way to select
what you want) in their lobby.

>User manuals.   Nowadays, the time to go obsolete is about half the
>time it takes to write a halfway-decent manual.

The Raspberry Pi folks release their manuals in both electronic
(PDF) form and as "dead tree" versions.

>Mattresses that it's possible to tuck a sheet under.

Wouldn't that lead to the demise of fitted bottom sheets?

Can't speak to the rest of the list.