Obsolete?

When I get to work in the morning, I like to have a little "me" time before jumping into my unread emails and the to-do list of the day. So I peruse my favorite blogs to get my mind going as I slowly come to grips with being back in the cube.

Today, Whoorl wrote about this book,




and it got me thinking about the things in my life that have become obsolete and which ones I miss (will miss) and which ones that I've happily waved goodbye to.

What I'll miss:

• Cassette tapes - My Born in the U.S.A. tape brought about my love for music at a young age. I'm forever thankful to whoever (probably my parents) bought it for me and let me listen to it 874503498 on repeat.
• Camera film - My nana is the only person I know that still uses an old-school camera and film and I love it. There is no picking and choosing the best picture of the bunch. She prints out all the pictures she takes and if someone blinks or a couple people are cut out of a shot, the picture is what it is - and that's the beauty of it.
• Cursive writing - I could never master the art of cursive writing; being a lefty, it was really hard to learn. There is something elegant about cursive writing and makes a letter that much more personal. I hope this never becomes obsolete (and letters in general for that matter).

Time to say goodbye:

• Getting lost - Garmin, your GPS has made my life less stressful. Thank you. Adios map in the back seat of my car that I could never read correctly or pay attention long enough to learn.
• Manual car windows - My last car had manual car windows. More times that I can count, a friend would pull up next to me at a red light and try to say hello and in order to respond, I would have to lunge across the front seat of the car and uncomfortably and embarrassingly crank the window down. I'm happy to have upgraded.
• Handkerchiefs - No explanation needed.

Tell me about the things in your life that have become obsolete - for the good or the bad!