Adventures In Fruity Drink Land

[DisneyMom]

Oh My!!!

Warning: Kids already know how to text you for money.....

[hobie16]

Oh My!!!

Warning: Kids already know how to text you for money.....

Good luck with that. Being an unreconstructed Luddite, I've had texting blocked for years.

[Zazu]

Main Streeter has been busting my chops for years about me still using an original Motorola RAZR phone. It died last week when I was in Seattle on a quick trip. It may be gone but not soon forgotten.

Year before last, we took SWMBO's Razr to the store where we bought it to buy a new battery. Staff response:

"What's that?"

"It's a cell phone."

"Really? Where did you get it?"

"Here. This exact store."

"Weird. When was that?"

"About three years ago."

"Oh, no wonder I don't recognize it. It's totally obsolete!"

I too have an affinity for old equipment that's still running; including a Pentium (plain) 200MHz computer I've overclocked to 285MHz (true, I'm using it for a firewall, but I do accept that it could be replaced by a Raspberry Pi in a coffee cup).

I'll probably break down and replace my Razr this year, as I am finding too many uses for some of the features of smart phones (but not texting).

But I think I'll ask for a new battery first, just to see the reaction.

[YANXWIN]

While I do like the modern conveniences of the smart phone, email, and this blog; I still do have a bit of nostalgia for some of the finer points of a slower life.

My daughter will be away from our home for 18 months and we will be emailing her once a week. The other alternative is to write letters by hand. "*Gasp* What, a hand written letter? How do I do that?" All responses from my other children. Now the weird admission. I really like nice pens and hand written letters. When we got ready for this little adventure, I went and bought nice stationary, and a wax seal so I could have a little fun. She gets an old world letter, sealed on the back with our initial, in the mail every week.

The part I found most interesting was that the postmaster at the local post office looked at me really funny when I asked him to hand cancel the letter so that the seal didn't get damaged and it didn't gum up their machines. Are we really that far removed from the finer things in life?

[felinefan]

That sure brings back memories. When I was young--and no, dinosaurs didn't rule the earth!--I used to buy fountain pens and ink cartridges for them, and use those for correspondence. Also used to go to the local toy and craft store at the mall and buy sticks of sealing wax, plus a seal that screwed onto a wooden stamp handle. Still have the seal and a bit of sealing wax--pink--but the fountain pens are history.
Mom and Dad used to have a couple of the older pens lying around the house, and I would play with them. I remember one had soft metal ribs over the top and sides of the ink bladder, and you filled it by squeezing the ribs to flatten the bladder, put the nib into the ink, let go of the ribs and the bladder would fill with ink. The other one had a little lever, you put the nib into the ink, pulled up on the lever then let go, and the bladder would fill with ink. I thought those were really cool.
Sometimes I still wish I could get the fountain pens and ink cartridges, though.

I have a combination pencil box and dual-power calculator. The calculator doesn't work very well anymore. Maybe it's the battery. I was trying last year to find a battery for a 1980 pocket calculator, finally found a 4-pack of them at Dollar Tree. SWEET!

[Main Streeter]

Main Streeter has been busting my chops for years about me still using an original Motorola RAZR phone. It died last week when I was in Seattle on a quick trip. It may be gone but not soon forgotten.

Y E S!!! At Last!! I can't believe your beloved RAZR let you down. Can you please, please, please buy W/E cell and add txt? Would make life much easier for me :) I want to tell you so much and share a few interests. Txt would be Perfect!!! I so often think about E mailing you, but who even E mails anymore? Ktulu will, well, might give me good references re texting. I don't bother him too much.

[YANXWIN]

That sure brings back memories. When I was young--and no, dinosaurs didn't rule the earth!--I used to buy fountain pens and ink cartridges for them, and use those for correspondence. Also used to go to the local toy and craft store at the mall and buy sticks of sealing wax, plus a seal that screwed onto a wooden stamp handle. Still have the seal and a bit of sealing wax--pink--but the fountain pens are history.
Mom and Dad used to have a couple of the older pens lying around the house, and I would play with them. I remember one had soft metal ribs over the top and sides of the ink bladder, and you filled it by squeezing the ribs to flatten the bladder, put the nib into the ink, let go of the ribs and the bladder would fill with ink. The other one had a little lever, you put the nib into the ink, pulled up on the lever then let go, and the bladder would fill with ink. I thought those were really cool.
Sometimes I still wish I could get the fountain pens and ink cartridges, though.

I have a combination pencil box and dual-power calculator. The calculator doesn't work very well anymore. Maybe it's the battery. I was trying last year to find a battery for a 1980 pocket calculator, finally found a 4-pack of them at Dollar Tree. SWEET!

They make great fountain pens that use cartridges so they don't leak and are easy to deal with. They still have the draw up pens and you can always just go straight to the dipping kind if you are really adventurous, but the other kinds are all still available. Fun to play with and hopefully she sees the fun side of this whole exercise.

[hobie16]

The Waimanalo Water Park (Reservoir) is located on Oahu. It was built to hold water for ag use. It's lined with plastic.

Until filled up some of the locals determined it was a huge slip 'n' slide.

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[hobie16]

Even the Russians visit Maui.



Wikipedia

[YANXWIN]

How do you know she is Russian. Oh, were you talking about the boat in the background?