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things that were

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typewriters

rotary telephones

shellac records

gramophones

the harpsichord

oil lamps

wood stoves

iridescent light bulbs

vacuum tubes

dot matrix printer paper (the ones with the strips that perforate)

computer punch cards

walkmans

8 tracks

tape cassettes

laser discs

vhs

ipods (... questionable)

carburetors

hand drills

lead-based wall paint

wagons

carriages 

wind mills (the ones for milling grain)

steam locomotion

warfighting swords

pistol dueling

cavalry and their horses

cannon balls

schooners

and the pine tar for making them

sextants, for navigation

powdered wigs for men

 

 

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Strange list as I still have many of those things .... they are not in the 'were' category  ;

 

wood stove, carburetors , hand drill,  a wagon,   and I still occasionally have a schooner 

 

 

A schooner of lager? Or how about a jigger of whisky ...

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21 minutes ago, Nungali said:

Strange list as I still have many of those things .... they are not in the 'were' category  ;

 

wood stove, carburetors , hand drill,  a wagon,   and I still occasionally have a schooner

: ) Those are all the good things... I have a few of them as well.  things they dont really make anymore, or at least not like they used to. recently been collect typewriters and 78's (lots of foxtrot). thinking about rotary phones. lots of vinyl too, but prob does not make the list, though the old records sound so much better than the new ones, its a lost art.  

 

is it a horse drawn wagon, like a carrage? riding around town in a horse drawn carrage sounds nice, especially after a schooner... no law against that, is there?

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It used to be , but out in the country  ''  Itsh shokay the 'orse knows the way 'ome .''      .... a quick AI check  ; 

 

 

The maximum penalty for drink driving an animal or a non-motorised vehicle is $4,000 or 9 months imprisonment but generally does not involve any licence disqualification. Many people are caught out by this law as they do not realise that the drink driving offence goes beyond cars and motorbikes.22 Nov 2024

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or .....  ''Nahhh  orificer  .. I'm just the passenger , the horse is the one in control .'' 

 

but then again .....    every one drinks beer down here  

 

 

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Where I am from:  AI: In Finland, there is no specific legal blood alcohol limit for riding a horse or other animals, unlike for motor vehicles. 

 

The "other animal" I assume is a reindeer.

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