The Alphabet of Obsolete — a humorous look at the things that don’t quite play the same role they used to a decade or so ago. Thank you for joining in the fun and sharing some of the things you think are scarce these days. Here’s the alphabet of obsolete we’ve come up with so far!
A – Audio tapes (Sharon McClendon Henning)
B – Bottle openers (Terri Kalmbach)
C – Carbon paper (Pam Kowal)
D – Dialing your phone numbers (Judy Smith Moseley MacLaren)
E – Eight track tapes (Karen Johnson)
F – Film projectors (Nancy Dunne Key)
G – Green stamps (Val Link)
H – Human relations (Mary Shipman)
I – Index Cards at Libraries (Regina F.)
J – Jukebox (Natalie J. Vandenberghe)
K – Kick the Can (Darlene Miller McFalls)
L – Letter writing (Val Link)
M – Mimeograph (Jennifer Dunkelberger Pederson)
N – Newsboys (Jeni Lee)
O – Ozone (Linda Marier Finn)
P – Playing Jacks (Carol Carman)
Thank you for joining in the fun! Share more obsolete inventions, beginning with letters Q-Z, in the comment section for a chance to win Amish Values for Your Family! I’ll post the next set of the alphabet next week and announce the winner.
Speaking of winners, the winner of last week’s Friday Fun is Carol Carman! Email your mailing address to info@suzannewoodsfisher.com to claim your prize.
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W–Walkmans
(I remember those!)
P – Penmanship
R- Record players, rotary dial phones
S Slips. I am finding it increasingly difficult to buy one.
V a victrola
S – Secretary! For some crazy reason corporate America feels that it no longer needs secretaries/administrative assistants for most corporate officials. I was laid off after 13 years with a corporation, my position was eliminated – my boss was only the CFO, not a president of the division. He had to complete a project that I was working on – what would have taken me less than 45 minutes to complete took him three and a half hours! Not a good use of his time at all.
I don’t hear much about Quince these days (I remember quince jam from my youth)
Q
Quill-feather pen, now we use a stylus pen
quill, rabbits foot,safety pins, telegraph, uniform worn by union solders in civil war,victrola, wringer washer, xylophone,yo yo, ziz zag stitching
R – Razor blades for straight razors
T – Troll dolls
Quill pen
R – Record Store V – VCR
Q: Quills; R: Rotary dial Telephones and Records; S: Sewing ones clothing & short wave radio & flour sifters; T: trapping & Telephone Booths; U: Unicorns; V: Victorola and Vinyls, we called them records, 33, 45 & 78; W: Wigwams X: Y: Z: Zoot Suits
Shorthand
Roller Skate Key
Twinkies
Zither
This is from my hubby, Darren: Vacuum tube (from radios, tv’s, etc.)
R- ring around the rosy
S- saddle shoes
T- top (toy)
U – unicycle
V – Victrola
Z – zax
z is for zip drive
skate key
Q-quackish meant boasting
Quoits
Record stores
Stitching
Telephone booths
Umbrella
VCR
Windmills
Xylophone
Yak
Zither
soft drink bottles made of glass
Quality – apparently it is no longer appreciated. Now it’s planned obsolescence.
Relax – does anyone say or do this anymore? Now it’s ‘chill’ or ‘veg out’. Is relax a bad word?
Spiffy – Strange word, but it was useful.
Tape – Now it’s recorded on discs.
Ukelele – Do they still have them in Hawaii?
VCR – I still have the one I got 25 years ago and yes, I still use it. Can’t afford a DVR or Blue-ray thingie.
Waltz – Does anyone do this anymore? I love to waltz. So romantic.
Xylophone – Haven’t seen anyone playing one of these for a long time.
Yardstick – Used to be fabric shops, lumber yards and such would give these away for advertising. Not anymore.
Zany – They call it something else now.
P. Pay phones
S. School Books kids around here use ipads etc. for school lessons.
T. Treadle sewing machine
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