Anachronistic things we do ?

[NapierDeltic]

I still buy CDs. I like music; it means a lot to me. I want a physical medium to reflect my interests! I can tell you I'm into music, and here is a trove of CDs to prove it!

I don't get the same buzz from racking up a big Spotify playlist, or having gigabytes of music languishing on a hard drive somewhere. Plus, digital mediums mean I'm hamstrung listening to music on my phone or my computers.

With a CD I'm forced to put it on and then listen to an album end-to-end. No distractions, no similar artists, no adverts for the 'premium account' or whatever.

[Sheepshanks]

RC1807 said:

(Milk from our supermarket is €0.75/litre and has a BB date usually about 2 weeks, but often lasts longer, no issues.)

That's something that does seem to have changed since I was a kid - milk that lasts a week or more. The milk we had delivered, and it was never out for long or in the sun, would be off after a couple of days.

[J4CKO]

My mentality has changed on owning media, can see why enthusiasts want to but that is perhaps largely down to habit and nostalgia, plus the tactile side of it, I get that.

But it doesnt matter if I have a physical copy of say Ghostbusters, my favorite film ever being a child of the eighties, if Netflix take it down there are many other ways to watch it if I have the urge, order it on DVD, try other streaming services or whatever.

I can understand with rarer stuff and collectors items, I think with a lot of Vinyl that is sold for example, the actual music is incidental its all about the sleeve, which pressing, quality, rarity and condition, may well never get played.

But me amassing a library of music and films at home, I have lost the need to feel like I own something, plus I dont want it cluttering the place up.

Each to their own though, it isnt all about efficiency, I do get that, can pick and choose.

I agree on the beer audit trail as well, I used to do some cash, some on card, just in case !

[bobbo89]

NapierDeltic said:

I still buy CDs. I like music; it means a lot to me. I want a physical medium to reflect my interests! I can tell you I'm into music, and here is a trove of CDs to prove it!

I don't get the same buzz from racking up a big Spotify playlist, or having gigabytes of music languishing on a hard drive somewhere. Plus, digital mediums mean I'm hamstrung listening to music on my phone or my computers.

With a CD I'm forced to put it on and then listen to an album end-to-end. No distractions, no similar artists, no adverts for the 'premium account' or whatever.

My Spotify premium account has transformed music for me, I've discovered so many new bands and artists through it and it's really broadening my taste in music!

[Cotty]

Pothole said:

Cotty said:

valiant said:

There was an article in the paper a few days ago about an increase in milk rounds as people are turning away from plastic and like the fact that their milk bottle can be (nearly) endlessly recycled and are prepared to pay the premium for it.

Why not sell milk in glass bottles in the supermarket? You could drop the empties with them on your next shop.

No reason at all, but as they don't yet, people are having it delivered for the reasons cited. What was your point, exactly?

I wasn't making a point, I was just curious why supermarkets do not sell glass bottles of milk, which I believe has been answered in a later post.

[RDMcG]

Still have a landline
I have and use a watch
Smoke an occasional cigar
Now and then use cuff links
Occasionally wear a tie
Own a manual car but usually use paddles or auto.

As for email use it daily but also user text almost as much - notice younger people are much more txt and WhatsApp .

I also have no twitter or FB which is a bit odd these days

[toon10]

NapierDeltic said:

I still buy CDs. I like music; it means a lot to me. I want a physical medium to reflect my interests! I can tell you I'm into music, and here is a trove of CDs to prove it!

I don't get the same buzz from racking up a big Spotify playlist, or having gigabytes of music languishing on a hard drive somewhere. Plus, digital mediums mean I'm hamstrung listening to music on my phone or my computers.

With a CD I'm forced to put it on and then listen to an album end-to-end. No distractions, no similar artists, no adverts for the 'premium account' or whatever.

My home Hi-Fi amplifier has a network streamer, USB port (which I have 256GB thumbnail FLAC collection plugged into) and Spotify Connect. No need to listen to music on a phone or PC if you don't want to. Lots of good options out there now. I have a CD player and a large CD collection but I can't remember the last time I actually used it. It's easier to listen to my FLAC ripped CD collection on USB via my iPad app front end. I don't even need to go over to the amp to turn it on, it's all done via the app.

I do have Spotify Premium though so no ads and better quality audio. Best £9.99 a month I've ever spent. I lost the buzz of putting records or CD's on a long time ago. Now it's all about the convenience. Saying that, I still buy the odd CD if it's an artist I really want to support although I tend to rip it and not touch it again.

[gregs656]

Coire said:

Commuting to work (for some, possibly a lot of jobs).

Within my friendship group (20s to 50s) not being able to work flexibly is one of the biggest gripes people have with their employers.

[RDMcG]

I think a sure sign of ageing is listening to older music and not having a clue about currently huge singers or musicians. I have lots of classical, blues,jazz and people I like such as JJ Cale, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler and the like.

I am guilty of this.

I cannot avoid seeing the names and images of (say) Taylor Swift or Drake for instance in the media but would not recognize their music on the radio.

[jeff m]

So many have moved on....
No milk on the doorstep, no daily newspaper, haven't written a cheque for decades...
Maybe some day you'll ditch the manual gearbox

[mat205125]

bobbo89 said:

NapierDeltic said:

I still buy CDs. I like music; it means a lot to me. I want a physical medium to reflect my interests! I can tell you I'm into music, and here is a trove of CDs to prove it!

I don't get the same buzz from racking up a big Spotify playlist, or having gigabytes of music languishing on a hard drive somewhere. Plus, digital mediums mean I'm hamstrung listening to music on my phone or my computers.

With a CD I'm forced to put it on and then listen to an album end-to-end. No distractions, no similar artists, no adverts for the 'premium account' or whatever.

My Spotify premium account has transformed music for me, I've discovered so many new bands and artists through it and it's really broadening my taste in music!

I have found the opposite with using streaming services .... I miss the pleasure of having the album hard copy, reading the inlay, and listening to the whole album through all the tracks in the order that was intended by the artist. I know that streaming can do some of that, however I just end up on shuffle 99% of the time

[PopsandBangs]

late to the party but just found this thread, after thinking today about my "old school" tastes.

At the age 30, so "medium" youngish.. I like to read the broadsheets on a Saturday and Sunday, always prefer to have and pay with some crisp £20s in my pocket, haven't upgraded my phone for many years, use a traditional hard leather briefcase for work, have a Dupont side roll lighter to light my cigarettes, and wear tortoiseshell thick rimmed specs.

It's dawning on me that maybe I'm actually Jacob Rees-Mogg or Patrick Bateman, or just a wker

[Thales]

PopsandBangs said:

late to the party but just found this thread, after thinking today about my "old school" tastes.

At the age 30, so "medium" youngish.. I like to read the broadsheets on a Saturday and Sunday, always prefer to have and pay with some crisp £20s in my pocket, haven't upgraded my phone for many years, use a traditional hard leather briefcase for work, have a Dupont side roll lighter to light my cigarettes, and wear tortoiseshell thick rimmed specs.

It's dawning on me that maybe I'm actually Jacob Rees-Mogg or Patrick Bateman, or just a wker

I'd go with hipster.