I believe the standard charger law is in the EU. Don't most current phones use a USB interface anyway? I just plug mine into my computer, which is always with me anyway. AC power to USB adaptors are readily available if you are away from your computer. Seems like this problem has taken care of itself.

I know for a fact the owner of the company i work for still carries a pager for some reason. He has an iphone for crying out loud. I use my phone as an internet browser/calls/music/email device. I still use a dvd player and have yet to buy a modern television. Actually i use my laptop to watch movies. I am surprised cd's weren't on the list. I use the fax all day long at work. Oh and besides apples weird connections, it seems chargers are getting universal. My motorala droid and blackberry storm both use a micro usb charger.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

It's a start, but there are still way too many devices that don't use USB charging.
Left to this pace it will take 20 years.

As much as I HATE government intervention, this 'could' be one I'd support.

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1990 500SL

I was always taught to respect my elders.
I don't have to respect too many people anymore.

Well, I still enjoy my extict analog recording devices - my reel-to-reel & cassett decks, and my VCRs. Though some of the tapes are getting hard to find! Also enjoy my tube stuff.

Happy Motoring, Mark

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I just love the warm fuzzy look of a movie on VHS

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

How about a movie on Beta?

Happy Motoring, Mark

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1) Fax Machines - use mine fairly often, see # 2

2) Landline Phones - cell calls sound like $hit. I won't give mine up.

3) Beeper/Pagers -never had one

4) DVD players - they'll improve, ie Blue-Ray, but not go away IMO

5) Film Projectors at theatres- who goes to theatres?

6) The Computer Mouse - Photoshopping with your finger is next to impossible

7) Cell Phone Chargers- then how will I charge my cell phone?

8) Plasma TVs - I still don't have a flat screen. My big Wega CRT refuses to die. I won't replace something that operates perfectly just because there's something newer and "better".

9) Credit Cards - mine went away a long time ago. Good riddance

10) E-Book Readers - books are and should always be made of paper

11) iPods - no opinion, I don't use one, my wife and son would sure be lost without theirs though.
As far as music goes, vinyl is experiencing a resurgence, as are tube amplifiers, although I suppose that'll just be a geeky niche market. I jumped into the computer "craze" pretty early. Buying my first Macintosh Plus in 1988. It's ability to keep track of my livestock records and books was a true revelation. I signed onto the internets for the first time in 91 and the access to information it gave was a life changing event. It seems to me that our technological focus has changed now. So much new tech CREATES a need to be filled, rather than filling a need that actually exists. I guess I've survived a serious case of techno-lust and am now immune to it.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

I still use a beeper for some work related stuff, and that number goes to the imbeciles that I will only talk to at my convenience. You never have to duck a call when the person knows they are calling a pager. Also, lets them know where they are in the general pecking order.

iPod, that gets used for walk in and walk out music at most of the shows I do, because I do not want to utilize a phone for that application. If the phone rings while the iPod function is playing to a few thousand people, I can't exactly answer it.

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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There's tons of great music on vinyl. People buy technology and forget it's the music that matters.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

Vinyl is great, it's just not very portable. Who has time to sit at home and listen to their music collection?

I wish... I have a few hundred pieces of vinyl... haven't put one on the platter in over a year

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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Same here, I don't even have a turntable in my system at the moment.

Dang, those kids with their Rudy Vallee records . . .



Just the thing for listening to the latest from the Lennon Sisters on a drive . . . and a one, and a two . . .

Refrigerators.

Everything will be irradiated to stop spoilage, and food will be spot cooled as needed.

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

The Future We Never Got, Hosted by Will Ferrell


And while we’re at it, where’s my dang … hot dog taco → vodka water slide → implantable phone → implantable caffeine drip → Smell-O-Phone → Taste-O-Phone → Feel-O-Phone → Hear-O-Phone (oh wait, never mind)

and Robo Servants!