I was waiting for a light to change yesterday and for some unknown reason started thinking about things that are no longer relevant to me. I have no idea what initiated this self discussion, but it literally kept me entertained for the entire 50 minute drive I was in the midst of. I figured I would put up a list of things that came to mind at the time…. I’ll likely update this in the coming months as I identify more and more items. I also went ahead and added a new category – Ramblings – to organize these random thoughts. What things are irrelevant to you these days?
- Health Clubs – I became tired of traveling to workout and being subject to poser after poser – I think the guy standing in the aerobics room with a weight belt on and lifting gloves watching the women work on cardio was the tipping point – that and having to pay a family rate even though I didn’t have any kids)
- Nicole Kidman – finally removed from my exception list – have you seen her lately?
- Music Cassette Tapes – I’ll go ahead and include albums and eight tracks along with the related player units
- Sony Walkmans – I have a 1×3 inch 1G Nano that holds my running music these days
- TV Dinners – My wife broke me of those
- School Exams
- Skateboards
- Church – at least physical buildings
- Prescription Glasses – for nearsightedness, likely need reading glasses in the future
- Fowcharting templates
- Hands at 10 and 2
- Skis
- Modems
- Zip Drives
- Floppy Drives (5.25 and 3.5)
- Colorado Backup Drives
- C64/TI994A
- Neighborhood Covenants
- Happy Hour
- Fruit Trees
- Grass Clippers
- Commercials
- Banana Seats
- Cards in Spokes – same goes for Plastic Tubes on Spokes
- Racquetball
- Eskimo Parkas
- Galoshes
- MTV
- Separate Snow Tires
- Manual Oil Changes
- 2.5-3 hrs of Mowing
- Pencil Sharpeners
- Chocodiles
- Mountain Dew – actually all Caffeine not from chocolate
- Dating
- Hair Mousse
- Waking Up Without Pain – take care of your bodies children
- Money Problems
- ASCII Pr0n
- Designer Jeans
- Perl, Fortran, X11R4,MOTIF,C++, C (all .Net these days)
- UNIX, Windows 3.11, Windows NT, AEGIS
- Mosaic, Netscape
- Fullcourt Basketball
- ER – the show
- Boxing
- Chickenpox
- Jumping Off of Roofs
- Gold Chains – Necklaces
- CRTs
- Blackboards
- Overhead Markers … Might as well throw in Transparencies while I am at it
- Fretting about Giving Presentations
- Creed, Dokken
- The Madison – use to see all the up and coming bands on their up and those that were coming down there
- Campers
- Baseball Bats – these days it is all about the softball
- Push Mowing
- Tornado Kicks
- Converse
- Engine Hump Cup Holders
- Crayons
I must admit, this is a little harder than you would first expect. First off, you have to remember things you had/did in the past that no longer apply at all. For example, I do not need city water any more at my home, but I do use it at work so that is off the list. I am going to try to keep my eyes open for items/areas that would make it on this list. As you can see, the list above is alllll over the board. Kind of fun though, to just let your mind wander and see where it takes you. Note, if you are in the car like me, I recommend you keep some attention on the road – oh, and this is fun to discuss with other people you are with as well. My wife came up with some of the items above and sparked some other additions.
