What 'modern conveniences' do you live without? - Page 2

tedEbear · ‎03-22-2015

mominohio------AIR AIR not A/C. Sorry, thought I made a funny windows down= air

Ms X · ‎09-13-2012

@Mominohio wrote:
@tedEbear wrote:
mominohio----I'm trying to figyre out what kind of car you had that didn't have AIR conditioning. Didn't all cars have air? We don't have DVR, dishwasher, or tv recorder.-----------tedEbear

@tedEbear

I was still driving a 1986 Chevy Sprint about the time my son was born, and it never had air. Many of the base model cars from the 1980's didn't have air, and some of our used cars had air originally, but it broke years before we got them. Even with my husband being a mechanic, we couldn't afford the parts to fix it, and did without back then. We often buy a very base model brand new car now, but then drive it for at least a decade, often much longer.

I've done exactly the same things with my cars, @Mominohio. I even drive a stick shift because I was too cheap to pay for an automatic transmission for my Volkswagen years ago. Since then, I've gotten used to them. They perform far better on ice than cars with automatic transmissions. Many times you just downshift instead of hitting the brakes, which helps you to control the car after a blizzard. I had to rent a car not too long ago when my car was in the shop and all they had were automatics. I'm surprised they let me take it off the lot after they saw me trying to drive the automatic. I was lurching all around the lot for a while and was still very unsteady when I got on the road. After a couple of days, it went smoothly.

bri20 · ‎03-10-2016

I don't have an ice maker on the door. I don't have a microwave.

I live pretty easily without them.

PamelaSue72 · ‎09-22-2011

Air conditioning. I refuse to use it. I do have a couple window fans.

JustJazzmom · ‎03-09-2010

No water dispenser or ice maker in our fridge. We only have 2 TVs in our house. Still have a landline but do use cell phones.

All our cars have A/C as it's unbearable for those with respiratory problems not to have A/C either in car or home when it is hot and humid.

An I Pad has made it a lot easier to sit anywhere in the house and be on a computer for the Internet.

☼The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there. GBShaw☼

Trinity11 · ‎11-16-2014

@sunshine45 wrote:
cant think of one thing i DONT have.....
i dont have a DVR, but i pay a lot of money to my cable company to have lots of on demand features, HULU, and NETFLIX so that i dont miss anything.

have central air, microwave, ice maker, water on the refrigerator door, extra freezers, cell phones, internet, computers, tablets, landline, car, dishwasher, washer/dryer, garbage disposal.....what am i missing?
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Garage door opener?

Like yourself we avail ourselves of all modern conveniences. I have to have central air because I have asthma and it purifies the air. The same with the dish washer.....it sterilizes the dishes. (That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.)LOL

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

@Ms X wrote:
@Mominohio wrote:
@tedEbear wrote:
mominohio----I'm trying to figyre out what kind of car you had that didn't have AIR conditioning. Didn't all cars have air? We don't have DVR, dishwasher, or tv recorder.-----------tedEbear

@tedEbear

I was still driving a 1986 Chevy Sprint about the time my son was born, and it never had air. Many of the base model cars from the 1980's didn't have air, and some of our used cars had air originally, but it broke years before we got them. Even with my husband being a mechanic, we couldn't afford the parts to fix it, and did without back then. We often buy a very base model brand new car now, but then drive it for at least a decade, often much longer.
I've done exactly the same things with my cars, @Mominohio. I even drive a stick shift because I was too cheap to pay for an automatic transmission for my Volkswagen years ago. Since then, I've gotten used to them. They perform far better on ice than cars with automatic transmissions. Many times you just downshift instead of hitting the breaks, which helps you to control the car after a blizzard. I had to rent a car not too long ago when my car was in the shop and all they had were automatics. I'm surprised they let me take it off the lot after they saw me trying to drive the automatic. I was lurching all around the lot for a while and was still very unsteady when I got on the road. After a couple of days, it went smoothly.

@Ms X

You are cracking me up! I drive a standard too. And I could kill my husband, who swore we'd get better mileage with it, and we DON'T! I have always been able to drive a standard, and that Chevy I mentioned was one. Then I had a van I loved for about a decade that was automatic, and got used to it, and loved it. When we bought our newest car (a 2005!) he talked me into a standard again. I have bad knees, and I'm to the point of hating that thing.

You are right though, I love it in the ice and snow, for controlling especially downhill speed, but hate getting started from a complete stop in the middle of a steep icy hill.

I often drive my mom around in her car (automatic) and I find myself almost punching a hole in her floor looking for the clutch!

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

Sorry @Mominohio, you lost me on this one. You saying that you do not have the internet? Hmmm!

hckynut(john)

libbyannE · ‎10-27-2010

@Ms X wrote:
@Mominohio wrote:
@tedEbear wrote:
mominohio----I'm trying to figyre out what kind of car you had that didn't have AIR conditioning. Didn't all cars have air? We don't have DVR, dishwasher, or tv recorder.-----------tedEbear

@tedEbear

I was still driving a 1986 Chevy Sprint about the time my son was born, and it never had air. Many of the base model cars from the 1980's didn't have air, and some of our used cars had air originally, but it broke years before we got them. Even with my husband being a mechanic, we couldn't afford the parts to fix it, and did without back then. We often buy a very base model brand new car now, but then drive it for at least a decade, often much longer.
I've done exactly the same things with my cars, @Mominohio. I even drive a stick shift because I was too cheap to pay for an automatic transmission for my Volkswagen years ago. Since then, I've gotten used to them. They perform far better on ice than cars with automatic transmissions. Many times you just downshift instead of hitting the breaks, which helps you to control the car after a blizzard. I had to rent a car not too long ago when my car was in the shop and all they had were automatics. I'm surprised they let me take it off the lot after they saw me trying to drive the automatic. I was lurching all around the lot for a while and was still very unsteady when I got on the road. After a couple of days, it went smoothly.

I love to drive and refuse to drive an automatic, but it's getting harder to find a stick shift. Very sad. I have driven a stick for fun, not because of budget, for my whole driving life. I have only owned German cars, but even in those, my husband and I are seeing more and more sticks going away. I like to DRIVE, and that means shifting!

reiki604 · ‎03-09-2010

I live in the year 2016 and do not find it more noble not to utilize the advances in science and technology that are available. I have always preferred to look forward rather than be complacent with the status quo.

'I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man'.......Unknown