Dec
12th
Mon
12th
My Luddite Score
16% Luddite
As calculated from The Telegraph’s list of 50 things killed by technology. I’ve highlighted the ones which I personally still do: 8/50.
- 1. Ring the cinema to find out times
- 2. Going into the travel agents to research a holiday
- 3. Record things using VHS
- 4. Dial directory enquiries
- 5. Use public telephones
- 6. Book tickets for events over the phone
- 7. Print photos
- 8. Put a classified ad in the shop window
- 9. Ring the speaking clock
- 10. Carry portable CD players
- 11. Write handwritten letters
- 12. Buy disposable cameras
- 13. Take plenty of change for pay phones
- 14. Make mix tapes
- 15. Pay bills at the post office
- 16. Use an address book
- 17. Check a map before or during car journey
- 18. Reverse charges in payphones
- 19. Go into the bank or building society to conduct your business
- 20. Buy TV listings
- 21. Own an encyclopaedia
- 22. Queue to get car tax in Post Office
- 23. Develop and send off for photographs
- 24. Read a hard copy of the Yellow Pages
- 25. Look up something in dictionary
- 26. Remember phone numbers/ Have a phone book
- 27. Watch videos
- 28. Have pen friends
- 29. Use a telephone directory
- 30. Use pagers
- 31. Fax things
- 32. Buy CD’s/ Have a CD collection
- 33. Pay by cheque
- 34. Make photo albums
- 35. Watch programmes at the time they are shown
- 36. Dial 1471 when you get home
- 37. Warm milk or other hot drinks on stove
- 39. Hand wash clothes* 38. Try on lots of pairs of shoes on high street
- 40. Advertise in trading papers
- 41. Send love letters
- 42. Hand-write essays / school work
- 43. Buy flowers from a florist
- 44. Work out how to spell something yourself
- 45. Keep a personal diary
- 46. Send post cards
- 47. Buy newspapers
- 48. Hang washing out in winter
- 49. Keep printed bills or bank statements
- 50. Visit car boot sales
What’s your score?
