Are these things slowly disappearing?

Lots of things are slowly being replaced with digital objects. Personally, I wish I never had to carry so many books in school. I would have loved having a computer. But that wasn't the thing then. Keys also, I would love to not have to carry keys anymore. I still do though. Things change and someday, all this technology will be obsolete. Who knows what the future holds.

I thought it was weird when I bought a TV and it had no on/off switch. Everything was done via the remote control.

Everything is becoming virtual and trying to make things easy. There is also the making self-driving vehicles, computer control gadgets that operate homes and we might just lose our privacy because of online social media.

Keys - I would freak without keys! I am not thrilled by those digital keys, but yah, I guess that is the way it is going. For some reason I feel more in control with those old metal keys!! Textbooks - My kids are still using books at their levels, but those standardized testings have begun on the ipads. I heard one high school locally uses ipads exclusively - no more paper anything there. How much are the digital textbooks which I assume they have to download and pay for? I remember some of my heavy college books were over $100 each! Automatic cars - I suppose with all the bad traffic everywhere, it's a pain to drive a stick . . . although I loved my stick and felt I was more in control. We decided to go for automatic this time since with the kids it's one less thing to think about, but I wouldn't have minded a stick (I didn't realize some brands didn't have that option anymore!).

They are disappearing things. But it's not only tangible but also some traditions in our place, in some cases our good traits.

You are right....watches also as mostly mobiles are used.

Yes, a lot of things are changing but I hung on to my cassettes, VCR and movies,, things like that. I still have a dictionary.

i found out from a relative that her grandson doesn't have homework anymore. we used to have so many notebooks for each subject, but as time when on some subjects were combined, while others phased out. the on and off switch is now the same and called 'power' we now need passwords for everything, but is everything really 100% secure on the internet?

I do not know about textbooks, but almost everybody still uses manual transmission cars here and nobody trust digital keys.

We find VCRs at garage sales. We can still watch our old tapes.

Yup, slowly they are also disappearing here. With the textbooks/books, I still prefer them over those soft copies like e-books.

I've noticed these, too. It's kind of scary. Technology is taking over...

yes.. they are really slowly disappearing..

It's one of my life goals to learn to drive stick. Apparently integrity, honesty, loyalty and friendship are also on the endangered list these days too.

Unfortunately, I wonder why digital textbooks are not yet implemented in elementary schools here. I pity my grandnephews who have to carry heavy bags each morning.

Nothing is constant except change , that's how it is now specially that the digital things are already here . So amazing , these technologies .

Hmmm.... house keys going the way of the Dodo don't bother me at all! As for the backbreaking textbooks school kids carry, no problem there, either... I still have my huge library of paper books, but even I have over a thousand books stored on my phone now.... LOL! (I've read close to four hundred of those, too.) They are so much more convenient than paper books! I most definitely will miss the clutch pedal when I move beyond the cars that still use them, though, sishy... (sigh!) Did I ever tell you that my son is the person who taught me how to drive a stick shift? That was before we realized he was my son.... I needed to buy a new car, so I ask him if he wanted to go try out cars with me.... I knew he could drive an automatic, but when I accidentally got into a manual drive Mustang without realizing it, I started to get back out and he ask what I was getting out for. I told him I couldn't drive the car since I had never learned how to drive a stick. He told me to get back in the car and he moved to the back seat behind me. He talked me through getting the car off the lot and down the road... He was a good teacher. (It turned out I didn't like that Mustang, so we switched to a manual Dodge Daytona. I drove it off the lot and ended up buying it that afternoon. (sigh!) I miss my Daytonas!) Uhm... if I may ask, why can't you tell me, "Hello"? (I will still speak to you, you know.... I have been planning on coming over and talking with you for several weeks now.... I just never seem to have time. (sigh!) I've been putting in a lot of hours at work as well as editing manuscripts again, too. They take up a lot of my time.) (Did you get the impression that I missed you? You should have!)

I keep on losing my keys. Can't wait for retina enabled door lock system. lol

i am still on manual steering.

My niece who is just in Grade 6 doesn't have textbooks. Like what you said, they have digital books. I still prefer the books even if they will be replaced in due time.