Things that have made life easier in the last 10 y

Other than the Internet, and Cell Phones, what are some new things you thank your stars for?

ME, zero radius lawn mowers, Lables that are attached to mens pants that can be pulled off without a surgical process to remove those 4 threads that took an hour to remove, pull top soup cans. Many others!

Hair products for curly hair!

Yikes, I really didn't read the post, Products I really like, before I wrote this post, which is about the same, SORRY...great minds...

Windsor Canadian particularly the last two years.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

Bombay Shapphire! oop's! Not new but has made my life easier!

The internet including online banking, online shopping and travel arrangements Most computer software Excel instead of lotus, Word instead of Word perfect. Digital camera instead of those Polaroid photos. Lazer printers instead of thermal printers. Disposable / microwavable food containers. The Kreepy Krawler for the pool. The Pool man. Wine tasting parties. A 1000 watt microwave instead of 300 watt.

Thats it for now.

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Originally posted by Cinnabonbon

The internet including online banking, online shopping and travel arrangements Most computer software Excel instead of lotus, Word instead of Word perfect. Digital camera instead of those Polaroid photos. Lazer printers instead of thermal printers. Disposable / microwavable food containers. The Kreepy Krawler for the pool. The Pool man. Wine tasting parties. A 1000 watt microwave instead of 300 watt.

Thats it for now.

agree with you about the internet even though the jury is still out on chat rooms and you tube ( I am beginning to know more and more who are finding themselves getting into trouble with you tube ).

satellite radio. nothing is better !!

Internet and cell phones would be 2 of my biggest. Actually computers in general are a big hit with me. I can do so much more now, reading, learning, seeing distant places. All from my easy chair.

MikeS.

Swiffer, Magic Eraser, DNA testing(hasn't affected my life, but it's good to see criminals caught years after an offense), coffee pot with auto-on and thermal carafe, potting soil with fertilizer and moisture control built in, navigation systems and bluetooth.

GPS in the vehicle, online banking, titanium drivers and hybrid golf clubs, satellite radio, wireless internet are some of the good things added in the last 10 years IMHO.

Extending the time frame to Twelve Years, I will gladly include second marriages !!

illegal aliens ......

anyone want to buy a slightly used lawnmower? hasn't been used in 10 years......

Online brokerage information, accounts and trading Services. Had I had that tool in my younger days I might have been a richer man.

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Originally posted by LuckyLabrador

Yikes, I really didn't read the post, Products I really like, before I wrote this post, which is about the same, SORRY...great minds...

This is different. There are things I like but haven't nessarly made things easier.

Spell Check- as you can see in many of my posts
*66- I hate busy signals
TV Remote control-enough said there, unless your married, then?
Grocery Shopping on line- Pea pod delivery service
Zoots- my laundry needs
Leaf blowers- got a new neighbor that I like to piss off
Caller ID- wonderfull option
Frost Free frezers- an oldie but goddie
18 or 24 volt power tools- no more cords
Direct deposit- one less chore

And now a drum roll please
The Vasectomy- for when time is of the essance
Chow Jim

DavyD,
As a retired Economics Teacher, I had to search the memory cells for the 'term project' I required of my H S Seniors back in the 1980's and early '90's. They would invest $100 k in a minimum of six stocks and track the progress of their investments using the L A Times Stock pages and VALUE-LINE for research info. It was always a busy class day when they dug into the paperwork to find the answers to the questions about value etc etc.

Then in the mid-90's the group jumped to On-Line research material and computer graphics for creating the graphs of progress etc. While the quality of the finished reports increased significantly... the actual student involvement in digging out the answers faded almost entirely.

I don't believe my replacement uses the invest project as a major part of the work for the term anymore. Times do change.

While we don't take the risks we might have 25 years ago with our retirement funds, it is interesting to set up pseudo-funds that match the real ones and see what sort of combinations will prove of merit in the "if only we had" investment games.

As a former teacher, I thank my stars for the recent influx of beautiful Russian women who allow me to teach them English, it only costs me $300.00 an hr. or so!

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LuckyLabrador Posted - 05/10/2007 : 17:37:45
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As a former teacher, I thank my stars for the recent influx of beautiful Russian women who allow me to teach them English, it only costs me $300.00 an hr. or so!

yes and a good portion of those Russian women are illegal aliens ...... see what I mean?
but what the hell you get your pipes cleaned I get my lawn cut..................... is this a great country or what?.......said Frank sarcastically............... lol

The Illinois Tollway I-Pass.

I'd like for some of those illegal Russian women to influx down to Nashville! I may not be an English expert, but I could certainly teach them about country ham!

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