From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <95lggjdsbkjgknic0e49dodeemhq3je3qc@4ax.com>,   
   Joy Beeson   wrote:   
   >   
   >Things I never thought would disappear:   
   >   
   >wool socks   
      
   [Hal Heydt]   
   Check a good sporting goods/outdoor store, like REI.   
      
   >canned tomatoes  (You can get what we used to call "salad tomatoes",   
   >but not tomatoes that are simply canned.)   
      
   Still avail, so far as I know.  Last bought a couple cans about a   
   year ago.  Still see them on the shelves.   
      
   >Definitive stamps that allowed one to mail a letter without affixing   
   >an opinion.  I didn't even know that plain, ordinary not-special   
   >stamps *had* a name.   
      
   I think non-self adhesive postage stamps are an endangered   
   species.   
      
   >Road maps.   
      
   You can still get them from AAA.  The local office has them in a   
   couple of vending machines (no cost, it's just a way to select   
   what you want) in their lobby.   
      
   >User manuals.   Nowadays, the time to go obsolete is about half the   
   >time it takes to write a halfway-decent manual.   
      
   The Raspberry Pi folks release their manuals in both electronic   
   (PDF) form and as "dead tree" versions.   
      
   >Mattresses that it's possible to tuck a sheet under.   
      
   Wouldn't that lead to the demise of fitted bottom sheets?   
      
   Can't speak to the rest of the list.   
      
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