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Older Adults Are Sharing The Best "Life Hacks" From Their Younger Years That Are Completely Obsolete Nowadays
Every generation comes up with its own ways of making life easier (or simply "hacking" the system)! However, as technology evolves, this once-common knowledge often becomes obsolete... That's why when Redditor u/MittlerPfalz asked, "What was a cool 'life pro tip' or 'life hack' that you used back in the day that is no longer relevant or possible?" hundreds of people over 50 shared "hacks" from their younger years that are irrelevant now. Without further ado, here are 19 of their most surprising responses: If you know of any once-common knowledge that is unusable in today's world, feel free to tell us about it using this anonymous form! 1."Hacking pay phones: To understand this hack, you need to remember analog pay phones, where you would dial the number and then an operator would come on and say something like, 'Please deposit $2.25 for three minutes.'" "The way they knew if you deposited the money was that nickels, dimes, and quarters each made a distinctive sound as they fell down the coin slot. The operator would then use that sound to count how many coins you deposited." The hack only worked if you found two payphones next to each other. You would make the call, you would repeat out loud what the operator said, your buddy would deposit the coins in the other phone, and you would put the two phone hand pieces together so that the operator would hear the coins falling. Your call would be connected, and your buddy would hang up and get a full refund. Free call. As bored teenage boys, we did this at summer camp to call girls at home. These girls would barely talk to us at home, but they were also bored and loved the novelty of getting our call." —u/WillingPublic Related: 2."When shopping, we never picked the item in front but rather reached for the one in back to get a lower price." "Oftentimes, the clerk restocking would be lazy and not re-price the ones already on the shelf. Of course, this was back when price stickers had to be manually put on each item." —u/Penny-Bright 3."When I was transferring from a local community college to a large university, my grades were less than stellar. At that time, college transcripts were written in ink on a paper form that you took with you when you registered." "I discovered I could erase just enough of the ink marks to change a couple of 'Ds' to 'Bs.' It worked like a charm!" —u/skye_commoner 4."Roughly 1980: Maryland and Virginia didn't share driver's license information, so I had one for each state. My auto insurance was tied to one driver's license, and whenever I got pulled over for anything, the points went against the other license." "Eventually, the license with the points expired, and I got rid of my red 1968 Charger and started driving a 1984 Isuzu pickup, which never got pulled over." —u/NC-Tacoma-Guy 5."As a broke college student, I couldn't get a credit card, and I got a monthly check, so things got tight during the month (this was in the early '70s before debit cards)..." "To help me out, my older brother taught me this: Sears would issue a store credit card to college students. I used it to purchase a gift certificate for, say, $40. I would then use the gift certificate to buy a couple of pairs of socks, and then they gave me the rest in change. $30-35 went a long way back then. At the end of the month, I would pay the bill, then rinse and repeat. I kept (and used) my Sears card for many, many years." —u/ez_as_31416 6."I used to place a baby monitor transmitter near the TV and carry the receiver around with me while doing chores and yard work. It was my pre-Bluetooth. I had several of the Fisher Price models, which were purchased frugally at yard sales." "It was good for listening to breaking news, QVC, or shows where I didn't really need the video to follow along and keep my mind occupied during menial tasks. Now I play Sirius or Audible from my phone." —u/Greenhouse774 Related: 7."When I was a kid, I was watching a guy service a vending machine and asked if I could have a free candy bar. He said I couldn't, but that I could have the 'slugs,' which were fake quarters in the coin compartment. As soon as he left, I tried the slugs and sure enough, they worked like quarters and I was able to buy a few bars." "I came back again, and the same thing happened. Now I realize he must have known that I was experiencing food insecurity, but at the time I thought I was getting away with something." —u/CharlesAvlnchGreen 8."It used to be recommended that folks carry a small disposable camera in the glove compartment of the car to take photos in case of an accident." "Nowadays, just about everyone has a camera-equipped phone, so this isn't necessary anymore." —u/North_Artichoke_6721 9."If you went to a government office to apply for something and they handed you a stack of forms to fill out, you could just stand there and tell them you couldn't read or write, then they had to read you the questions and write down your answers. It was way easier than doing it yourself.' —u/Buford12 10."I read Steal This Book, and it said if you just looked like you belonged somewhere, people wouldn't question you, and pre 9/11, this was always true." "I went to cocktail parties on the East side of Manhattan, snuck on planes, etc. (I never had the guts to stay on the planes, but it was so easy to board.) To this day, I still use the 'look like I belong' method when I walk on private roads in estate areas near my home. I wave at the few cars that pass, and I assume they think I am a guest of one of the homes or live there." —u/DrNarf Related: 11."My family kept a large glass water bottle. Every day, my Dad would empty his pockets of loose change and encourage me to toss coins in, too. I was a kid, so I don't remember how long it took to fill up, but one day, he laid an old sheet on the ground and emptied it. We spent the weekend rolling coins." "Fast forward to now, and I can't remember the last time I had change in my pocket." —u/trekbette 12."Unplugging the house phone extension, taking the receiver off the cradle, and then plugging the phone back in was my favorite hack." "The people talking to each other on the phone (like my sister and her boyfriend) didn't hear someone pick up the extension to listen to their phone calls." —u/Big-Ad4382 13."Where I grew up, there was a local phone number you could call to get the correct time. Not a whole lot of people knew what it was, though, so if I were at a club and someone was obnoxiously pestering me for my phone number, I would give them the 'time number.'" "You could also dial zero to be connected to a live operator who would give you the phone number and/or address of a person or business." —u/ExtensionTurnip5395 14."In an old car with a carburetor, it was possible to 'flood' the engine while trying to start it when cold, and it was difficult to get it started after that..." "The 'hack' was to very slowly push the gas pedal all the way down (this was so the accelerator pump in the carburetor would not squirt a shot of raw gas into the engine, making the problem worse) and then count to 10, which allowed the gas in the the manifold to evaporate, then let the gas pedal up maybe half way, then turn the key and try again. It sometimes worked." —u/realityinflux 15."When creating masters for the mimeograph machine, errors could (mostly) be corrected by carefully using a razor blade to scrape off the ink image on the stencil. The tricky part was trying to get the stencil back in your typewriter and return to that spot with the typewriter properly aligned." "Releasing the roller so it was free and carefully, very carefully positioning the master back to where you cleaned off the mistake before locking the roller in place again completed the 'erasing' of the mistake. It was difficult, but still much better than starting over with a new master. Inexpensive copy machines made them all obsolete." —u/MontanaPurpleMtns 16."I used a Rolodex in my job to make notes about clients so that when they called, I could quickly flip to their card and make a small personal comment like 'How was that trip to Italy?' or 'How is your new puppy working out?'" "During conversation, new small talk would always pop up that I could make a note of and bring up in a future contact with them. If they were coming in for a meeting, which was rare, I would review their cards ahead of time. I always got comments from my boss about how much clients liked talking to me." —u/gracyavery Related: 17."Beginners tip: We had to get to the bank early Friday to cash our paychecks and avoid the rush — no ATMs, no Saturday banking, no debit cards." "Payday was every Friday, and we needed to get that money in the bank so we could write a check at the grocery store. Bankers' hours were a real thing; they opened late and closed early. Now for the pro tip: Some grocery stores would cash your paycheck." —u/DrunkBuzzard 18."I would write the combo to a lock on the back with a secret code written on masking tape. If I forget, I checked the back of the lock: I used the word 'QUICKTRADE.'" "Q=1, U=2, I=3, etc. But now it's just as easy to save your combos on your phone or other digital places It still can be useful if you're gonna throw a random lock in a shed, basement, or some other place where it might sit for years, but it's just not as useful as it once was." —u/bassbeatsbanging 19."Columbia House Record Club: You joined and got 10 or 12 albums for free, then had to buy six to ten in the next few years. In the 1970s, they sent you a card each month. If you didn't return the card, you got the featured album in the mail. If you sent the album back, it counted as if you bought it, lowering the number you had to buy." "After doing that accidentally, I repeated 'forgetting' to send the card over and over to finish my obligation, quit, and rejoined a bunch of times. Doing this, I never actually bought another album, and got probably 100 albums free. The loophole closed in the 1980s." —u/reesesbigcup Did any of these "hacks" surprise you? People over 45, what are some other things that used to be considered common knowledge that are now obsolete? Tell us about it in the comments or answer anonymously using the form below! Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity. Also in Internet Finds: Also in Internet Finds: Also in Internet Finds: Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
03-08-2025
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McRae won't push panic button on Magpies' form slump
Collingwood coach Craig McRae is not concerned by the Magpies' dip in form and will resist the urge to conduct a brutal review in what he described as their worst performance since March. With three games before finals, Collingwood (15-5) will end the weekend off the top of the ladder for the first time since round nine after losing to reigning premiers Brisbane by 27 points at the MCG on Saturday night. Trailing by just a point at the main break, the Magpies' midfield was bullied by the Lions in the second half, losing clearances 31-13 over the final two quarters. "It hasn't been a pattern for us, our contest has been really strong the last weeks," McRae said. "Brisbane apparently had a stern and honest session about their contest stuff (after being thrashed by Gold Coast). "I said (to the Collingwood players), 'do you need that from me? Do you want?' "I don't think we need that, we've got a lot of trust in our group." Collingwood started their season by being smashed by GWS, suffering a 52-point loss. The Magpies have lost another four games since, but McRae believes that was their worst performance of the lot. They slammed through five goals to Brisbane's two during a dominant second term, but were unable to deliver anything close to their best in the other three quarters. Collingwood haven't beaten a current top-eight team since they crushed Hawthorn on May 30. "If you're a Collingwood supporter at home, you'd think we played probably as bad as we've played since round zero (against the Giants)," McRae said. "That's real, but that would be disrespecting Brisbane's hunt and pressure. "I actually sent the runner out three times to say 'can we kick the ball?'. "You can hear the supporters, 'can you kick it?', and they cheered us when we kicked the ball." McRae is not interested in comparing this slide to what Collingwood experienced in 2023 before winning the premiership. The Magpies lost three out of four games late in the season, recovering to peak in finals. The positive to come out of their first loss to the Lions at the MCG since 2014 was the returns of Jordan De Goey and Bobby Hill. De Goey was lively, kicking a long-range goal in the second quarter, before being subbed out in the third term due to playing his first game since May 3. Hill, who has missed a month due to personal reasons, started as the sub and replaced De Goey, taking a hanger and slotting a goal in the last quarter. "It's the long game for those two guys, they're huge, important games when they're fit and well," McRae said. Collingwood will enter Thursday night's clash with Hawthorn coming off a five-day break. But premiership star Jeremy Howe could be fit to slot into a defence badly missing his experience. Young Lions forward Logan Morris kicked a career-best six goals, two weeks after Fremantle's Patrick Voss did the same in a close win against the Magpies.
BBC News
23-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Chance to prove himself again' or 'needs a lower level'? Fans on Ferguson
We asked for your views on Evan Ferguson's loan move to Roma and whether it is what he might need to find his form again and potentially kick-start his Albion are some of your comments:Liam: You just have to give Ferguson time. We've seen what he can do at 18 but injuries have stopped him since. I'm sure if he can find his form at Roma he'll become an important player for Brighton Good move for both club and Ferguson. He will learn a lot, and hopefully enjoy Italy. Great I hope he absolutely smashes it. He has had a rough couple of years and just needs to play. What a brilliant club to play for and head coach Gian Piero Gasperini has a track record with young I hope the no-nonsense coaching of Gasperini will inspire Evan to release his immense talent and potential as a top-class It's an exciting move for him and I wish him well. He was unlikely to play regularly for us, and this gives him a chance to prove himself again at the highest level. The club will hopefully reap the benefits in either a fat fee, or a player returning to us at the top of his Surely Evan has no guarantee of first-team football at a club like Roma, and may have been better off at a Championship side where he would play every How is this a good move? Established Premier League players have struggled playing abroad in a good league like Italy. If the goal is for him to play regularly and get his confidence back, he needs to drop to a lower level.
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18-07-2025
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NRL fans all say same thing after Cleary's brutal call to axe Panthers Test player
Some of Ivan Cleary's controversial early-season selection decisions are starting to pay off for the Penrith Panthers - particularly the axing of young gun Casey McLean. The Panthers won their sixth game in a row on Friday night, adding more misery for South Sydney in a 30-10 thrashing. McLean had one of the best games of his young career, scoring two tries and setting up another for Dylan Edwards. The 19-year-old had seven tackle breaks and a line-break, and scored a stunning solo try in the second half in which he beat four Rabbitohs defenders on his way to the line. The teenager has seemingly cemented his spot in the Panthers' back-line after some hot-and-cold form at the start of the season saw him axed to reserve grade twice. McLean made his Test debut for New Zealand at the end of last year, and many thought he'd walk into the Panthers' first-grade side in 2025. But he started the season with some patchy form, and coach Cleary showed him some tough love by sending him back to NSW Cup. McLean had a three-week stint in reserve-grade between Rounds 9 and 11, and it's proven to be a masterstroke from Cleary. The coach sent McLean a message that he shouldn't be taking his spot in first-grade for granted, and it's paying off in spades. Since returning in Round 12 against Newcastle, the 19-year-old hasn't missed a beat and has been in superb form over the last month. Speaking last month, the Kiwi international revealed Nathan Cleary's words of wisdom that kept him on track after being axed. "He just says it's a journey. Not everything's going to be highs, so you've got to ride the lows as well," McLean said. "It's just all learning, you can't take things as negatives. You've got to take everything as a positive, find ways to improve, move forward." Ivan Cleary's selection masterstrokes paying off Ivan Cleary's brutal call to axe McLean in Round 9 has proven a masterstroke, as he's come back into first-grade on an absolute tear. And it's not the only selection decision he's got exactly right. Cleary copped some criticism early in the season when he predominantly kept off-season recruit Blaize Talagi in reserve-grade until Round 6. But that too has proven a genius move as it sent a message to the young five-eighth that he had to earn his spot. While Talagi didn't have his best game in attack on Friday night, he produced one of his better defensive displays. Cleary's decision to show faith in Thomas Jenkins has also paid off, with the winger having the best year of his career. And Isaiah Papalii had his best game in Panthers colours on Friday night after Cleary moved him into the middle - a decision that also proved controversial when fans couldn't work out why he wasn't playing second-row. RELATED: Broncos sign 'next Benji Marshall' from rival NRL club's backyard Crushing new blow for Knights as Melbourne Storm poach young gun On Friday night, fans were in awe of McLean's performance, and they can thank coach Cleary for lighting a fire under him. "CASEY McLEAN just keeps getting better and better with each game," wrote Peter Lang of the Western Weekender. Fellow journalist Ray Gatt wrote: "How good is Casey McLean? Future superstar." While a fan commented: "Dylan Edwards absolute freak tonight and Casey McLean keeps getting better, on to the next." Good to see him come around from that start of season form. Good resilience. — Holland Oates (@HollandOates91) July 18, 2025 McLean an absolute gun — young, confident, and best of all, no ego. Great example of this was against Critta and again tonight!!!! — John Candotti (@Cando1972) July 18, 2025 Garner has a very strong game. Can't believe we aren't trying to keep him. McLean is looking stronger and better every game. Imagine what another good off season could do for the kid. — David Crellin 🏆🏆🏆🏆 (@dave_crellin) July 18, 2025 Quick, skillful and can tackle as well. — Ray Gatt (@Gatty54) July 18, 2025 Incredible run from panthers Casey McLean, in closing stage of the game gets Panthers another try No doubt about it Panthers the winners with 2 mins left 30/6 over Rabs.🏉AFL 3rd quarter lions game 71/52 over dogs, Yep as we type Rabs score now 30/10 Panthers WIN FT.🏉🏉 — DEANJA🇦🇺 (@deanja110) July 18, 2025
News.com.au
18-07-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
AFL 2025: Carlton coach Michael Voss on the form of Tom De Koning and his pending future
Carlton coach Michael Voss denies the change in role and subsequent dip in form for Tom De Koning is connected to the brilliant Blue's end-of-season decision. De Koning has shifted forward in recent weeks and had lesser impact on the game as his career-defining decision to stay a Blue or join St Kilda on lucrative money looms. The ball-winning big man has not had 20 disposals or more in five weeks – a feat he achieved six times in the first half of the year. Voss said De Koning's combination with Marc Pittonet was clear and De Koning remained determined to do what was best for the Blues. 'I think you're reading a little too much into it, even the discussion around the combination, it's black and white for us,' Voss said. 'We need a role to play and he's really determined to get that done, so the discussion around it is for other people to talk about.' De Koning's future has been a topic of each of Voss's weekly press conferences this season. 'I think with anything we'd make a fuss about it, wouldn't we? I've learned enough around who's leaving, who's going and the points of topic,' he joked. 'I think as an industry it is probably more something we need to ask the question of how you (the media) would handle it more so than how we would handle it. 'The most important thing is that what the player wants is just to continue to get on with it. The topic of conversation is more for everyone else, but it's not for us. 'The way we look at things is that any player finds themselves in that situation is about the role they play in the team, the energy they bring for the team, how they make us better. 'That's the only conversation we ever have within the four walls, so that's not changed from the start of the year. 'In time, we'll obviously get what that decision is. We're quite happy with where it is at this point in time, so when we're ready we'll obviously deal with it.' The Blues will need both De Koning and Pittonet firing this Saturday night as they take on Melbourne captain Max Gawn. Carlton received a boost on Friday morning with Cody Walker, the son of former high-flyer Andrew, committing to the club as a father-son selection. 'It's exciting news, fortunately now we get to spend a bit of time with our academy players,' Voss said. 'To have Ben and Lucas Camporeale come through, another Walker through the doors, is very exciting for the football club. 'When that time comes and he's ready to come in, it will be a great story for the football club.'
