Technology kills...


A new study compiled by online back up specialists, mozy, has identified 'the top 50 things we don't do anymore' due to the impact of technology.
The study of 3,000 adults found that people rarely use the telephone when booking holidays or tickets, seldom print photographs or write letters by hand,
The Telegraph reported that one in five people are never out of reach of an internet device and the average Brit now has more than four computing devices in their home, double that of ten years ago.
So check them out, here's the top 50 things we don't do anymore;
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 38. Try on lots of pairs of shoes on high street 39. Hand wash clothes 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                                      ITNEWSER

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