Plant City Observer

Around Town 05.15.25


We asked Plant City: What is an example of something we used to use that we don’t use anymore because it’s been replaced with something new?


Common sense

Bud Olliff

The constitution

Robert Porter III

Yellow pages

Diane Terry

Rotary dial telephone

Janet Surrency

Phone book

Amy Henry

Pay phone

Andy Degagne

Map

Cathy Gustin

The home phone book u used to keep near the phone with friends and families numbers in it

Berg’s Towing & Auto Service

Kindness

Pam Mcgregor

Maps with GPS

Candice Phillips LeClerc

High beam foot switch and the clutch pedal.

Tv channel knob and the Rabbit ear antenna.

Bob Norton

Physical media (vhs/tape/cd/dvd) >> streaming/online

Brian Smith

Outhouse

Gerry Ward

Blockbuster

Ernesto N Celeste

Récord players , casette players, CD players, mp3 players

Traci Toskas Shapiro

Manners.

Wendi DelValle

Encyclopaedia

Cynthia Davis Van Camp

Cassette player & 8 track tapes

Tammy Monroe Caldorni

Sending handwritten mail (snail mail)

Phone calls to chat (arguably most text now)

Kelsey Spell

Card catalog

Winter Dodd

Polaroid Camera and Rotary Phone

Linda Hill

Passed down Knowledge —- Google

Jason Crosby

Pagers –> cell phones

Sheri Catrett

Pay phones

Sam Williams

Fax machine (we have email now)

Celia Rose Puskas

Truth has been replaced by lies and disinformation

Suzanne Dodd

Redbox

Michelle Caceres

Phone book

Kimberly Evans Skinner Connell

Dishpan

Kay Merrick Sell

Billfold

Cale Carl Deon

Respect

Scott N Monica Fleming

Alarm clock radio, phone book, actual board games, address book,

Richie Long

Typewriters

Evelyn Madonia

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