Name a piece of modern equipment you shockingly do not own.

[BurtWorm]

Me: microwave oven. I've never owned one. Don't know if I ever will. Not that I have anything against them in principle. We just don't have any place to put one. (City apartment dwellers.)

[Initech]

1. An apartment

[Rhiannon12866]

2. A cell phone.

:shrug:

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Seconded.

Without the cash with which to order pizza, I don't find the need for one.

[raccoon]

15. Thirded. I'll get one one of these days, and ditch my land line. nt

[GoCubsGo]

50. Hang onto that land line as long as you can.

And, keep an old-fashioned corded phone on hand. If you wind up losing power for any length of time, that could become your only form of communication. We had an ice storm here a few years ago. I had no electricity for almost 3 days. Others lost it for over a week. The cordless phones didn't work. People's cell phones died because they couldn't recharge them. My old Trimline corded phone worked the whole time. No way will I ever give up my land line.

[virgogal]

57. I've had a cell phone for 15 years but wouldn't think of giving

up my corded phone for all the reasons you mentioned.

I also won't use my cell or cordless phones for fianancial transactions that require a pin #.

[Patiod]

85. I'm not giving it up until the quality of cell transmission improves

when the stop trying to cram so many users into so little space.

I interview people for a living, and need to be able to HEAR them. Cell phones suck for interviews.

[Hannah Bell]

75. fourthed. i never want to get one, either.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. My housemate finally owns one, but has no idea how to use it...

So I figure that there's no hope for me. And I doubt that I could afford one, either. :shrug:

[GoCubsGo]

49. Ditto.

Don't have one. Don't want one. Someone once said to me that she didn't know how we all got along without them. All I could do was roll my eyes and shake my head at that one. I still get along just fine without a cell phone. I really do not understand the need to have a fucking telephone glued to one's ear 24/7. I don't have one because I want people to leave me the hell alone.

[Rhiannon12866]

73. Very well stated.

I'd actually like to have one if I really needed to make a call, but why practically everyone you see is talking to somebody else everywhere from in the grocery store to walking down the street is beyond me. The voices in my head drive me crazy enough... ;)

[skypilot]

3. I'll see your microwave and raise you...

... a cell phone. Or mobile phone. Or whatever they call those things.

[BurtWorm]

6. I'm shocked!

Maybe I should trade in my cell phone for a microwave...

[Sanity Claws]

5. microwave

I had one years ago but didn't use it much. I don't like the way it makes food taste. Microwaved potatoes - bleech!

[GoCubsGo]

51. They are good for re-heating most leftovers

Us single folks eat a lot of leftovers. Days and days of leftovers sometimes. I'll cook a pot of soup and eat it all week--except for a portion or two I'll freeze for later. I'd rather warm it in a bowl in the microwave than dirty up a pot to reheat it on the stove. I won't argue about the potatoes. They ARE better in the oven.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. DVR/Tivo

Still using the old VCR to record things. Maybe I'll get it if Comcast throws in a good price for it, but in the meantime I'm managing okay.

Also, I don't have a large flatscreen TV. We just bought a 19 inch flat screen for one of the bedrooms, but in our living room we have a 15 year old 32 incher. Once it dies we'll get a large flat screen, but I'm not in a hurry to replace it.

[Kali]

8. tee vee, cable, broad band, satellite, wireless internet,

whatever little earphone-ignore-people music gadget is currently the fad, glowing blue earphones, a lap top! smart phone (although I AM pretty amazed how "smart" my little old cell phone is), car or vehicle younger than 10 years, dryer, espresso machine, central heat or air conditioning, a freaking working oven...

[BurtWorm]

10. I said ONE thing!

;-)

[fizzgig]

9. ipod or any manner of mp3 player

i live a pretty low tech life as it is. i have my laptop and wifi, but my cell phone was a cruddy free one (doesn't even have a phone) and, as far as video game systems, i'm still using my game boy advance and gamecube. hell, my television is probably 15 years old.

[Chellee]

40. wow, that is a cruddy phone.

Are you sure you're not trying to call people on the calculator?

[Iggo]

11. Automobile. (n/t)

[Rosie1223]

12. a GPS

apparently I'm missing out on giving it a cute nickname and telling it to "shut the fuck up, I know what I'm doing!"

:hi:

[csziggy]

76. Same here - no GPS

I love maps and finding different ways of going between the same two places. GPS would not help with that.

I was talking to a man the other day whose GPS led him a hundred miles out of his way. There was a detour (one of those sinkholes down in Central Florida wiped out a major highway) he lost the detour route somewhere along the way. The GPS faithfully led him right back to the other end of his original route, even though he had tried to enter his new location and the original final destination. A six hour trip got four hours added onto - mostly because with the GPS onboard, he had left all his maps at home.

[Rosie1223]

13. oops dupe

[unpossibles]

14. much of it

My roommate has a microwave but I barely ever use it other than as a big clock. I have a cell phone but it's a very basic "dumb" model and that's fine with me. My roommate also has a TV but it's only hooked up to a cheap DVD player, so we never really watch it.

[Jokerman]

17. HD or any kind of big screen TV.

Just don't spend enough time with the idiot box to want to super-size it.

[CBHagman]

18. An iPod.

A car -- though, weirdly enough, someone gave me a GPS device...

A laptop.

A couch.

A food processor,

An electric mixer.

A blender.

[TheMightyFavog]

19. A laptop.

Although not yet. give me a couple more paychecks and I will have one.

[mitchum]

20. Moral compass

[Bucky]

83. Here, I'll help you.

Face the sunlight. Center on Martin Luther King. From there, Amy Goodman is a little to the west, Jim Webb is a little to the east, Russ Feingold is true north, and John Edwards is pure south.

Now you'll never be lost.

[EFerrari]

21. A hairdryer, an electric can opener or a dishwasher.

I don't have anything against them either. I just hate machines that make ugly noise.

[lukasahero]

28. You should check out the new dishwashers

My husband keeps opening ours in mid-cycle it's so quiet. :hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. If I think of one, I will let you know.

[MilesColtrane]

23. A computer.

I'm projecting this post directly into your mind.

[mix]

24. no TV nt

[dysfunctional press]

25. any type of video gaming system, or an ipod.

or anything LIKE an ipod.

[bamacrat]

26. HD or DVR nt

[MrScorpio]

27. A cell phone with a camera on it

[NoPasaran]

29. Flying car

[caitxrawks]

30. a cellphone, a car, a big screen tv...

We get by just fine without texting everyone. My husband has a car but I don't. We have a tube TV that's probably 10 years old. It's about 25 inches. No big deal =)

[MrCoffee]

31. Talking Sex Robot

[HopeHoops]

32. flat screen TV

[Courtesy Flush]

33. Bluetooth ear dongle n/t

[REP]

34. Are crockpots/slow cookers modern? Rice cookers? Only person I know who has neither

[Pool Hall Ace]

42. Funny you should mention rice cookers. I was just wondering

if they were worth it. I've been cooking rice in a pot all these years and it's turned out fine for me.

[Rabrrrrrr]

56. OMG yes, they're worth it! Especially a fuzzy logic one.

Perfect rice every time, without having to watch over it or adjust temperature or anything.

Granted, it's not like cooking rice is rocket science, but I would give away other appliances before giving up my rice cooker. They freaking rock!!

Mine also has a timer on it so I can set up the rice and night and have it start up automatically and have my rice ready for breakfast when I get up. Wonderful!

[REP]

74. Bring to boil, cover, lower heat, smoke 2 cigarettes and done! with pot technology

Good friends keep telling me I need a rice cooker, but I just can't wrap my head around it.

[Rabrrrrrr]

35. A wireless, a horseless carriage, and dungerees

[kimmerspixelated]

36. an electric mixer.

Oh, but wouldn't my cakes, etc. come out so much smoother?? Not too mention frothy.

[foxfeet]

37. Breast implants.

[GoCubsGo]

52. Me, either

Mine are already too big as it is. ;-)

[edbermac]

38. A $7,000 talking sex robot.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=9235777&mesg_id=9235777

[PJPhreak]

39. Well...

No Cell phone,
No GPS,
NO TV,
No Blu-Ray (I do have a DVD Player)
No Bluetooth,
No Dishwasher,
No XM,
26 year old car...no airbags,fuel injection,ABS,side impact protection,touch screens,paddle shifting,Hell the thing barely has brakes!

I guess the most Hi-tech things I own are this 5 year old laptop and my Mt Bike...The bike is all decked out tho...XT,Mavic,Chris King,Manitou,WTB,Nasbar,Old Man Mountian,REI,B.o.B.,DT Swiss,Armadillos,Lizard Skins,Deore.
Long after the debate of "Foreign or Domestic" cars and "Peak oil" this will still be runnin around...

[GoCubsGo]

54. Well....

I only have a TV (old cathode ray tube variety) and a dishwasher. My car is 14 years old. My mountain bike is four years older than my car. No shock fork, and no handle bar extensions. Had been meaning to get those until my job situation went to hell... Hell, your helmet is more hi-tech than mine. :-)

[SoxFan]

41. Tivo/DVR

[azmouse]

43. Game systems and portable music devices.

[WinkyDink]

44. I-Pod.

[KG]

45. no TV

[petronius]

46. I don't have a Tivo, an iPod, or a Wii - I only own things whose names are

real words... :)

[virgogal]

55. Ditto---and great answer by the way.

[Baclava]

47. Waffle iron

But I do own a rice cooker so I should get points for that.

[IcyPeas]

48. a wireless landline phone. I'm still tied to the wall.

[Mike_03]

53. Sadly, anything Apple. I do not own Apple IPad or even a cell phone.'

[femmocrat]

58. iPod

I really have no use for one.

[Jade Fox]

59. Microwave too.......

but I'm looking for one on Craigslist, so I'm abandoning my fellow Luddites.

I also just got a cell phone a few months ago.

[AsahinaKimi]

60. A Television set

I gave my self a choice. A TV or a computer. I chose the world wide Internets! ^^ By the way, why do they call it a "TV Set" when there is only one of them?

[pink-o]

61. I have it all! I am a techie whore of the first degree.

I drool over gadgets--and I'm a chick. The Las Vegas Consumer Electronics show would be like a big porn convention to me. In fact, put me inbetween a DSW shoe store or a Best Buy in the Mall, and I'm sprinting into the latter.

Ipod, with 2500 songs. Ipod shuffle, which I won't run on the trail without, Iphone, which replaced my earlier Palm Pilot. Samsung flat screen TV, bigger that the box apartment I live in. Keep the jewelry and the expensive clothes (nothing fits me properly anyway!) I'll buy tech toys, every time.

So take that, Luddites.:hi:

[mwooldri]

62. A Record Player, Cassette Player or 8-Track Tape Machine.

I also do not own a Walkman, a Laserdisc player, anything made by Apple Computer, my TV is not equipped with Teletext.

However I do have this thing called satellite TV. Apparently it's going to take off, especially with these TV channels like MTV which plays music, TNN, which plays country music videos straight from Nashville and C-SPAN which will just bore us to death.

[emilyg]

63. I don't have one.

[Silver Swan]

64. An answering machine and/or voice mail

If someone wants to get in touch with me, they'll have to call back when I'm home.

Otherwise, it wasn't very important, was it?

[onestepforward]

65. iPod and a current game system.

[greendog]

66. Television, Cell Phone, Microwave, Air Conditioner

[Orrex]

67. An atlatl

Been meaning to get one for ages.

[MiddleFingerMom]

68. A CrotchSnuggie (tm)

.
Man... a friend of mine has one... and he LIVES in that thing.
.

.

[datasuspect]

69. anal beads

[MiddleFingerMom]

71. I don't know WHAT I'd do without mine...

.

.

[Odin2005]

70. Car, digital camera.

[ThomCat]

72. a Car or Television.

I have never owned a car, or felt the need to.

I only owned televisions for a relatively short part of my adult life, years ago, and that was because they were given to me. When I moved last year I didn't bother to bring them with me. They were just taking up space, and I wasn't sure if they worked or not because they had not been turned on in so long.

:shrug:

[Mugu]

77. Don't own a rifle newer than an AR-15.

But, still prefer an M1 Garand for those occasional unpleasantries.

[juajen]

78. Right now I don't own a cell phone. That's just temporary, though. NT

[ddeclue]

79. dishwasher

[Patiod]

86. We didn't have a dishwasher , cable or drip coffee maker

but now we're taking care of my Dad in his house, and he has all 3 (we ditched the French Press because the price of grind-your-own coffee got too high)

I could go without the dishwasher and cable again. I had forgotten that drip coffee can be surprisingly good, and much easier than always ensuring the correct grind of bean for the French Press.

Reading this made me realize how much I love some of my gadgets - GPS, iPod, iHome, laptop and Blackberry. I used to think of myself as a Luddite, but forget it now.

[Mad_Dem_X]

80. GPS, iPod

We just recently got TiVo, but have yet to set it up.

[Richardo]

81. All of them

My cel phone is merely a phone and a 2 kilopixel camera - I would not categorize it as 'modern' equipment.

[Bucky]

82. a glock

I don't know how I get to work on time without one, but I'm living perfectly well without a glock and I gan't even imagine why I'd want to buy one now, even if I gould find one at a decent price.

[Amaya]

84. iPod thingy

i don't like anything in my ears

[Mudoria]

87. Cell phone

No plans to ever buy one either.

[av8rdave]

88. A Wii or any game system

Other than that, I suddenly realize I have a lot of the gadgets out there, and up until now never thought/realized I was tech saavy.

I've got the iPhone, a MacBook, a DVR, a Blu-Ray and a wireless network.

I've got the coolest aviation headset arriving from Denmark soon. Custom molded to each ear, and no microphone! The microphone is internal to the wiring, and works by picking up vibrations from the jawbone. I love the idea of not having anything on my head any more (other than maybe a price)!

http://www.tboneaviation.com/ for anyone into aviation stuff.

[bikebloke]

89. Mobile phone.

And I don't intend to get one. A couple tin cans and string work perfectly well.

[myrna minx]

90. Jet pack, automobile. n/t

[jmowreader]

91. I don't own a GPS

I also don't own a gaming system, or a flat-screen television.

[applegrove]

92. A toaster oven.

[graywarrior]

93. Microwave and iPod

[TrogL]

94. Hedge trimmer, electric can opener

I don't have a hedge.

Electric can openers get sad if you put them in the dishwasher.

[MiddleFingerMom]

95. u-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m...

.

.

[Skittles]

96. dishwasher

OK there's one in my apartment but I've never, ever used a dishwasher

[MiddleFingerMom]

97. No dishwasher!?!?!?!?!?

.
<------- THERE'S my dishwasher.
.
.
.
You must either use paper plates or you're clueless about where
all the explosive diarrhea is coming from.
.

[Skittles]

98. ?

I wash my own dishes and I don't have kids although when I grew up I often hand-washed dishes for a family of six, including the baby of the family (12 years younger than me)

[sakabatou]

99. A car, TiVo