Originally Posted by QuiltingGrannie
Originally Posted by Lisanne
those automated answering systems that so many businesses use
Segways
cell phones
GPS navigation systems
dishwashers (I know this one will make me unpopular)
cable TV (and then we'd all have decent reception for network TV again)
I can do without the dishwasher. Gone most of my life without one. Have one now, but still wash a lot of the dishes.
I don't have an electric can opener either. No GPS, but DH just got one.
I don't have, need or want an electric can opener, either, but when I was a teen, I railed at my mom one day about how it was such a stupid invention and why did we have one anyway. And she pointed out that some days her arthritis was so bad that she couldn't use the regular one. So I know it's very helpful for some people.
I suppose the same is true of the dishwasher, but they really don't need to be in every kitchen.