What did We Ever do Without the Internet?
Sitting here on Sunday night perusing John Deere parts books. Find the part numbers, type said number into Google. Locate parts on the Bay, or that South American river company, or any number of aftermarket companies. Pay with CC, and parts are on their way. Ain't it grand? 
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Just redid the deck on my jd riding lawnmower. A few clicks of the mouse and all my parts are here in a few days and I did not have to drive all over town finding what I needed 0 -
you would wait till Monday, call the parts department at the dealer, they look up the part#, you pay with cc and they are shipped. or you can go pick them up.
used parts not so much.0 -
forgemonkey wrote:Without it ,,,,,,,,,,,, I can't poke ya in the eye !!!!!!! :shock:0
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I was assembling an AR lower today and lost the disconnecter spring. Despite an intensive search (including the use of a magnet), it has not surfaced and I don't have a spare. With a single click I will not only have the spring, but few other items I decided I could not live without in my mailbox by Tuesday. Yes, the internet is amazing. 0 -
Thank God for Al Gore... 0 -
Yup it is super convenient. I do still miss reading the old big catalogs like Herters when they came out every year. George Leonard Herter sold the worlds finest everything - it said so in the catalog. Now all the product reviews I read must be true because I read them on the internet, Bonjour. I guess nothing but the format ever changes. Bob 0 -
I remember going to the parts store they had a book about 18" at least thick normally spread open with model and part numbers to every car / truck that was made , a good counterman knew so many off the top of his head from years of selling parts they could do it with out looking up items walk back to the shelf's and return with the part
looking thru local trade papers or news papers for deals going to the local wrecking yards a lot of times they would let me wonder around and pull what ever parts i needed or thought I might need .
word of mouth on a item for sale .
gun shows swap meets , flea markets all had there glory days back then also
even TV the old shows on wildlife or exotic places glimpses into places we would never get to go even national geographic magazine :shock:
it is so easy now to find , buy , sell. or see any place or thing you can imagine ( some I do not want to see or know details )0 -
We would do what we used to do, we would go into the parts store tell him what we need then buy it, or have them order it for us if they don't have it in stock
You can do everything in person what you can do over the internet. Believe me, I can insult you in person just as easy as I can over the internet. The only trick would be getting a chance to meet you in person0 -
Not missing driving all around looking for things needed. Then paying premium just being happy to find the damn thing.
The net certainly has changed things for the better. It should be interesting to see where it goes from here.0 -
Thomas Register. 0 -
Horse Plains Drifter wrote:What did We Ever do Without the Internet?
A lot of people on Internet forums today were on CB radio's back in the old days.0 -
Live normal lives with doors unlocked. 0 -
Had a bad wheel bearing on my John Deere compact tractor.First auto parts store I went to the clerk looked it up,yep we got it,went to the back about 10 minutes and said its here I just cant find it.Second store the clerk is a young guy and I tell him what I need.It was like talking to your Lab puppy.He tries his best to understand and on the computer keeps pulling up a 52 dollar wheel bearing.Third store,also a young clerk,tell him what I need(I had the part number of the old bearing) he cross references it gets the bearing that was less than 10 bucks and I am on my way in 5 minutes.No one around here had the oil seals and putting the hubs back together found one of the other bearings is on its last stand.2 minutes on line and new bearing and grease seals will be here Wednesday. 0 -
We had smaller phones! 0 -
I miss Newberry and Woolworth though. Great selections of cap guns. 0 -
It's great that the internet
(like the postal system and other gov't controlled operations)is not operated by the US gov't.0 -
Well for children in the 1950's we had board games inside to enjoy and played outside in the safe neighborhoods with people of the same color. Not anymore, now you must pay for a walled-in community neighborhood for safety and it's an equal opportunity area as long as you have the money that is! America is now a third world country with illegals & diversity and cultural awareness for all. No white privilege but But transgenders and same-sex couples are welcomed.
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Organizations like the NRA would still be able to fool people about what they REALLY do.
The information super highway has exposed a bunch, of what we "thought" were good organizations.0
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