Great Post, thanks Thanks all for the great Tips keep them coming, smiles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Delma" <[email protected]> To: "RecipesAndMore" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:00 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] 24 things about to become extinct in America
> > > 24 things about to become extinct in America > > 24. Yellow Pages This year will be pivotal for the global Yellow > Pages industry. Much like newspapers, print Yellow Pages will continue > to bleed dollars to their various digital counterparts, from Internet > Yellow Pages (IYPs), to local search engines and combination > search/listing services like Reach Local and Yodle Factors like an > acceleration of the print 'fade rate' and the looming recession will > contribute to the onslaught. One research firm predicts the fall off > in usage of newspapers and print. Yellow Pages could even reach 10% > this year -- much higher than the 2%-3% fade rate seen in past years. > > 23. Classified Ads The Internet has made so many things obsolete that > newspaper classified ads might sound like just another trivial item on > a long list. But this is one of those harbingers of the future that > could signal the end of civilization as we know it. The argument is > that if newspaper classifieds are replaced by free online listings at > sites like Craigslist.org and Google Base, then=2 0newspapers are not > far behind them. > > 22. Movie Rental Stores While Netflix is looking up at the moment, > Blockbuster keeps closing store locations by the hundreds. It still > has about 6,000 left across the world, but those keep dwindling and > the stock is down considerably in 2008, especially since the company > gave up a quest of Circuit City . Movie Gallery, which owned the > Hollywood Video brand, closed up shop earlier this year. Countless > small video chains and mom-and-pop stores have given up the ghost > already. > > 21. Dial-up Internet Access Dial-up connections have fallen from 40% > in 2001 to 10% in 2008. The combination of an infrastructure toaccommo > date > affordable high speed Internet connections and the > disappearing home phone have all but pounded the final nail in the > coffin of dial-up Internet access. > > 20. Phone Landlines According to a survey from the National Center for > Health Statistics, at the end of 2007, nearly one in six homes was > cell-only and, of those homes that had landlines, one in eight only > received calls on their cells. > > 19. Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs Maryland 's icon, the blue crab, has > been fading away in Chesapeake Bay. Last year Maryland saw the lowest > harvest (22 million pounds) since 1945. Just four decades ago the bay > produced 96 million pounds. Th e population is down 70% since 1990, > when they first did a formal count. There are only about 120 million > crabs in the bay and they think they need 200 million for a > sustainable population. Overfishing, pollution, invasive species and > global warming get the blame. > > 18. VCRs For the better part of three decades, the VCR was a > best-seller and staple in every American household until being > completely decimated by the DVD, and now the Digital Video Recorder > (DVR). In fact, the only remnants of the VHS age at your local > Wal-Mart or Radio Shack are blank VHS tapes these days. Pre-recorded > VHS tapes are largely gone and VHS decks are practically nowhere to be > found. They served us so well. > > 17. Ash Trees In the late 1990s, a pretty, irridescent green species > of beetle, now known as the emerald ash borer, hitched a ride to North > America with ash wood products imported from eastern Asia . In less > than a decade, its larvae have killed millions of trees in the > midwest, and continue to spread. They've killed more than 30 million > ash trees in southeastern Michigan alone, with tens of millions more > lost in Ohio and Indiana . More than 7.5 billion ash trees are > currently at risk. > > 16. Ham Radio Amateur radio operators enjoy personal (and often > worldwide) wireless communications with each ot! her and are able to > support their communities with emergency and disaster communi cations > if necessary, while increasing their personal knowledge of electronics > and radio theory. However, proliferation of the Internet and its > popularity among youth has caused the decline of amateur radio. In the > past five years alone, the number of people holding active ham radio > licenses has dropped by 50,000, even though Morse Code is no longer a > requirement. > > 15. The Swimming Hole Thanks to our litigious society, swimming holes > are becoming a thing of the past. '20/20' reports that swimming hole > owners, like Robert Every in High Falls, N.Y., are shutting them down > out of worry that if someone gets hurt they'll sue. And that's exactly > what happened in Seattle . The city of Bellingham was sued by Katie > Hofstetter who was paralyzed in a fall at a popular swimming hole in > Whatcom Falls Park . As injuries occur and lawsuits follow, expect > more swimming holes to post 'Keep out!' signs. > > 14. Answering Machines The increasing disappearance of answering > machines is directly tied to No 20 our list -- the decline of > landlines. According to USA Today, the number of homes that only use > cell phones jumped 159% between 2004 and 2007. It has been > particularly bad in New York ; since 2000, landline usage has dropped > 55% It's logical that as cell phones rise, many of them replacing > traditional landlines, that there will be fewer answering machines. > > 13. Cameras That Use Film It doesn't require a statistician to prove > the rapid disappearance of the film camera in America . Just look to > companies like Nikon, the professional's choice for quality camera > equipment. In 2006, it announced that it would stop making film > cameras, pointing to the shrinking market -- only 3% of its sales in > 2005, compared to 75% of sales from digital cameras and equipment. > > 12. Incandescent Bulbs Before a few years ago, the standard 60-watt > (or, yikes, 100-watt) ! bulb was the mainstay of every U.S. home. With > the green movement and all-things-sustainable-energy crowd, the > Compact Fluorescent Lightbulb (CFL) is largely replacing the older, > Edison-era incandescent bulb. The EPA reports that 2007 sales for > Energy Star CFLs nearly doubled from 2006, and these sales accounted > for approximately 20 percent of the U.S. light bulb market. And > according to USA Today, a new energy bill plans to phase out > incandescent bulbs in the next four to 12 years. > > 11. Stand-Alone Bowling Alleys BowlingBalls.US claims there are still > 60 million Americans who bowl at least once a year, but many are not > bowling in stand-alone bowling alleys. Today most new bowling alleys > are part of facilities for all types or recreation includ ing laser > tag, go-karts, bumper cars, video game arcades, climbing walls and > glow miniature golf. Bowling lanes also have been added to many > non-traditional venues such as adult communities, hotels and resorts, > and gambling casinos. > > 10. The Milkman According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in > 1950, over half of the milk delivered was to the home in quart > bottles, by 1963, it was about a third and by 2001, it represented > only 0.4% percent. Nowadays most milk is sold through supermarkets in > gallon jugs. The steady decline in home-delivered milk is blamed, of > course, on the rise of the supermarket, better home refrigeration and > longer-lasting milk. Although some milkmen still make the rounds in > pockets of the U.S , they are certainly a dying breed. > > 9 Hand-Written Letters In 2006, the Radicati Group estimated that, > worldwide, 183 billion e-mails were sent each day. Two million each > second. By November of 2007, an estimated 3.3 billion Earthlings owned > cell phones, and 80% of the world's population had access to cell > phone coverage. In 2004, half-a-trillion text messages were sent, and > the number has no doubt increased exponentially since then. So where > amongst this gorg! e of gab ble is there room for the elegant, polite > hand-written letter? > > 8. Wild Horses It is estimated that 100 years ago, as many as two > million horses were roaming free within the United States . In 2001, > National Geographic News estimated that the wild horse population had > decreased to about 50,000 head. Currently, the National Wild Horse and > Burro Advisory board states that there are 32,000 free roaming horses > in ten Western states, with half of them residing in Nevada . The > Bureau of Land Management is seeking to reduce the total number of > free range horses to 27,000, possibly by selective euthanasia. > > 7. Personal Checks According to an American Bankers Assoc. report, a > net 23% of consumers plan to decrease their use of checks over the > next two years, while a net 14% plan to increase their use of PIN > debit. Bill payment remains the last stronghold of paper-based > payments -- for the time being. Checks continue to be the most commonly > used bill payment method, with 71% of consumers paying at least one > recurring bill per month by writing a check. However, on a > bill-by-bill basis, checks account for only 49% of consumers' > recurring bill payments (down from 72% in 2001 and 60% in 2003). > > 6. Drive-in Theaters During the peak in 1958, there were more than > 4,000 drive-in theaters in this country, but in 2007 only 405 > drive-ins were still operating. Exactly zero new drive-ins have been > built since 2005. Only one reopened in 2005 and five reopened in 2006, > so there isn't much of a movement toward reviving the closed ones. > > 5. Mumps & Measles Despite what's been in the news lately, the > measles and mumps actually, truly are disappearing from the United > States . In 1964, 212,000 cases of mumps were reported in the U.S. By > 1983, this figure had dropped to 3,000, thanks to a vigorous > vaccination program. Prior to the introduction of the measles vaccine, > approximately half a million cases of measles were! reporte d in the > U.S. annually, resulting in 450 deaths. In 2005, only 66 cases were > recorded. > > 4. Honey Bees Perhaps nothing on our list of disappearing America is > so dire; plummeting so enormously; and so necessary to the survival of > our food supply as the honey bee. Very scary. 'Colony Collapse > Disorder,' or CCD, has spread throughout the U.S and Europe over the > past few years, wiping out 50% to 90% of the c olonies of many > beekeepers -- and along with it, their livelihood > > 3. News Magazines and TV News While the TV evening newscasts haven't > gone anywhere over the last several decades, their audiences have. In > 1984, in a story about the diminishing returns of the evening news, > the New York Times reported that all three network evening-news > programs combined had only 40.9 million viewers. Fast forward to 2008, > and what they have today is half that. > > 2. Analog TV According to the Consumer Electronics Association, 85% of > homes in the U.S. get their television programming20through cable or > satellite providers. For the remaining 15% -- or 13 million individuals > -- who are using rabbit ears or a large outdoor antenna to get their > local stations, change is in the air. If you are one of these people > you'l l need to get a new TV or a converter box in order to get the > new stations which will only be broadcast in digital. > > 1. The Family Farm Since the 1930s, the number of family farms has > been declining rapidly. According to the USDA, 5.3 million farms > dotted the nation in 1950, but this number had declined to 2.1 million > by the 2003 farm census (data from the 2007 census hasn't yet been > published). 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