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> > 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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