There is a store I like to go to that uses old-style cash registers. They don’t have any barcode scanners in the store; they just enter everything manually. It’s not because they’re a small store: they’re always busy from the moments the doors open and have multiple locations, so why don’t they upgrade? In this…
Tag: anachronistic
Muse on Monday – July 7, 2025
Recently, I visited an island with no cars or motorized vehicles at all. Everything was done with horse-drawn wagons and carriages. It was like stepping back into the 19th century (except, luckily, for the air conditioning). Still, it was charmingly anachronistic. An anachronism is anything that doesn’t fit in the current time period, either because…
The Green-Walled Treehouse 