Old Fasioned... (Or Modern?)

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I prefer simplicity. I don't like complicated things anymore. Old ways are best. Is not to say I don't mix with new, but new is purchased for its purpose, not because it is modern or fashionable.

I mean....

I like to primitive camp, make things out of wood and hand stitch things.
On the other hand, I also enjoy learning new programming languages and doing statistics with big data using my home-build PC.

You tell me which one I am. I think I mostly just like making stuff.

I guess you're a little bit of both LOL

Well. I like using this tablet to keep in touch with you lot so I am modern in that way, but to me, I want a camera to be a camera. A phone to be a phone. A computer to be a computer etc. I don't want a phone to do it all. I want a mobile phone to use as a phone and to text and that's it.
I am very much a traditionalist with my model railways. I used to keep up with the modern trends in the hobby, but I reached a point where I saw the folly of it all and turned the otjer way. Many are 3D printing and calling it scratchbuilding. To me it is very clever, but it is not scratchbuilding. It is in a way kitbuilding as one assembles the parts one has made. Yet I do call casting ons own parts from resin the manual way scratchbuilding. I do not want to go down the 3D printer route, as to me it feels like I am cheating, as part of the skill is finding suitable materials and forming them by hand or machine (E.g. a lathe or sander etc... A non computerized tool) and making something... Though I really appreciate the programming skills, for me the concept of 3D printing is cheating myself out of the scratchbuilding experience if that makes sense? I have no objections to others giving 3D printing a go, and I marvel at what it can do!

I think that we evolved to use our hands with more skill than pushing keys and assembling parts, and that crafts are calming. Jan and Meade Gougeon had a big, busy epoxy business, but they still built prototype wood-epoxy boats by hand, and called it their "sanity time."
I'm also old fashioned on this because I have spent months trying to learn CAD, and all three times I found that I was learning the wrong program for my work. I do appreciate that printers can make things that would be too difficult by other methods. Open-work casts for broken bones come to mind, but there are complex internal structures now available as well. However, the range of materials is still very limiting, especially on a budget. I have made my living with a small box of hand tools. They are incredibly versatile.

I favor a balance between the best of the 'old' and the best of the 'new.'

I sometimes find myself noting that "what's old is new again" situations. I also note that wisdom is reassessing old things in new ways. On the opposite, too much stupidity involves looks at new things in the (UGGH) same old same old ways.

I still prefer land-line phones, and only use a cell phone in a emergency. I have interest in artificial intelligence TECH - provided it's applied carefully. I look forward to the advances in hybrid or all electric vehicles, as well as advances in medical/health areas.

Environmental issues and practices that address global climate change, pollution, waste, and energy are also of interest; as such initiatives combine reassessing, and updating old TECH - as well as applying the latest
environmental TECH. and practices.

Oh, yes, I find my self comparing today's products with past (1960s to 1980s years) products by feeling that "they don't make things like they used to." I'm quick to note that some 1960s and 1970s products are considered valuable collectibles that are becoming harder and harder to find!

It is interesting that some of the rarest cars were once the most popular. When was the last time you saw a Renault 15? At one time these were in high demand along with the similar Renault 17. (The 15 was more practical). My grandad once worked for Renault as a developments engineer (Designer), and because he worked for them, they made up a special car for him. A Renault 15TS which had the more powerful Renault 17 engine... He then tweeked it up from there. Prior to that he had a Renault 16 which after he had worked on it, his then boss challenged him to a race in his new gullwing Mercades SL (New in those days). They chose a long straight local road which went for about three or four miles with only two corners. The Renault left it standing.

One possible clue to the above: The last time I heard about a Renault in Canada, a couple of guys took one for a test ride from a used car lot. It was a sporty, open top model. They decided to stop at a store, and opened both doors at the same time. The floor sagged. They wedged it back up to close the doors, and drove carefully back to the lot.

They did have thin bodywork. Mind you, the last few Renaults I or my Dad had were pretty good against the rust. Certain makes of car we can't touch here as we get sea mists. For example, we cant touch Fords or the smaller Vaxhalls. We could not go near anything Rover used to make! I did get on well with Volvo. I have had 14 of them, though only 12 of them I had on the road.

Yes, diversity, awareness. Even on account of the world becoming an ever crazier place.

Some of modern TECH. - The Internet is the "main go to" - that is for finding important information, and for communications. I still apply the older-style desktop; that is I have not succumbed to the SmartPhone craze.