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1. Family farm. Data has not been complied since 2003. That publication noted 2.1 million functioning farms. Over 90% of those are small family farms.
2. Analog TV. Cable or satellite TV is the choice 85% of the people have selected. Digital TV is going to force outdoor or rabbit ears users to conform by buying a new TV or a converter box.
3. News magazines and TV news. 20 million as compared to 40.9 million in 1984 relied on these methods of reporting.
4. Honey bees. Colony collapse disorder or CCD has spread throughout U. S. A. and Europe eradicating 50% to 90% of the colonies of many beekeepers.
5. Mumps and Measles are truly disappearing; In 2006 66 cases were recorded. Prior to the introduction to the vaccines, back in 1964 212,000 alone were reported in the U. S.
6. Drive in theaters. There are still over 400 still operating, but zero new drive- ins have been built since 2005.
7. Personal checks. Pin debit and online checking business have replaced many hand written check writings. It is still remains the strongest bill paying method. At least 70% of consumers pay at least one recurring bill per month by writing a check.
8. Wild horses. Two million horses were free ranging within the U. S. A. 100 years ago. Now there are 32,000 roaming free in ten western states. Half of them are in Nevada.
9. Writing letters by hand. Emails have diminished hand written letters . Text messages and cell phone talk have had the larger impact on writing letters by hand.
10. The milkman. Scare is these around pockets of the U.S.A.
11. Stand alone bowling alleys. Most of the establishments have other activities included in with the bowling sport.
12. Incandescent bulbs. Green movement has encouraged the use of CFL or compact fluorescent light bulb. According to the new energy bill, all incandescent bulbs will be phased out in 4 to 12 years.
13. Cameras that use film. So much has gone digital and the film camera is being replaced rapidly.
14. Answering machines Fewer land lines in the home which were replaced with cell phones is the cause for this decline.
15. The swimming hole. Seattle Washington, the city of Bellingham was sued by Katie Hofstetter, who was paralyzed in a fall at a popular swimming hole in Whatcom Falls Park. More suits have closed down swimming holes for the fear of these occurrences.
16. Ham radio. Internet has caused the decline of amateur radio operators. Even though Morse code is not required any longer, ham operators licenses being held have dropped by 50,000 in the past 5 years.
17. Ash trees. Emerald ask borer hitched a ride from eastern Asia and in less than a decade its larvae have killed millions of trees. 30 million ash trees alone have been lost in southeastern Michigan.
18. VCRs. We have replaced this with the DVD and the DVR.
19. Chesapeake Bay blue crabs. Maryland’s harvest for these crabs had the lowest harvest since 1945. Over fishing, pollution, invasive species and global warming are to blame.
20 Phone land lines. Nearly one in six homes was cell only at the end of 2007. Of these homes, one in eight only received calls on their cells.
21. Dial up internet access. High speed internet has become so affordable to almost make this gone. The cell phone usage, replacing the land lines have definitely put this into play.
22. Movie rental stores. Netflix is still looking good even though Blockbuster continues to close locations.
23. Classified ads. Craigslist and google based free ads on line are replacing many newspaper ads.
24. Yellow pages. Predictions of a fall off in the usage of yellow pages to be 10% this year.
A very good write about so many things that have been a deep part of my life and lifestyle!
I am especially saddened by the news of the Blue Shell Crab!
When my children were young, we lived for almost seven years in Gloucester, Virginia where fishing and crabbing were the ‘true and only’ pasttimes of everyone living in that area! 
Bringing home a bushel of crabs that you caught with your own crab pots (only 5″ Jimmies or larger)…steaming them until they were a nice orangy-red…covering your table with newspaper…and placing on it a large container of Chesapeake Bay Seasoning as well as bowls of hot melted butter for everyone to use…laughing and gossiping with your family and invited friends while cracking open the cooked crabs and extracting their soft buttery meat…
Oh, wait. Sorry. I got carried away. We were talking about the ongoing demise of the Blue Shell crab, were’nt we?
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