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b'As an "old dude," GamerDude has seen a lot of things come and go in his life. This week, he talks about more of the things that were fixtures in his life that have either disappeared, or seem destined to do so.\\xa0 He talks about how important the Sunday newspaper was when he was growing up, and how much of a ritual it was to enjoy the Sunday paper each week.\\xa0 He talks about fax machines, and the old thermal fax paper that made instant document transmission a reality long before email attachments existed. He remembers mimeograph machines from school, and chalkboards with actual chalk. He also talks about how parking meters are disappearing in favor of credit-card driven kiosks. And, he predicts that wrist watches and alarm clocks may soon be going the way of the dodo bird.'