Obsolete technology

My nomination for useless / useful things is this type case, full of type.  It dates from the olden days of printing technology, when printers had to go into their drawers to find individual letters to compose whatever text they wanted to reproduce.  Today, of course, "type" is no longer physical but digital, so who needs it, or the drawers it used to be kept in.

But in my house a type case is useful.  Hey, it holds my type!!

For many years I have been collecting as much old wood and metal type as I can find.  I'm just sorry I started a bit too late, after the time when whole printshops of type were consigned to landfills or melted down.  Much of my type was inherited from my father, who used to own a weekly newspaper (where type was set by hand or by Linotype -- also obsolete).  I still use my type to print, but not in the old-fashioned way (on a press).  Instead, when I use it I paint each letter with a brush, then flip it over and print onto the fabric or paper.

Useless/Useful

An unlit chandelier made of useful but unusable kitchen implements.. Taken at Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, from the upstairs cafe, which has extremely useful coffee...
Hmm

Opposites: Useless/Useful

The new Opposite prompt for December is Useless/Useful. This prompt will continue until the 15th of December.

While you are going about your holiday preparation time, you probably will find some things that are Really Useful and some that are Just Useless. So, take a photo and put it up here.
Maybe you will show us something we could put on our own wish list so we could also have something as useful as you have!

Here are some photos from my files.

Useless - found on the path.(I joined the two up...the top photo was taken after following the trail of the tape along the path!)

Useful - borrowed from the library.
These are useful in my work...how?
I have discovered that if I play an audio book while I am working, I am more likely to stick to the job and not wander off and do random things like dust or another load of clothes or whatever!

When you post, please use the label Useless/Useful

You could also be thinking ahead to the 15th for showing us what things you find to say December for you.