"In trade school, we were doing introductions, saying a little bit about ourselves. One kid says “yeah, I’m really into classic cars, I have a 1997 something or another. Me, the other couple older folks, and the instructors all made audible groans of horror."
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Jean 1 year ago
#2 Before cell phones we did not wait around for phone calls, we went out and lived our lives; and if someone called while we were out, our answering machine would record their message (if they left one) and we would play it back when we got home.
Our lives did not revolve around our phones as it seems to do today; our lives belonged to us, not someone else demanding our immediate attention.
Our lives did not revolve around our phones as it seems to do today; our lives belonged to us, not someone else demanding our immediate attention.
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Tracy 1 year ago
Jean,
I'm so old that my answering machine were my parents.
I'm so old that my answering machine were my parents.
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Matty 1 year ago
Tracy,
I was in 2nd grade when my parents got their first answering machine, but I didn't know about it and in fact had never even heard of such a thing. I called home from school because I was sick and I thought my dad was answering the phone, but wouldn't talk to me for some reason. It was a bit traumatizing.
I was in 2nd grade when my parents got their first answering machine, but I didn't know about it and in fact had never even heard of such a thing. I called home from school because I was sick and I thought my dad was answering the phone, but wouldn't talk to me for some reason. It was a bit traumatizing.
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Stephan 1 year ago
#2 And if the power went out, there was a phone number you would call to get the correct time so you could reset your clocks.
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Violetta 1 year ago
#6 Walkie-talkies? What? Clarification is needed...
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Nate 1 year ago
#8 It was my day off and I was asleep. My roommate had come home from work, opened my door and told me to get up turn on my TV. It was like in the movies- I said "what channel?" and he said "just turn it on..."
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Bartholomew 1 year ago
#20 I googled it, and sincerely wish that I had not. God f@#king damn, dude. I'm so glad I'm not a part of this generation to have to grow up with that awful sh#t.
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Fritz 1 year ago
#1 ... Sooo much older than I. ... to the same age as I, ...they are younger than I ...
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Rebecca 1 year ago
I remember my uncle telling me about a microwave - telling me it heats food in the container without getting the container hot. I seriously thought he was lying but he had one and I was so amazed.
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Virdie 1 year ago
#1 Just wait... I worked in a preschool at 21 and now the kids have their own kids in preschool... THATS a trip... it's like I helped with your diaper, now we can talk about your kids diapers.
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Virdie 1 year ago
#3 "into classic cars" doesn't even know classic had to be AT LEAST 50 years old before they can claim that title for licensing.
Our lives did not revolve around our phones as it seems to do today; our lives belonged to us, not someone else demanding our immediate attention.
I'm so old that my answering machine were my parents.
I was in 2nd grade when my parents got their first answering machine, but I didn't know about it and in fact had never even heard of such a thing. I called home from school because I was sick and I thought my dad was answering the phone, but wouldn't talk to me for some reason. It was a bit traumatizing.