Being older than YouTube should count for something... some weeks ago I was remembering sending e-mail from this powerhouse.
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"I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."
Yeah, you're like ancient with the plastic electronic computer thingy.
I remember my Aunt having one of these with a party line.
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Granted, where she lived was extremely remote. My young brain could tell it was remote because there were more bears than people.
Respect my lack of authority.
2024 is off to a good start... first chuckles (at least for me) are rolling in off of this thread already!
“Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.” ― Hunter S. Thompson
What no call waiting??
No call identifier
And it looks a bit heavy to carry around??
Happy New Year
PS. Can you remember what the world looked like then?? Or at least if there was any actual Transgender Bears then that stole your porridge??
And i assume you can't call them "Black Bears" anymore
Last edited by shaina; 01-03-2024 at 09:13 PM.
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money
Call waiting was you waited for a call.
Respect my lack of authority.
I remember slim-line phones being tantamount to actual portability.
Phone cords could get you ten feet away from the base, and they came in colors other than black.
Phones were hard-wired - when phone jacks hit the market my Dad wired them into evey room.
I remember talking to my 7th-grade girlfriend while I was taking a shit...
"Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."
-Mark Twain
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