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    mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,663
    deadendp said:

    RunIntoTheRain said:

    Calling to find out the time.

    "At the tone, the time will be....."

    I still give the number for time and temperature to annoying store clerks who insist they need a phone number.

    Generic products were just black and white with a giant barcode. There was an entire aisle devoted to just generic products.
    In Cleveland where I grew up I believe it was WE 11212
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    deadendpdeadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    673-9811 is still operational and yes, I still give that one out! It was located just off the corner of campus, so I called every morning to see how to dress.
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
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    whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    I used to give that number out to creeps that insisted on having my
    Number.. that way I could honestly say I gave them " the time of day."
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    Figuring out that if your rotary or touch-tone phone was broken, you could rapidly depress the line switch seven times for a seven, ten times for a zero, etc., pausing between each number, and make a successful call that way.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
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    AnnafalkAnnafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    dankind said:

    Figuring out that if your rotary or touch-tone phone was broken, you could rapidly depress the line switch seven times for a seven, ten times for a zero, etc., pausing between each number, and make a successful call that way.

    I remember trying that one time, and it actually worked, I was surprised.
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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,419
    whispering hands said:

    I used to give that number out to creeps that insisted on having my
    Number.. that way I could honestly say I gave them " the time of day."

    Nice :rofl:
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 (xx) / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24
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    hedonisthedonist standing on the edge of forever Posts: 24,524
    Prompted by a friend's comment...remember when you had to slave over those fucking tax forms, vs. now and having Turbo Tax?
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    whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Annafalk said:

    dankind said:

    Figuring out that if your rotary or touch-tone phone was broken, you could rapidly depress the line switch seven times for a seven, ten times for a zero, etc., pausing between each number, and make a successful call that way.

    I remember trying that one time, and it actually worked, I was surprised.
    You all know why this is right?
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    Amongst the AniAmongst the Ani @Wobbie Posts: 7,790
    This may have already been said, but I remember when PJ actually used to put out music and tour regularly. I miss those days.
    Tom Brady & Donald Trump, BFF's
    Fuckus rules all
    Rob
    Seattle
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    HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,835
    rewinding a cassette to hear my favourite song over and over.
    Flight Risk out NOW!

    www.headstonesband.com




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    deadendpdeadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    hedonist said:

    Prompted by a friend's comment...remember when you had to slave over those fucking tax forms, vs. now and having Turbo Tax?

    I heart Turbo Tax. :smile:
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
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    Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    hedonist said:

    Prompted by a friend's comment...remember when you had to slave over those fucking tax forms, vs. now and having Turbo Tax?

    An absolutely beautiful thing you speak of.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
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    rssesqrssesq Fairfield County Posts: 3,299

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    whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    rewinding a cassette to hear my favourite song over and over.

    Or memorizing the pause lines on a record, so you
    Knew where to set the stylus in order to hear a song repeatedly.
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    AnnafalkAnnafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    whispering hands said:

    Annafalk said:

    dankind said:

    Figuring out that if your rotary or touch-tone phone was broken, you could rapidly depress the line switch seven times for a seven, ten times for a zero, etc., pausing between each number, and make a successful call that way.

    I remember trying that one time, and it actually worked, I was surprised.
    You all know why this is right?
    I think I once knew, but I can't remember right now :)
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    deadendpdeadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434

    These.
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
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    Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    The only Nike shoes were white canvas with the blue swoosh.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
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    FoxyRedLaFoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    I'm not sure how far back we're remembering but I will throw this out there cuz this takes me back. To a happy place. :heart:

    https://youtu.be/G6Kspj3OO0s


    Also WWF - Undertaker days!
    When America's funniest home videos was funny.
    Home alone!
    My dad hated - but would sit through an episode of Full House just for me.

    Lmao if we're going before the 90s - I will always remember a convo I had with my boss. He remembers when his family got their first microwave :lol: I always thought he was too young to have that kind of memory. :lol: remember when microwaves came out??
    Oh please let it rain today.
    Those that can be trusted can change their mind.
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    LongueuilLongueuil Posts: 2,224
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    whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Annafalk said:

    whispering hands said:

    Annafalk said:

    dankind said:

    Figuring out that if your rotary or touch-tone phone was broken, you could rapidly depress the line switch seven times for a seven, ten times for a zero, etc., pausing between each number, and make a successful call that way.

    I remember trying that one time, and it actually worked, I was surprised.
    You all know why this is right?
    I think I once knew, but I can't remember right now :)
    Telegraphs. All telephone lines started out as telegragraph cables. Before voice data had been stumbled upon by AGB. ( sort of).. they dialed out stations to which to send telegraphs using Morse code, which was then converted to typed manuscripts. So that just never changed.
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    hauntingfamiliarhauntingfamiliar Wilmington, NC Posts: 10,217
    Being too damn lazy to flip the cassette on more than a few epic albums. Had to go back and "relisten" to GNR Lies and Violent Femmes...B sides.
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    Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Auto reverse tape decks.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
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    AnnafalkAnnafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    whispering hands said:

    Annafalk said:

    whispering hands said:

    Annafalk said:

    dankind said:

    Figuring out that if your rotary or touch-tone phone was broken, you could rapidly depress the line switch seven times for a seven, ten times for a zero, etc., pausing between each number, and make a successful call that way.

    I remember trying that one time, and it actually worked, I was surprised.
    You all know why this is right?
    I think I once knew, but I can't remember right now :)
    Telegraphs. All telephone lines started out as telegragraph cables. Before voice data had been stumbled upon by AGB. ( sort of).. they dialed out stations to which to send telegraphs using Morse code, which was then converted to typed manuscripts. So that just never changed.
    Thank's for taking the time explaining, I have always thought about Morse code as very cool. :)
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    whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Annafalk said:

    whispering hands said:

    Annafalk said:

    whispering hands said:

    Annafalk said:

    dankind said:

    Figuring out that if your rotary or touch-tone phone was broken, you could rapidly depress the line switch seven times for a seven, ten times for a zero, etc., pausing between each number, and make a successful call that way.

    I remember trying that one time, and it actually worked, I was surprised.
    You all know why this is right?
    I think I once knew, but I can't remember right now :)
    Telegraphs. All telephone lines started out as telegragraph cables. Before voice data had been stumbled upon by AGB. ( sort of).. they dialed out stations to which to send telegraphs using Morse code, which was then converted to typed manuscripts. So that just never changed.
    Thank's for taking the time explaining, I have always thought about Morse code as very cool. :)
    I love the sciences in invention. It fascinates me. I can sit for hours pondering how they must have come up with their original hypothesis. But the science behind the telephone, and eventually the television.. just amazes me; what incredible brains to relate such wonder to the world. They ended up being such life altering inventions...
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    deadendpdeadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    Snow days barely existed? You had to suck it up and go tripping through a foot or two of snow to go to school. Now they seem to cancel or delay school for just a few inches of snow!
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
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    mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,663
    deadendp said:

    Snow days barely existed? You had to suck it up and go tripping through a foot or two of snow to go to school. Now they seem to cancel or delay school for just a few inches of snow!

    In Cleveland??? When I was young, you had to get like 5 inches between 3 AM and 6 AM to have a chance at school cancellation.
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    rssesqrssesq Fairfield County Posts: 3,299
    you could go skiing for a whole weekend @Killington and you wouldn't be sore as hell the next few days
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    mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,663
    rssesq said:

    you could go skiing for a whole weekend @Killington and you wouldn't be sore as hell the next few days

    The ice at Killington will make you sore no matter what... only ski West...
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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,419
    deadendp said:

    Snow days barely existed? You had to suck it up and go tripping through a foot or two of snow to go to school. Now they seem to cancel or delay school for just a few inches of snow!

    We have had entire days canceled here in western Maryland when it was 45 degrees and raining. But the school board will call it the night before simply because snow is in the forecast. It's absolutely ridiculous.
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 (xx) / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24
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    deadendpdeadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    mrussel1 said:

    deadendp said:

    Snow days barely existed? You had to suck it up and go tripping through a foot or two of snow to go to school. Now they seem to cancel or delay school for just a few inches of snow!

    In Cleveland??? When I was young, you had to get like 5 inches between 3 AM and 6 AM to have a chance at school cancellation.
    Akron suburb. Not primary snowbelt. Big difference. My daughter goes to school in the secondary snowbelt.

    Lake effect snow screwed stuff up today. We got calls and emails last night warning that school could be closed.
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
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