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In Cleveland where I grew up I believe it was WE 11212deadendp said:
I still give the number for time and temperature to annoying store clerks who insist they need a phone number.RunIntoTheRain said:Calling to find out the time.
"At the tone, the time will be....."
Generic products were just black and white with a giant barcode. There was an entire aisle devoted to just generic products.0 -
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 10 -
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."0 -
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 JAM0
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I remember trying that one time, and it actually worked, I was surprised.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.
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Nice :rofl: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."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 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 250 -
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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You all know why this is right?Annafalk said:
I remember trying that one time, and it actually worked, I was surprised.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.
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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
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rewinding a cassette to hear my favourite song over and over.Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer0
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An absolutely beautiful thing you speak of.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?
"My brain's a good brain!"0 -
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Or memorizing the pause lines on a record, so youHughFreakingDillon said:rewinding a cassette to hear my favourite song over and over.
Knew where to set the stylus in order to hear a song repeatedly.0 -
I think I once knew, but I can't remember right nowwhispering hands said:
You all know why this is right?Annafalk said:
I remember trying that one time, and it actually worked, I was surprised.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.
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The only Nike shoes were white canvas with the blue swoosh."My brain's a good brain!"0
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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.
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 microwaveI always thought he was too young to have that kind of memory.
remember when microwaves came out??
Oh please let it rain today.
Those that can be trusted can change their mind.0 -
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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.Annafalk said:
I think I once knew, but I can't remember right nowwhispering hands said:
You all know why this is right?Annafalk said:
I remember trying that one time, and it actually worked, I was surprised.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.
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