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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,965
    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
  • deadendp
    deadendp 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
  • whispering hands
    whispering 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."
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    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
  • Annafalk
    Annafalk 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.
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
    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 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • hedonist
    hedonist 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?
  • whispering hands
    whispering 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?
  • Amongst the Ani
    Amongst 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
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,994
    rewinding a cassette to hear my favourite song over and over.
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • deadendp
    deadendp 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
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty 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!"
  • rssesq
    rssesq Fairfield County Posts: 3,299

  • whispering hands
    whispering 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.
  • Annafalk
    Annafalk 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 :)
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434

    These.
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    The only Nike shoes were white canvas with the blue swoosh.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • FoxyRedLa
    FoxyRedLa 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.
  • Longueuil
    Longueuil Posts: 2,224
  • whispering hands
    whispering 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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