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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 June 2015, 11:19:56

Title: Do you remember when..
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 June 2015, 11:19:56
We didn't have the internet...?


/Flashback.


Tp4: __what no, you're making that up

Roop: __I'm telling you Andy's dad told me, they totally have one

Tp4: __I've seen them, black people do not have an extra bones in their legs that make them run faster.

Roop: __Andy's dad knows these things, he works with at least 10 black people at his garage.

Tp4: __well you're pretty dark, did you ask him to check if you have the speed bone?

Roop:
__Yea I asked him, he told me only dark people from Africa has it

Tp4: __Does it also make them jump higher?

Roop:__ I don't know, but I would assume it helps.

Tp4: __Let's go play badminton

Roop: __Ok.

Tp4: __we should get popeyes on the way back

Roop: __yeah, then we can play mortal kombat after that

Tp4: __I was hoping to finish super metroid.




Several things in this memory... 

-  No where to check facts
-  We went everywhere on a bicycle
-  We played with OTHER people
-  We did things other than sit in front of the PC
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: greath on Tue, 09 June 2015, 11:23:09
(http://i.imgur.com/GWn0hYs.jpg)
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 June 2015, 11:24:16
Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/GWn0hYs.jpg)


Truth... (http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/70bff581.gif)
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: demik on Tue, 09 June 2015, 11:24:24
I don't know wtf I did before the Internet.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 09 June 2015, 11:27:08
5 megabyte hard drive, 1956
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 June 2015, 11:28:33
5 megabyte hard drive, 1956


/  Fohat  remembers  the Whar  !!
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: dante on Tue, 09 June 2015, 11:37:40
Remember Cablevision? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIbzZl41OQo)
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: katushkin on Tue, 09 June 2015, 11:59:19
My mum used to work for Digital (a PC company bought out by Compaq in 1998).

They used to provide computers for banks which they had to demolish walls and crane them in to every installation.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 09 June 2015, 12:18:06
We got dial up in 96', before then we would play basketball or ride our bikes or even walk around the neighborhood, we had dirt roads. Once we took my buddies dads truck for a spin and it broke down, I think we were 11 or 12, and just in time the local sheriffs deputy happened by and helped us out. We manged to get into all kinds of trouble really.

I never had 'high speed' internet until I went to college.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 June 2015, 12:27:40
We got dial up in 96', before then we would play basketball or ride our bikes or even walk around the neighborhood, we had dirt roads. Once we took my buddies dads truck for a spin and it broke down, I think we were 11 or 12, and just in time the local sheriffs deputy happened by and helped us out. We manged to get into all kinds of trouble really.

I never had 'high speed' internet until I went to college.

I got dialup in 96 too..  it was aol at the time.. I downloaded like 10 games the first day.. they're all really ****ty games by today's standards, but they were so fun back in the day..
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: dante on Tue, 09 June 2015, 12:30:50
I had dialup in 96, no highspeed until 2002/2003.

Back in 1996 I used to buy videogames off "auctions" run in one of the Usenet newsgroups.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: smknjoe on Tue, 09 June 2015, 12:38:41
Started dialing up in 87-88 when I was a wee-lad. If we wanted to know something we went to these places called libraries where the information was produced by pundits; not me.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 June 2015, 12:39:17
Started dialing up in 87-88 when I was a wee-lad. If we wanted to know something we went to these places called libraries where the information was produced by pundits; not me.

libraries are so unreliable..

And I could never find the information quick enough.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: dante on Tue, 09 June 2015, 12:53:48
Library card catalog nostalgia ...

(http://www-wsl.state.wy.us/slpub/outrider/2005/images/catalog.gif)
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 09 June 2015, 12:58:35
I worked in a library once, it was very interesting.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 09 June 2015, 13:18:08
I love libraries. We have a county regional library less than a mile from my house. I go there often.

Plus, they have a couple of dozen public computers, and if my power or internet goes down, I can get online over there.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 09 June 2015, 13:45:24
I've said it before in some other thread (possibly even a TP thread) our 'local' library won't give us a library card because we don't live in town.  :-\
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 09 June 2015, 13:59:07
our 'local' library won't give us a library card because we don't live in town.

That's crap. Library systems in the south are generally county facilities, or joint city/county.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: jdcarpe on Tue, 09 June 2015, 14:20:23
Do you remember when...

You didn't have a phone, smart or otherwise, on your person 24/7?

This thing would ring, and you would answer with, "Hello?"

(http://i.imgur.com/7zBOGn2.jpg)


You had no way of knowing who was on the other end of the line while it was ringing, until a thing called "Caller ID" came along.

Text messaging? That was called "writing a letter," and you had to pay for a stamp to send it.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: katushkin on Tue, 09 June 2015, 14:22:30
RIP landlines.

Although you do HAVE to buy one to get internet in the UK. (I think). But nobody uses them for a phone...
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 09 June 2015, 15:05:52
RIP landlines.

Although you do HAVE to buy one to get internet in the UK. (I think). But nobody uses them for a phone...

We still have a landline and use it. :D
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: greath on Tue, 09 June 2015, 15:09:29
RIP landlines.

Although you do HAVE to buy one to get internet in the UK. (I think). But nobody uses them for a phone...

We still have a landline and use it. :D

That's almost as gross as my buddy buying a physical disk to install a PC game the other day.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: dante on Tue, 09 June 2015, 15:14:28
RIP landlines.

Although you do HAVE to buy one to get internet in the UK. (I think). But nobody uses them for a phone...

We still have a landline and use it. :D

That's almost as gross as my buddy buying a physical disk to install a PC game the other day.

Not gross at all!

I hear from a few family members that they are being told by their cell phone provider that they will no longer be supporting their flip phones.

The day I'm told I can't get a flip phone is the day I go back to a landline.

Plus, there are still dial-up Unix systems/shell accounts still in service. :)
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: greath on Tue, 09 June 2015, 15:18:08
RIP landlines.

Although you do HAVE to buy one to get internet in the UK. (I think). But nobody uses them for a phone...

We still have a landline and use it. :D

That's almost as gross as my buddy buying a physical disk to install a PC game the other day.

Not gross at all!

I hear from a few family members that they are being told by their cell phone provider that they will no longer be supporting their flip phones.

The day I'm told I can't get a flip phone is the day I go back to a landline.

Plus, there are still dial-up Unix systems/shell accounts still in service. :)

Why are you so passionate about flip phones?
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 09 June 2015, 15:19:29
RIP landlines.

Although you do HAVE to buy one to get internet in the UK. (I think). But nobody uses them for a phone...

We still have a landline and use it. :D

That's almost as gross as my buddy buying a physical disk to install a PC game the other day.

Not gross at all!

I hear from a few family members that they are being told by their cell phone provider that they will no longer be supporting their flip phones.

The day I'm told I can't get a flip phone is the day I go back to a landline.

Plus, there are still dial-up Unix systems/shell accounts still in service. :)

I always knew dante was a hacker ;) :P
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 June 2015, 15:23:03
RIP landlines.

Although you do HAVE to buy one to get internet in the UK. (I think). But nobody uses them for a phone...

We still have a landline and use it. :D

That's almost as gross as my buddy buying a physical disk to install a PC game the other day.

Not gross at all!

I hear from a few family members that they are being told by their cell phone provider that they will no longer be supporting their flip phones.

The day I'm told I can't get a flip phone is the day I go back to a landline.

Plus, there are still dial-up Unix systems/shell accounts still in service. :)

I always knew dante was a hacker ;) :P

(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/073.gif)
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: dante on Tue, 09 June 2015, 15:25:34
Why are you so passionate about flip phones?

1. Compact Size.  Every "smart" phone I see looks like you are carrying around a paperback book.

2. Energy efficiency.  If I don't get too many calls I can go two weeks without charging.

3. Real tactile buttons!  I hate touchscreen with a passion.

4. No BS flaky buggy quasi-compatible apps that require reboots or run the battery dry.

I think that about covers it ...
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 09 June 2015, 15:26:42
they will no longer be supporting their flip phones.

I have a Galaxy Android with T-Mobile, and I can pull out my SIM and put it in my ancient, bulletproof Nokia 3390 and it works fine.

[with the card size adapter, of course]

Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: dante on Tue, 09 June 2015, 15:28:50
they will no longer be supporting their flip phones.

I have a Galaxy Android with T-Mobile, and I can pull out my SIM and put it in my ancient, bulletproof Nokia 3390 and it works fine.

[with the card size adapter, of course]

Oh yea #5 ... If you've got a older Nokia ... Snake!  (Which only looks legit on a low resolution monochrome screen)
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 June 2015, 15:29:23
Why are you so passionate about flip phones?

1. Compact Size.  Every "smart" phone I see looks like you are carrying around a paperback book.

2. Energy efficiency.  If I don't get too many calls I can go two weeks without charging.

3. Real tactile buttons!  I hate touchscreen with a passion.

4. No BS flaky buggy apps that require reboots or run the battery dry.

I think that about covers it ...


LOL.. you can tune a smart phone to solve most of those problems.


Admit it.. You're a Hipster... (http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/07baa27a.gif)



Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: dante on Tue, 09 June 2015, 15:30:37
Admit it.. You're a Hipster...

A hipster jumps onto a train; I never got off in the first place.

Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: greath on Tue, 09 June 2015, 15:32:30
Why are you so passionate about flip phones?

1. Compact Size.  Every "smart" phone I see looks like you are carrying around a paperback book.

2. Energy efficiency.  If I don't get too many calls I can go two weeks without charging.

3. Real tactile buttons!  I hate touchscreen with a passion.

4. No BS flaky buggy quasi-compatible apps that require reboots or run the battery dry.

I think that about covers it ...

Yeah, but can you reply to people on geekhack while pooping at work?... Just as a random example of smartphone capability.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 June 2015, 15:32:49
Admit it.. You're a Hipster...

A hipster jumps onto a train; I never got off in the first place.



/scratches chin...

......__ Trendsetter status .. Pending...
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: Blackehart on Tue, 09 June 2015, 18:14:47
Pepperidge Farm remembers...
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: Findecanor on Tue, 09 June 2015, 21:26:36
I had dialup in 96, no highspeed until 2002/2003.
Dial-up BBS in '92. Imagine Geekhack in console mode. At most one user could dial in at once, unless the owner had multiple phone lines - which was rare. Some weren't even on dedicated phone lines but open only certain hours a day. I was "co-sysop" (mod) at a couple of boards for the Amiga and the "demo scene".
Some boards shared mail and subforums over FidoNet, exchanging messages over the phone once every day. My first contact with Internet was with a bridge from FidoNet to Usenet Mail and News in '94.
In '95 I joined a user group for a type of computer I did not own so that I could get dial-up to a SunOS machine which had Internet access, On it, I used Pine, NN and Lynx for email, News and Web respectively ... in console mode, of course.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: dante on Tue, 09 June 2015, 21:31:56
Imagine Geekhack in console mode.

I jokingly asked in the Suggestions forum if there was some way to have GeekHack accessible via SSH/BBS.  Somehow mod a BBS package to operate with the Web forum files so you could go old school on it. :D

Also, users could play together with door games and have multiuser chat.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: azhdar on Wed, 10 June 2015, 01:23:48
We used to know a few phone numbers,
nowadays I can't tell a single number in my phone besides mine.
But I can still remember my school friends phone numbers.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: beehatch on Wed, 10 June 2015, 01:28:34
Do you remember when...

You didn't have a phone, smart or otherwise, on your person 24/7?

This thing would ring, and you would answer with, "Hello?"

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/7zBOGn2.jpg)



You had no way of knowing who was on the other end of the line while it was ringing, until a thing called "Caller ID" came along.

Text messaging? That was called "writing a letter," and you had to pay for a stamp to send it.

I actually have a rotary phone in my house since we still have a landline. It's annoying as ****, but also suitable decoration!
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: fanpeople on Wed, 10 June 2015, 02:25:12
Do you remember when...

You didn't have a phone, smart or otherwise, on your person 24/7?

This thing would ring, and you would answer with, "Hello?"

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/7zBOGn2.jpg)



You had no way of knowing who was on the other end of the line while it was ringing, until a thing called "Caller ID" came along.

Text messaging? That was called "writing a letter," and you had to pay for a stamp to send it.

I actually have a rotary phone in my house since we still have a landline. It's annoying as ****, but also suitable decoration!

My grandparents had a rotary phone up until a few years ago.... have you tried using it drunk yet? Now that is a true test of skill.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 10 June 2015, 03:00:12
Do you remember when...

You didn't have a phone, smart or otherwise, on your person 24/7?

This thing would ring, and you would answer with, "Hello?"

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/7zBOGn2.jpg)



You had no way of knowing who was on the other end of the line while it was ringing, until a thing called "Caller ID" came along.

Text messaging? That was called "writing a letter," and you had to pay for a stamp to send it.

I actually have a rotary phone in my house since we still have a landline. It's annoying as ****, but also suitable decoration!

My grandparents had a rotary phone up until a few years ago.... have you tried using it drunk yet? Now that is a true test of skill.

Hahahaha... 

Try using one where the finger stop has broken...
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: fanpeople on Wed, 10 June 2015, 03:20:32

Try using one where the finger stop has broken...

OMG that would be so funny to watch, especially if it was my grandparents.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: paicrai on Wed, 10 June 2015, 03:56:16
i remember a lot of things such as sneezing earlier today
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: beehatch on Wed, 10 June 2015, 04:00:25
i remember a lot of things such as sneezing earlier today

aren't we just the big ol' smarty pants?

Do you remember when...

You didn't have a phone, smart or otherwise, on your person 24/7?

This thing would ring, and you would answer with, "Hello?"

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/7zBOGn2.jpg)



You had no way of knowing who was on the other end of the line while it was ringing, until a thing called "Caller ID" came along.

Text messaging? That was called "writing a letter," and you had to pay for a stamp to send it.

I actually have a rotary phone in my house since we still have a landline. It's annoying as ****, but also suitable decoration!

My grandparents had a rotary phone up until a few years ago.... have you tried using it drunk yet? Now that is a true test of skill.

I feel like if I was drunk using the phone would be the least of my concerns.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: azhdar on Wed, 10 June 2015, 04:05:32


Do you remember when...

You didn't have a phone, smart or otherwise, on your person 24/7?

This thing would ring, and you would answer with, "Hello?"

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/7zBOGn2.jpg)



You had no way of knowing who was on the other end of the line while it was ringing, until a thing called "Caller ID" came along.

Text messaging? That was called "writing a letter," and you had to pay for a stamp to send it.

I actually have a rotary phone in my house since we still have a landline. It's annoying as ****, but also suitable decoration!

My grandparents had a rotary phone up until a few years ago.... have you tried using it drunk yet? Now that is a true test of skill.

I feel like if I was drunk using the phone would be the least of my concerns.


Many mistakes can be done with a phone and a drunken brain.
So many stupid text/call in drunken state :|
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: absyrd on Wed, 10 June 2015, 04:08:40


Do you remember when...

You didn't have a phone, smart or otherwise, on your person 24/7?

This thing would ring, and you would answer with, "Hello?"

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/7zBOGn2.jpg)



You had no way of knowing who was on the other end of the line while it was ringing, until a thing called "Caller ID" came along.

Text messaging? That was called "writing a letter," and you had to pay for a stamp to send it.

I actually have a rotary phone in my house since we still have a landline. It's annoying as ****, but also suitable decoration!

My grandparents had a rotary phone up until a few years ago.... have you tried using it drunk yet? Now that is a true test of skill.

I feel like if I was drunk using the phone would be the least of my concerns.


Many mistakes can be done with a phone and a drunken brain.
So many stupid text/call in drunken state :|

These are the best texts and calls. I'm not really a drinker, but when I'm home at 9 o'clock on a Friday night and get some crazy **** sent to me, it really cheers me up. I'm all for drunk dialing.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: azhdar on Wed, 10 June 2015, 04:16:15


Do you remember when...

You didn't have a phone, smart or otherwise, on your person 24/7?

This thing would ring, and you would answer with, "Hello?"

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/7zBOGn2.jpg)



You had no way of knowing who was on the other end of the line while it was ringing, until a thing called "Caller ID" came along.

Text messaging? That was called "writing a letter," and you had to pay for a stamp to send it.

I actually have a rotary phone in my house since we still have a landline. It's annoying as ****, but also suitable decoration!

My grandparents had a rotary phone up until a few years ago.... have you tried using it drunk yet? Now that is a true test of skill.

I feel like if I was drunk using the phone would be the least of my concerns.


Many mistakes can be done with a phone and a drunken brain.
So many stupid text/call in drunken state :|

These are the best texts and calls. I'm not really a drinker, but when I'm home at 9 o'clock on a Friday night and get some crazy **** sent to me, it really cheers me up. I'm all for drunk dialing.

I'm already a truth teller when sobber, but the truths that would hurt friendz , drunk azhdar tell them :|
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: absyrd on Wed, 10 June 2015, 04:28:07


Do you remember when...

You didn't have a phone, smart or otherwise, on your person 24/7?

This thing would ring, and you would answer with, "Hello?"

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/7zBOGn2.jpg)



You had no way of knowing who was on the other end of the line while it was ringing, until a thing called "Caller ID" came along.

Text messaging? That was called "writing a letter," and you had to pay for a stamp to send it.

I actually have a rotary phone in my house since we still have a landline. It's annoying as ****, but also suitable decoration!

My grandparents had a rotary phone up until a few years ago.... have you tried using it drunk yet? Now that is a true test of skill.

I feel like if I was drunk using the phone would be the least of my concerns.


Many mistakes can be done with a phone and a drunken brain.
So many stupid text/call in drunken state :|

These are the best texts and calls. I'm not really a drinker, but when I'm home at 9 o'clock on a Friday night and get some crazy **** sent to me, it really cheers me up. I'm all for drunk dialing.

I'm already a truth teller when sobber, but the truths that would hurt friendz , drunk azhdar tell them :|

I won't be hurt. Drunk dial me!
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: azhdar on Wed, 10 June 2015, 04:34:45


Do you remember when...

You didn't have a phone, smart or otherwise, on your person 24/7?

This thing would ring, and you would answer with, "Hello?"

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/7zBOGn2.jpg)



You had no way of knowing who was on the other end of the line while it was ringing, until a thing called "Caller ID" came along.

Text messaging? That was called "writing a letter," and you had to pay for a stamp to send it.

I actually have a rotary phone in my house since we still have a landline. It's annoying as ****, but also suitable decoration!

My grandparents had a rotary phone up until a few years ago.... have you tried using it drunk yet? Now that is a true test of skill.

I feel like if I was drunk using the phone would be the least of my concerns.


Many mistakes can be done with a phone and a drunken brain.
So many stupid text/call in drunken state :|

These are the best texts and calls. I'm not really a drinker, but when I'm home at 9 o'clock on a Friday night and get some crazy **** sent to me, it really cheers me up. I'm all for drunk dialing.

I'm already a truth teller when sobber, but the truths that would hurt friendz , drunk azhdar tell them :|

I won't be hurt. Drunk dial me!

u're in 'murica that would be a $100 drunk dial u_u
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 10 June 2015, 04:38:34


Do you remember when...

You didn't have a phone, smart or otherwise, on your person 24/7?

This thing would ring, and you would answer with, "Hello?"

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/7zBOGn2.jpg)



You had no way of knowing who was on the other end of the line while it was ringing, until a thing called "Caller ID" came along.

Text messaging? That was called "writing a letter," and you had to pay for a stamp to send it.

I actually have a rotary phone in my house since we still have a landline. It's annoying as ****, but also suitable decoration!

My grandparents had a rotary phone up until a few years ago.... have you tried using it drunk yet? Now that is a true test of skill.

I feel like if I was drunk using the phone would be the least of my concerns.


Many mistakes can be done with a phone and a drunken brain.
So many stupid text/call in drunken state :|

These are the best texts and calls. I'm not really a drinker, but when I'm home at 9 o'clock on a Friday night and get some crazy **** sent to me, it really cheers me up. I'm all for drunk dialing.

I'm already a truth teller when sobber, but the truths that would hurt friendz , drunk azhdar tell them :|

I won't be hurt. Drunk dial me!

u're in 'murica that would be a $100 drunk dial u_u

Drunk Skype  (http://textemoticons.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/th_aji.gif)
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: azhdar on Wed, 10 June 2015, 04:41:01


Do you remember when...

You didn't have a phone, smart or otherwise, on your person 24/7?

This thing would ring, and you would answer with, "Hello?"

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/7zBOGn2.jpg)



You had no way of knowing who was on the other end of the line while it was ringing, until a thing called "Caller ID" came along.

Text messaging? That was called "writing a letter," and you had to pay for a stamp to send it.

I actually have a rotary phone in my house since we still have a landline. It's annoying as ****, but also suitable decoration!

My grandparents had a rotary phone up until a few years ago.... have you tried using it drunk yet? Now that is a true test of skill.

I feel like if I was drunk using the phone would be the least of my concerns.


Many mistakes can be done with a phone and a drunken brain.
So many stupid text/call in drunken state :|

These are the best texts and calls. I'm not really a drinker, but when I'm home at 9 o'clock on a Friday night and get some crazy **** sent to me, it really cheers me up. I'm all for drunk dialing.

I'm already a truth teller when sobber, but the truths that would hurt friendz , drunk azhdar tell them :|

I won't be hurt. Drunk dial me!

u're in 'murica that would be a $100 drunk dial u_u

Drunk Skype 
Show Image
(http://textemoticons.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/th_aji.gif)


That would be totally doable.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: dante on Wed, 10 June 2015, 07:30:46
Did someone say Rotary phones???

Check out this site: OldPhones.com (http://www.oldphones.com/)

They sell vintage rotary phones that have been converted for use on modern digital landlines.

This is the type of phone I would use if I could no longer have a flip phone.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: beehatch on Wed, 10 June 2015, 07:34:08
Did someone say Rotary phones???

Check out this site: OldPhones.com (http://www.oldphones.com/)

They sell vintage rotary phones that have been converted for use on modern digital landlines.

This is the type of phone I would use if I could no longer have a flip phone.

Tooexpensive4me

I got mine for like 8 dolla
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: baldgye on Wed, 10 June 2015, 07:37:35
Shamfull lack of Encarta up in this *****

(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDU5Nw==/$(KGrHqN,!g0E6Z2NRIB4BOqKLYBfK!~~60_35.JPG)

Fact checking, before the internet? pffttt...

(yes I know the internet existed in the 80s but I didn't have any internet access pre-98)
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 10 June 2015, 07:43:52
I have an original black rotary Nortel from the early 1970s.

The sound and feel are amazing, when you use it you are astonished at how good it sounds.

Also, when the power goes out, it will still ring and work properly.

After divestiture in the early 1980s, AT&T was no longer able to own the equipment and charge rent on it. Around 1986-87, I got a call from Southern Bell telling me that I had to give back the phone, or buy it from them. Either way, I was going to have to buy a phone, and they were not nearly as cheap back then as they are now.

Since I really liked the phone, I asked "How much?" and they said something like $70. "Oh, too much." I said. Then they said, "We can charge $6 to your monthly account for a year." and I agreed to that.

The phone is easily 4 decades old, has taken extraordinary abuse, but is still in perfect condition and the sound is crystal clear.
 
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: baldgye on Wed, 10 June 2015, 07:48:41
the sound is crystal clear.

I wish my phone calls where crystal clear... maybe it's just me but every phone I've used/use sounds like **** and everyone sounds pretty much the same. I like phones but I think that over the last 40-50 years the technology has been allowed to stagnate and it ****ing sucks.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 10 June 2015, 08:36:49
technology has been allowed to stagnate

For one thing, the Nortel handset has real condensers and diaphragms well over an inch (3-4cm) in diameter for both microphone and speaker.
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: paicrai on Wed, 10 June 2015, 13:31:49

i remember a lot of things such as sneezing earlier today

aren't we just the big ol' smarty pants?
bring back the old avatar
Title: Re: Do you remember when..
Post by: jdcarpe on Wed, 10 June 2015, 15:00:59
Do you remember when...

You didn't have a phone, smart or otherwise, on your person 24/7?

This thing would ring, and you would answer with, "Hello?"

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You had no way of knowing who was on the other end of the line while it was ringing, until a thing called "Caller ID" came along.

Text messaging? That was called "writing a letter," and you had to pay for a stamp to send it.

I actually have a rotary phone in my house since we still have a landline. It's annoying as ****, but also suitable decoration!

My grandparents had a rotary phone up until a few years ago.... have you tried using it drunk yet? Now that is a true test of skill.

Hahahaha... 

Try using one where the finger stop has broken...

Just use the hook switch in that case. You can tap out the number pretty reliably.