re: My wife’s nephew asked how did we get picked up before cell phones

You had to actually remember people's number back then, so you could make a call from a pay phone if plans changed or whatever. I had a little book with people's phone numbers by my land line in my room. If you were cool, you had a pager, and knew all the codes that people would leave you.



I didn't get my first cell until college, but got my arse chewed the first couple of months until we switched to the nights and weekends plan. You wouldn't hear from me all week, but at 9pm on Friday......