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re: What did people use before cell phones?
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:47 am to notiger1997
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:47 am to notiger1997
They write on papyrus imposing an interpretation on Stonehenge.
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Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:50 am to tuptiger
aluminum cans connected by string.
This post was edited on 10/14/19 at 10:51 am
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:50 am to AndyCBR
quote:When I worked for Holiday Inn-Holiday City (HI worldwide HQ in Memphis prior to relocating to Atl) it was Summer-Fall 1983 between my Freshman/Soph year at LaTech. I had a company pickup, gas card, pager, CB and Ham radios. Both the CB and Ham in the truck, the pager on me.
Dad used to have a radio service in his company truck.
Had to radio the dispatcher to make the call for you and patch you in.
Early 80’s.
Worked in Facilities Design and Management, assigned a large section of a warehouse packed full of office furniture and furnishing. Desks, typewriter extensions for desk ("secretary table"), paintings, lamps, etchings, end tables, coffee tables, bookcases...all of it included in their database. Sooo much "fun" staring at a green monochrome terminal waiting for it to match id#'s to descriptions for queries.
The showroom building was pretty cool though. They always had import beer on ice in a polished galvanized aluminum tub. Very nice "elegant" room displays with nice soft beds to grab a quick nap every now and then.
Still chuckle remembering walking through International Finance section the days following KAL shootdown and hearing all these new grad, know-it-all high finance, and attorneys, trying to locate the shootdown on a huge globe as I was walking by. I walked over, spun the globe from where they were looking and said "here". Walked off as they were saying: "Oh, he's right. There it is. Who was that guy?"
(they didn't know the Mediterranean from the Pacific)
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:51 am to tuptiger
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I lived in the age of technology.
Dead guy posting.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:54 am to AndyCBR
It sure is easy to find a coffee shop, gas station, etc with phones.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:01 am to udtiger
Donny Weil of Weil cleaners had an early carphone
I seem to remember him saying that an hour of talk time was $150/month.
This was around 81-82.
I bet he was glad when cellular hut the NE Louisiana area.
I seem to remember him saying that an hour of talk time was $150/month.
This was around 81-82.
I bet he was glad when cellular hut the NE Louisiana area.
This post was edited on 10/14/19 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:03 am to tuptiger
We moved to Virginia in the mid 70s. My dad went to Auburn, and If you missed the Prudential College Scoreboard show with Dave Diles you wouldn’t know the Auburn score until you got the paper Sunday morning.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:15 am to tuptiger
We were actually better off. We learned to communicate face to face. Something this younger generation is not good at. We also did not spend ten hours a day with our heads looking at a phone. We played outside in the heat and we were not soft like your generation. Good times
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:20 am to fallguy_1978
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Pay phones. It sucked when they went from a quarter to 35 cents
I’m getting old. I was a freshman at LSU when pay phones went from a nickel to a dime. Circa 1978-79
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:21 am to 777Tiger
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their brains
The Original Google
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:21 am to tuptiger
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I lived in the age of technology.
Lived? So you’re dead now?
This post was edited on 10/14/19 at 11:26 am
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:29 am to tigerinthebueche
Even better, phone cards + system voicemail + pay phone.
On my first sales route, you’d stop at a pay phone to check voicemail from customers, then use your phone card to call them back on a pay phone.
On my first sales route, you’d stop at a pay phone to check voicemail from customers, then use your phone card to call them back on a pay phone.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:37 am to LSUfan20005
My Dad had a credit card he used for long-distance calls, provided by his employer, Local 692 in B.R.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:43 am to tuptiger
Here's how you'd google something. My grandparents still have theirs in pristine condition. Honestly, when was the last time you've seen someone - anywhere - pull out one of these?
Posted on 10/14/19 at 12:06 pm to tuptiger
Carrier pigeons. The stench was horrific. The poor had to holler.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 12:07 pm to tuptiger
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What did people use before cell phones?
Don't let any of these young people and their sarcasm get to you son, it's a good question- back in my day we used Celtic slave runners.
This post was edited on 10/14/19 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 10/14/19 at 12:09 pm to tuptiger
Nothing. We waited until we could get to a landline to make a phone call, or spoke with each other F2F. We didn't need to call or text every time a thought (or brain fart) popped inside our head.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 12:16 pm to tuptiger
(no message)
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Posted on 10/14/19 at 12:17 pm to 777Tiger
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their brains
You win.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 12:29 pm to Kraut Dawg
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get off on exit 69, go right about 2 miles & you'll see a blue house w/ a basketball goal on the side. Turn left. Drive about three miles & turn left at the fire station..."
It’s still like this at times. Especially in Louisiana Where road signs/street signs tend to be nonexistent.
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