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re: Annoying things we old people used to have to do.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:21 am to Green Chili Tiger
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:21 am to Green Chili Tiger
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Hold your "kitchen phone" by the cord and let all 50 feet of it unravel from the giant fricking knot that formed over time.
Good times...good times.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:28 am to Rex
answer the phone without knowing who was calling.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:31 am to LSUTygerFan
Or later, walk to the caller ID box before answering
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:31 am to Paige
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Come up with pager codes
i bet you used "69" a bunch
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:34 am to Green Chili Tiger
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Get up, walk over to the TV, and change to another of the 3 channels.
my best friend's lazy arse mom used to call him inside to change the channel for her.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:35 am to Topwater Trout
Find a pay phone if your car broke down. 
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:36 am to Paige
quote:
Come up with pager codes
We got so good at it we could basically text back and forth messages using only #s.
This post was edited on 10/14/14 at 9:37 am
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:36 am to Bard
look up phone numbers in a book.....or call 411
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:36 am to LSUTygerFan
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my best friend's lazy arse mom used to call him inside to change the channel for her.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:37 am to Rex
Write checks in the grocery line while the clerk gets a drivers license # and uses aol 0.1 to verify the check.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:38 am to Rex
This is one Rex thread I will participate in.....dial a rotary phone and not being able to walk from room to room while on the phone.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:39 am to Green Chili Tiger
well she predates Gilbert Grape. This was back in the 70's.
ETA: push a lawnmower.
This post was edited on 10/14/14 at 9:41 am
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:41 am to dante
Unfold paper highway maps inside the car.
When I think about it, the smartphone might be a greater invention than the wheel.
When I think about it, the smartphone might be a greater invention than the wheel.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:41 am to dante
Actually have to listen to the LSU radio broadcast because the game was not televised.
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