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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
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
94714 posts
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:21 am to
quote:

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 by LSUTygerFan
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33232 posts
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:28 am to
answer the phone without knowing who was calling.
Posted by Paige
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Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:30 am to
Come up with pager codes
Posted by Paige
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Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:31 am to
Or later, walk to the caller ID box before answering
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
465365 posts
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:31 am to
quote:

Come up with pager codes

i bet you used "69" a bunch
Posted by CoCo311
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Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:32 am to
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:32 am to
Nah...it was 8--0
Posted by Paige
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Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:32 am to
stfu
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
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Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:33 am to
Remember phone numbers

Posted by LSUTygerFan
Homerun Village
Member since Jun 2008
33232 posts
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:34 am to
quote:

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 by Bard
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Member since Oct 2008
57833 posts
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:35 am to
Find a pay phone if your car broke down.
Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
92902 posts
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:36 am to
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 by LSUTygerFan
Homerun Village
Member since Jun 2008
33232 posts
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:36 am to
look up phone numbers in a book.....or call 411
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
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Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:36 am to
quote:

my best friend's lazy arse mom used to call him inside to change the channel for her.


Posted by VanCleef
Member since Aug 2014
704 posts
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:37 am to
Write checks in the grocery line while the clerk gets a drivers license # and uses aol 0.1 to verify the check.
Posted by Rex
Here, there, and nowhere
Member since Sep 2004
66001 posts
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:38 am to
Defrost the refrigerator.
Posted by dante
Kingwood, TX
Member since Mar 2006
10669 posts
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:38 am to
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 by LSUTygerFan
Homerun Village
Member since Jun 2008
33232 posts
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:39 am to


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 by Rex
Here, there, and nowhere
Member since Sep 2004
66001 posts
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:41 am to
Unfold paper highway maps inside the car.

When I think about it, the smartphone might be a greater invention than the wheel.
Posted by dante
Kingwood, TX
Member since Mar 2006
10669 posts
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:41 am to
Actually have to listen to the LSU radio broadcast because the game was not televised.
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