ozonetrooper
Android Expert
Our phone prefix was SO, (Southfield),SO34681 got you the time recording
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The "I'm so old" thread game
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Back in the day, by dialing WADBUG, I connected to an aviation weather recording for my area.
Escaping my memory now, I knew a number that you called and then hung up and your phone would ring. It was a Bell Tel test number.
By changing the last digit of that number the ring back changed... like short long short long, two short and a long, long and two short, etc.
I'm so old that I remember that you didn't own your phone and paid a nominal rental fee monthly.
Escaping my memory now, I knew a number that you called and then hung up and your phone would ring. It was a Bell Tel test number.
By changing the last digit of that number the ring back changed... like short long short long, two short and a long, long and two short, etc.
I'm so old that I remember that you didn't own your phone and paid a nominal rental fee monthly.
I remember when basketball players actually wore high top sneakers. Now you see more high tops in the football, especially Lineman, than you do in basketball.
Mine was IV (Ivanhoe) and I totally forgot about calling for the time and temperature! I do remember when my dad bought our phone though, it seemed like it was a special day in my house.
Ivanhoe... I like that and have never heard of it before. I don't remember a time that we didn't have a phone. It was in a recessed cabinet in the hall with a shelf under it for the phone book. Naturally, you had to stand up to use the phone. Phone conversations were almost always short so standing worked just fine. Until I started dating.... My father had a perfectly functional internal clock and when your time on the phone ran out he was quick to inform you that your time was up.
Busy signals.... consider the times you tried to call someone numerous times to again be greeted by a busy signal. I remember getting in trouble for dialing all but the last number to a radio station while waiting for the call in cue to dial the last number in an attempt to be the first caller. An hour or two of our phone being busy did not go down well.
We only used the Ivanhoe for people who weren't near us - just saying IV always had to be repeated and it did sound cool. Was that IB? Ivanhoe was easier in the long run. The street I grew up on started with a V as well and was an Italian name so lots of spelling and 'no, V like Victor and Z like zebra'. Ah, good times!
The only way to determine who was calling was to answer the call. Caller ID ended the phone prank calling which I never did of course. (evil grin)
Milo Williamson
Extreme Android User
Until peeps learned *67
Milo Williamson
Extreme Android User
Sometimes the next Gen will call us, "baby boomers" Funny. Do you think that we can call ourselves that? (Early Gen X)
I'm so old our TV had a remote control and it was me. I also served as the channel fine-tune by moving the TV antenna around.
I'm so old, I remember having to hold the antenna in place in order to be able to get the signal to watch Super Bowl III. Joe Namath, who used to be known for being a great passer for the old AFL. Now, he's the medicare (dis)advantage mascot.
Medicare supplement and reverse mortgage commercials are the TV graveyard for celebrities waiting to die
^^^^that and Carshield commercials
I remember when every family watched Ed Sullivan on Sunday night
I'm so old that I saw Elvis and the Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan show. I remember the reaction from my parents as well.
I'm so old that when the Beatles came to the U.S. my father asked if they were men or women because their hair was so long.
ozonetrooper
Android Expert
Never missed a show, 'cept mine, were in black and white.
I'm so old that I remember things that happened before I was old enough to go to school and can't remember where I put something five minutes ago.
Talking childhood commercials...
Talking childhood commercials...