Posted By: Herbie Hancock
Re: For the old guys here - 02/16/24 08:47 PM
Man, nothing like a phone that the charge lasts almost a whole week!
Posted By: reeltexan
Re: For the old guys here - 02/16/24 09:05 PM
I used to make fun of old guys. I thought it'd never happen to me.
sure happened quick
Posted By: SnakeWrangler
Re: For the old guys here - 02/16/24 11:50 PM
Zzzziiiipppppp…click, click, click. Zzziiiipppppp….click, click, click, click, click. Zzziiiippppp….click, click. Zzziiippppp….click, click, click,click….
Posted By: Concho
Re: For the old guys here - 02/17/24 12:09 AM
I need one with larger numbers and letters, so I don't need my reading glasses to use it...
Posted By: 68rustbucket
Re: For the old guys here - 02/17/24 12:11 AM
You need a pencil to dial it.
Posted By: Ranch Dawg
Re: For the old guys here - 02/17/24 12:18 AM
My dad could really use that. iPhone ,,,, no.
Posted By: jlsbassman
Re: For the old guys here - 02/17/24 12:23 AM
Do that on a RAZR and I’m in. Best phone ever.
Posted By: VigoPark
Re: For the old guys here - 02/17/24 01:05 AM
Texting might take awhile
Posted By: ntxtrapper
Re: For the old guys here - 02/17/24 01:14 AM
Texting might take awhile
Good, maybe I won't get them anymore.
Posted By: Dave Davidson
Re: For the old guys here - 02/17/24 02:47 AM
Lots of texts, calls, mail and EMails from people I don’t know. A lot of them political. Got a call today from an auto dealership trying to get me to come look at what they have for sale.
Posted By: kmon11
Re: For the old guys here - 02/17/24 02:53 AM
Lots of texts, calls, mail and EMails from people I don’t know. A lot of them political. Got a call today from an auto dealership trying to get me to come look at what they have for sale.
Car Warranty places mostly the last few weeks trying to sell me a warranty on a truck or car I do not own.
Posted By: Buzzsaw
Re: For the old guys here - 02/17/24 03:17 AM
gonna be hard for my sausage fingers
Posted By: retfuz
Re: For the old guys here - 02/18/24 04:18 PM
"Operator, I'd like to make a long distance person to person call." Call correct time, I need to set my watch.
Posted By: Nathan at Fork
Re: For the old guys here - 02/18/24 04:57 PM
I'm just sad that I now see a thread with this title and I instantly click on it.
Posted By: Greg
Re: For the old guys here - 02/18/24 05:39 PM
I bet we could get it to work
Posted By: oldoak2000
Re: For the old guys here - 02/18/24 06:58 PM
Where's the crank? I need one with a crank on the side....!
Posted By: tlk
Re: For the old guys here - 02/18/24 10:46 PM
Remember if you were traveling in the 1960's and 70's and you needed to contact someone so you pulled over at a gas station and put your dime into the pay phone - if it was long distance the operator would tell you how many coins to put in and if you talked too long they would come back on and ask for more coins. Good gosh things have changed
Posted By: fredeboy
Re: For the old guys here - 02/18/24 11:01 PM
I remember how nice it was in 1982 when I got my bag phone!! Still have that mobile number today.
Remember if you were traveling in the 1960's and 70's and you needed to contact someone so you pulled over at a gas station and put your dime into the pay phone - if it was long distance the operator would tell you how many coins to put in and if you talked too long they would come back on and ask for more coins. Good gosh things have changed
I never got to see the dime days, it was always a quarter for me. I carried a handful of them to make calls when my pager beeped.
I remember how nice it was in 1982 when I got my bag phone!! Still have that mobile number today.
My mom does too. She must have got that number in the '80s.
Posted By: Western
Re: For the old guys here - 02/19/24 06:10 PM
Yep, remember those, like the rotary accents lol Party lines and calls cost a dime to start, hated calling home collect, had to "splain" that.
Remember when beepers came out, if you didn't have one on your person visible for the "cool factor", you where behind the times.
Just crazy what is out now.
Posted By: Huntindad
Re: For the old guys here - 02/20/24 02:42 PM
My youngest son & I were at a flea market type sale one day and came across an old rotary phone. He had no idea how it worked.
Yeah, I wore a beeper for many many years being on call in IT. folks asked if I was a doctor or drug dealer