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dixiegrrrrl

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25. the wall phone in the kitchen with a 15 foot cord!
Thu Aug 22, 2013, 09:27 PM
Aug 2013

and it came in several colors to match what ever decor.

1968....we were so progressive.
a modern phone and a reel to reel tape player.
no dust under our feet, no sirree!

My hope is that the innovations Ilsa Aug 2013 #1
Where's the profit in that?? lastlib Aug 2013 #2
Please tell me you are being sarcastic, Ayn. nt Ilsa Aug 2013 #4
more pessimistic than sarcastic, unfortunately. lastlib Aug 2013 #8
It enables innovation like this..... DainBramaged Aug 2013 #3
You didn't have one of these? jberryhill Aug 2013 #5
HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA DainBramaged Aug 2013 #6
I can relate. cloudbase Aug 2013 #7
See, good advice. You still have it! nt Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #12
I was told pretty much the same thing, and I still have mine! lastlib Aug 2013 #13
I have my Dad's and mine DainBramaged Aug 2013 #15
I have one too! LOL nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #40
My parents bought me a $150 Bomar Brain calculator for college graduation. displacedtexan Aug 2013 #65
I had it on vinyl back in the day. cloudbase Aug 2013 #67
Me, too. Also bought it as displacedtexan Aug 2013 #68
Alien technology is fascinationg Kingofalldems Aug 2013 #9
"Any technology sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic."--Arthur C. Clarke lastlib Aug 2013 #14
Wait, you had your own phone in your bedroom sufrommich Aug 2013 #10
Ours was in a little alcove in a hallway Link Speed Aug 2013 #17
Lol, I remember when we got a second phone too. sufrommich Aug 2013 #18
the wall phone in the kitchen with a 15 foot cord! dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #25
In 1968, our phone was still a black countertop model, rented from Ma Bell, Art_from_Ark Aug 2013 #42
Those phones lasted forever! defacto7 Aug 2013 #48
We used that old black phone for about 13 years, Art_from_Ark Aug 2013 #53
We had an old black MA Bell rotary defacto7 Aug 2013 #54
We got the option of buying the rotary phone or getting the Princess phone Art_from_Ark Aug 2013 #55
Right? bunnies Aug 2013 #19
Lol,yeah the whole family was pretty much sufrommich Aug 2013 #20
It only got about 5 channels. bunnies Aug 2013 #22
Me too. We had 5 channels each in 2 different places growing up DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #29
Us too! bunnies Aug 2013 #30
Our cable company gave us 9 channels Art_from_Ark Aug 2013 #43
Well... bunnies Aug 2013 #44
Yup, we had fancy cable ($2.50/month) Art_from_Ark Aug 2013 #45
Grew up in RI near the Mass border Revanchist Aug 2013 #51
I had 3 channels, 5,4,9 which explains why I played outside a lot. n-t Logical Aug 2013 #35
Ah yes... bunnies Aug 2013 #36
I agree! And we were mad when we had to come in! n-t Logical Aug 2013 #37
Absolutely! bunnies Aug 2013 #39
I had one loyalsister Aug 2013 #62
"What a great trip it's been"... Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #11
I grew up without teevee, but I had the X Link Speed Aug 2013 #16
Just wait until we start injecting nanobots into our bloodstreams. randome Aug 2013 #21
what would be the hardest thing to explain to someone from the 1950s? mike_c Aug 2013 #23
lol.nt sufrommich Aug 2013 #24
The internet is made of cats....... DainBramaged Aug 2013 #28
Nooooooooooo! Hekate Aug 2013 #61
lmao! bunnies Aug 2013 #31
LOL, perfect! n-t Logical Aug 2013 #34
Um, people from the 1950s don't "suddenly appear": millions of them are here frazzled Aug 2013 #49
Not by a long shot - they had sci fi jberryhill Aug 2013 #52
Heh. :) Also, don't forget about porn, it build the internet as we know it! branford Aug 2013 #63
No electricity in our neck of the woods madokie Aug 2013 #26
I'd hope for the whole George Jetson wakeup/morning routine by now. brewens Aug 2013 #27
I think my grandparent's generation saw the most change GP6971 Aug 2013 #32
From wright brothers to moon landing in a lifetime! Amazing! n-t Logical Aug 2013 #38
Forgot to mention 5 wars and a couple of "conflicts" GP6971 Aug 2013 #41
many people love technology more than life itself markiv Aug 2013 #33
I hear you... defacto7 Aug 2013 #47
in mutimedia a few day back was an intro for kids on how to use the internet dembotoz Aug 2013 #46
Hello, Sarah? defacto7 Aug 2013 #50
" Hello..is this the party to whom I am speaking?" dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #56
Ha... that's a laugh! defacto7 Aug 2013 #57
Yep AM radio and B&W TV with 5 stations. HooptieWagon Aug 2013 #58
Jean Shepard at 9PM on WOR Am in NYC under my pillow so my Dad wouldn't hear it DainBramaged Aug 2013 #64
I am totally impressed. My cell phone is really dumb, lol Hekate Aug 2013 #59
Hear, hear! Lugnut Aug 2013 #60
Look at you, with your fancy molecules! NoPasaran Aug 2013 #66
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