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7. The early Seinfeld reruns feature Jerry and cast using a huge cordless phone.

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #5)

Wed Feb 1, 2017, 09:59 PM

Feb 2017

That always reminds me just how old those shows really are.
The humor is timeless, though.

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The 20-something daughter of one of my wife's [View all] MineralMan Feb 2017 OP

Right. elleng Feb 2017 #1

Flip phones here as well, and I'm more than 71. No Vested Interest Feb 2017 #2

I always thought my Slider phone was pretty clever. Mid-'80's, i had the trunk-mount rig NBachers Feb 2017 #3

i have a flip phone too KittyWampus Feb 2017 #4

Me, too. kentuck Feb 2017 #6

Me too! 2naSalit Feb 2017 #14

Me, too. I use it for emergencies and I've given out the number Doitnow Feb 2017 #20

Roger McGuinn once did a car phone song that quickly became outdated pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #5

The early Seinfeld reruns feature Jerry and cast using a huge cordless phone. No Vested Interest Feb 2017 #7

Some things never go out of style... pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #10

You are truly cutting edge. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #8

People sometimes laugh when I tell them I still use the rotary phone FuzzyRabbit Feb 2017 #15

Now I feel cutting edge! guillaumeb Feb 2017 #31

I have an old oak farm-style wall phone on MineralMan Feb 2017 #30

We also have caller ID on our answering machine. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #32

hey now Afromania Feb 2017 #9

I finally broke down and got an iPhone. femmocrat Feb 2017 #11

I owned an HP LX200 and a Palm V Xipe Totec Feb 2017 #12

I loved my litle flip phone. 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #13

Wife still has one, the speaker button I call the "Star Trek button." Maynar Feb 2017 #24

Still have a bag phone somewhere elmac Feb 2017 #16

Best thing about my little flip phone -- madamesilverspurs Feb 2017 #17

You're in good company... FailureToCommunicate Feb 2017 #18

My 80 year old friend makes fun of me at 65 with my flip phone. She loves her iphone mnhtnbb Feb 2017 #19

I have a friend that's 35 yrs old, only has a flip phone, and no social media. He texts me Grown2Hate Feb 2017 #21

I just responded to this from my phone JDC Feb 2017 #22

I hope you told her to get off your lawn! DawgHouse Feb 2017 #23

Mineral man... busterbrown Feb 2017 #25

I still have one. LisaM Feb 2017 #26

Good old bag phones HassleCat Feb 2017 #27

I've never heard of anyone accidentally butt dialing with a flip phone :-D TheBlackAdder Feb 2017 #28

In the age of the NSA being in your phone 24x7 HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #29

"Trump may be seventy years old and mentally impaired... Orsino Feb 2017 #33

I'm surprised a phone from 1990 still works Zing Zing Zingbah Feb 2017 #34

I don't think that old bag phone still works. MineralMan Feb 2017 #38

Motorola introduced the MicroTAC flip phone MineralMan Feb 2017 #39

I have a flip phone. hunter Feb 2017 #35

My husband has a new flip phone. Tikki Feb 2017 #36

My husband uses a flip phone for the convenient size, too eleny Feb 2017 #37

Looking for a writer laserhaas Feb 2017 #40

Ficus, eh? Maybe she'll write about house plants. MineralMan Feb 2017 #41

Congrats. I learned that the famous Abe Lincoln quote laserhaas Feb 2017 #42