milehiiu Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 ^^^Drrough. Growing up we had one phone in the house. Looked very similar to that pic you posted. Had a five party line. Oh happy day, when it became a three party line. And then eventually one party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 On 3/13/2020 at 9:09 AM, IUFLA said: Mile's joking response (thanks Mile...I'm always wracking my brain to think of content for the Animal House) to my statement about the Gas Buddy app in the Gas Prices thread got me thinking (dangerous, I know) I've pretty much turned my life over to my phone...I pay bills on it, bank on it, pay for good and services, use Android Auto for navigation in my car, book reservations at restaurants, and for flights and hotels, send and receive emails and text, and, oh yeah, make phone calls... I have a couple of laptops and a couple of tablets that I hardly ever use, since I can do pretty much anything they can do with the device I keep in my pocket... How about any of you? Are you a smartphone addict like me? My wife is addicted to her iphone. I have one, but rarely use it except for actual calls/texts and checking the weather. I still use my laptop for most of my online banking, work, and everything else. There are many times I hate "being available" all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 21 minutes ago, FritzIam4IU said: My wife is addicted to her iphone. I have one, but rarely use it except for actual calls/texts and checking the weather. I still use my laptop for most of my online banking, work, and everything else. There are many times I hate "being available" all the time. Wife, and son have smart phones. As I have posted I have a flip phone. Which I rarely use. We continue to have a land line, as we get poor cell service from Verizon at our house. Verizon wanted to put up a cell tower at a park at the end of our block. But our HOA denied it. I pay nearly 100% of our bills using our land line. Fritz. I want to thank you for being a Hoosier Sports Nation member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 18 minutes ago, milehiiu said: Wife, and son have smart phones. As I have posted I have a flip phone. Which I rarely use. We continue to have a land line, as we get poor cell service from Verizon at our house. Verizon wanted to put up a cell tower at a park at the end of our block. But our HOA denied it. I pay nearly 100% of our bills using our land line. Fritz. I want to thank you for being a Hoosier Sports Nation member. Thanks Mile and thanks for the information you often provide! Glad to be here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Drroogh said: When I was in college, phones looked like this. If you wanted to be mobile you got a 30 foot cord! My grandma had one till her last day. Be dead before you finished dialing 911. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 minute ago, mrflynn03 said: My grandma had one till her last day. Be dead before you finished dialing 911. That's because your finger kept slipping out of the hole and you'd have to hang up and start over again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 17 minutes ago, Drroogh said: That's because your finger kept slipping out of the hole and you'd have to hang up and start over again! That's true. That is ....miss dialing on those phones. I remember getting the wrong number all the time. And having to apologize for getting a wrong number. Related to that. Remember when the phone company sent us phone books every year ? And we would have to check the phone book, before calling someone or place ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 minute ago, milehiiu said: That's true. That is ....miss dialing on those phones. I remember getting the wrong number all the time. And having to apologize for getting a wrong number. Related to that. Remember when the phone company sent us phone books every year ? And we would have to check the phone book, before calling someone or place ? Here in rural GA, they still sent out phone books until about 4 years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 Just now, milehiiu said: That's true. That is ....miss dialing on those phones. I remember getting the wrong number all the time. And having to apologize for getting a wrong number. Related to that. Remember when the phone company sent us phone books every year ? And we would have to check the phone book, before calling someone or place ? Yep, remember all that...also remember every phone number having an exchange prefix... Still remember our number in Martinsville...Dickens 2-6077 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Yep, remember all that...also remember every phone number having an exchange prefix... Still remember our number in Martinsville...Dickens 2-6077 Yep. Before area codes. And as for miss dialing on those old phones. That was before messaging. And people actually answered their phones, when it rang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 16 minutes ago, milehiiu said: That's true. That is ....miss dialing on those phones. I remember getting the wrong number all the time. And having to apologize for getting a wrong number. Related to that. Remember when the phone company sent us phone books every year ? And we would have to check the phone book, before calling someone or place ? And look for funny names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said: And look for funny names. That's true. like.... Ima Pigg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 41 minutes ago, milehiiu said: That's true. That is ....miss dialing on those phones. I remember getting the wrong number all the time. And having to apologize for getting a wrong number. Related to that. Remember when the phone company sent us phone books every year ? And we would have to check the phone book, before calling someone or place ? Mile if you lived in a rural community, after misdialing you still would have had a half hour conversation because everybody personally knew everybody back then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 4 hours ago, milehiiu said: That's true. like.... Ima Pigg. My favorite was Harry Ball. Tried to date his daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 18 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said: My favorite was Harry Ball. Tried to date his daughter. You may find this interesting. My wife who was a teacher, actually had a student named Harry Balls. Why would a parent ever do that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 On 3/13/2020 at 11:50 AM, IUFLA said: Google Assistant is so cool...I've never been able to stump it...plus, if I ever go abroad again, I'm covered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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