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3 Of My Interns Have NEVER Experienced A Busy Signal

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  • Wee67
    Museum Correspondent
    • Apr 2, 2002
    • 10603

    3 Of My Interns Have NEVER Experienced A Busy Signal

    Most of the college interns in my office were born around 1990. Talking to a group today, it came up that 3 of them have never experienced a busy signal. The ones that had, have only done so once or twice. They either get through or they get voice mail.

    Made me feel old.

    What other things do kids today never really experience that we had?

    Working in TV, I have also had to explain how there was once a time when there was not hundreds of channels. It made me feel like I was telling them how the ice man used to haul a big block of ice up the stairs for refrigerator.
    WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.
  • pmwasson
    Maker
    • Sep 12, 2007
    • 4881

    #2
    I don't think my kids have ever seen "snow" on a TV. If there is no channel, they just see a blue screen.
    sigpic LaserMego

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    • raider5gt
      Museum Tree Cutter
      • Nov 25, 2007
      • 1911

      #3
      Vinyl records and cassettes,everything now its either on cd or downloaded.

      Basic games systems like Binatone or Atari 2600,it's all Playstations and Xbox.

      Also over here we had 3 tv channels growing up,now it's a stack of channels to watch.

      Never stand behind a cow when it sneezes.

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      • Brazoo
        Permanent Member
        • Feb 14, 2009
        • 4767

        #4
        At a very early age - before they could really talk - my nieces would play with a toy camera that was meant to look like a 35 mm film camera. Everytime they snapped a picture they turned the camera over to show everyone the back of the camera. It took me a few minutes before I figured out what they were doing.

        My nieces are older now, and absolutely fascinated by analogue technology. When they come over they love looking at my record player work, or playing with my typewriter. One of my favorite childhood toys is a Fisher-Price movie viewer and they love that.

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        • Mikey
          Verbose Member
          • Aug 9, 2001
          • 47258

          #5
          Pull off soda/beer tabs

          Bottle openers

          Not having a microwave oven --- they were only for "rich people"

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          • Meule
            Verbose Member
            • Nov 14, 2004
            • 28720

            #6
            "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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            • MegoSteve
              Superman's Pal
              • Jun 17, 2005
              • 4135

              #7
              I bet none of them has ever had to get off the couch and walk across a room to change the channel.

              How about... ordering something through the mail by writing a letter and sending a check, then waiting a month or two for it to show up?

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              • Nostalgiabuff
                Muddling through
                • Oct 4, 2008
                • 11423

                #8
                a tv with a channel dial
                a rotary phone

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                • kingdom warrior
                  OH JES!!
                  • Jul 21, 2005
                  • 12478

                  #9
                  pliers to change the channel.......

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                  • kingdom warrior
                    OH JES!!
                    • Jul 21, 2005
                    • 12478

                    #10
                    Liquid soap.......you got a bar of soap and were told to go wash your arse....

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                    • Mikey
                      Verbose Member
                      • Aug 9, 2001
                      • 47258

                      #11
                      The only high tech item you owned was a green LED calculator

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                      • kingdom warrior
                        OH JES!!
                        • Jul 21, 2005
                        • 12478

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Mikey
                        The only high tech item you owned was a green LED calculator
                        That you learned to write cuss words with when turned upside down

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                        • Mikey
                          Verbose Member
                          • Aug 9, 2001
                          • 47258

                          #13
                          Originally posted by kingdom warrior
                          That you learned to write cuss words with when turned upside down
                          Boob and sh....

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                          • JediJaida
                            Talkative Member
                            • Jun 14, 2008
                            • 5675

                            #14
                            Black and white TV.

                            Color TV's were expensive.

                            VCR's. Back when they first came out, they were expensive.

                            Now, they don't make them anymore.

                            8 Track Tapes.

                            Computerized sewing machines. You actually had to be SKILLED in order to do applique, embroidery, etc. by machine.

                            Home computers and printers. You had to type everything yourself.

                            Metrocards for the bus. We had to have actual change. Granted, back when I was a teenager, it was still 50 cents, but that's beside the point.

                            Cell phones. You had to be real careful not to inflate the phone bill, because there weren't any package deals on long distance or even local. You had to pay by the minute.

                            Knit sheets. They are the comfiest things ever, but back then, we had to have woven sheets with a medium thread count, and if they didn't have elasticated corners, you had to make hospital corners yourself.

                            Swiffer Wet Jet. You needed a mop, bucket and Mr. Clean.

                            Microchips for pets. You needed to have an actual set of tags for your dog/cat in case they got lost, with your name and address on them, as well as your phone number.

                            Microfiber of any kind. We had to make do with what was available. Remember the crappy knits that came out in the 70's? Horrors!
                            JediJaida

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                            • johnmiic
                              Adrift
                              • Sep 6, 2002
                              • 8427

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Nostalgiabuff
                              a tv with a channel dial a rotary phone
                              Yeah! I was going to say bring a rotary phone to work and challenge them to dial a phone number on it for $20 in under 5 seconds. I saw a TV show where they asked someone who had never seen a rotary to dial a number and they didn't get that the metal frame rotated so they tried to push the numbers down in the round holes. Should be an easy $20. Just do it individually to each person when the others are not around.


                              Originally posted by JediJaida
                              Swiffer Wet Jet. You needed a mop, bucket and Mr. Clean.
                              I switched to Swifter last year. I keep the bucket tho for the rare occasion when I need to vomit.

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