Remember when cell phones weren't around?

[teamquestnorth]

That was a whole different ball game back then.

If u wanted to talk to a chick you had to call the house phone.

9/10 the dad would answer and you had to answer questions on the fly.

Even if you got past the first stage of questioning, there was no guarantee that the dad wouldn't be on the other line listening in. I have horror stories about shit like that back in the day.

Kids have it easy now days when they can just text or send a FB message. That's why they might be getting soft now

 

[jason73]

i remember having a pager and people would call from a pay phone and wait there till i called back.i dont even know where to find a pay phone now and im sure they dont ring back anymore

 

[BeardOfKnowledge]

I often wish they weren't.

 

[Wild]

That was a whole different ball game back then.

If u wanted to talk to a chick you had to call the house phone.

9/10 the dad would answer and you had to answer questions on the fly.

Even if you got past the first stage of questioning, there was no guarantee that the dad wouldn't be on the other line listening in. I have horror stories about shit like that back in the day.

Kids have it easy now days when they can just text or send a FB message. That's why they might be getting soft now

Hell yeah man. It's part of the reason that I give every kid that comes over here to see my daughter, 10 kinds of hell. Last one was Friday night. This kid and his buddy came over hang out w/ my daughter & one of her friends. I come upstairs and they're all sitting around the living room, watching a movie. I come walking into the room, and neither kid says a word. So I stop, look at both of them, and say "who are you, and who are you". They give their names and that's it. So I say "you all ever heard of standing up, introducing yourselves, and shaking the hand of the adults house you're in?" Neither one of them knew what to say. They stood up and shook my hand and I said "that's better. Now next time you know" and walked away.

It's like these little gaming twats haven't been taught any manners or how to conduct themselves in public. I wonder at times where the fuck their dads are, and why aren't they teaching them manners. If I had a son, he would damn well know that he better be saying sir & mam when he spoke to adults, and he would be introducing himself with a handshake.

 

[Deleted member 1]

I often wish they weren't.

I think about that sometimes. As kids we all knew where and when to meet exactly. If you were late you might get left behind. So we weren't late. But somehow Saturday morning at the same time same place we all meet up.

I also appreciate dirty jokes spreading across the country in the world without the internet. We all do the diarrhea song. Well do the same urban tales. But somehow these stories has spread verbally for one person to the next the next across the entire country. And every kid me the same ones. Is somewhat crazy with such comparatively rudimentary communication.

 

[lookoutawhale]

I think about that sometimes. As kids we all knew where and when to meet exactly. If you were late you might get left behind. So we weren't late. But somehow Saturday morning at the same time same place we all meet up.

I also appreciate dirty jokes spreading across the country in the world without the internet. We all do the diarrhea song. Well do the same urban tales. But somehow these stories has spread verbally for one person to the next the next across the entire country. And every kid me the same ones. Is somewhat crazy with such comparatively rudimentary communication.

agreed. There was always that tale of the bloody mary. Some kid that knew some kid that said her name 3 times in the mirror with the lights shut off and the guy/girl was never the same.

fun times.

 

[lookoutawhale]

I remember going on long road trips with family members where the 2 cars would have to stay in close proximity to one another because if you hit a red while the other person got a green light, everything went out of whack. Who knows how far the other person is now and where the meet up point should be so you would stare at the road shoulder hoping they stopped there. Then when you found them waiting, you would pull over and start the charade all over again.

 

[Pennviachoke]

i remember having a pager and people would call from a pay phone and wait there till i called back.i dont even know where to find a pay phone now and im sure they dont ring back anymore

We all had different numerical codes so you'd know who paged you, jersey # or something like that

The early to mid 90s were awesome

 

[girlandcoconut]

Most days I want to throw my phone in the fucking garbage. I keep deleting more and more off it, hardly any apps, I just wait until I have time to do whatever on my laptop and it's nice since this way I'm connected to my devices less and less. I mean, this house has an old rotary phone hooked to a land line. Maybe I'll eventually be only back to that. But by that time, they'll probably phase out all land line service and try to make me get a VOIP line. Fuckers.

 

[ThatOneDude]

No... I always remember my dad having a car phone or one of those briefcase type phones

 

[Wild]

No... I always remember my dad having a car phone or one of those briefcase type phones

 

[ThatOneDude]

Lol no, he worked IT for ge so needed it for on call. He was probably the only dude driving a 92 Nissan senta 2 door that had a car phone.... Plus he's 6'7 so it was funny watching him get out of it.

 

[Sweets]

It's like these little gaming twats haven't been taught any manners or how to conduct themselves in public.

Hahaha The indignation is beautiful... I agree 100%.

 

[BJTT-Rizzo]

Internet on the fly. Communication and information almost anytime. Its all so easy now.

My first computer back in 1997 was this thick ass Gateway laptop. It had two card slots in the side of it. It needed this weird plugin adapter that clicked into one of the cards(so it could connect to a phone line). I broke that damn adapter about 7 times drunk letting the computer fall to the floor. So upsetting each time as I usually didn't have a spare. Dial up is sooo slow as well. Ok..point is, getting online to read and post about MMA seemed to take alot of work

Now I just turn on the smart phone to communicate with you fine people.

1991 Cover of Radio Shack ad..a smart phone can replace all the items-

Also I spent Tons of money on audio CDs. You can get pretty much any song you can think of saved to your phone. My kids just can't relate to what I've gone through.lol

 

[ThatOneDude]

Hell yeah man. It's part of the reason that I give every kid that comes over here to see my daughter, 10 kinds of hell. Last one was Friday night. This kid and his buddy came over hang out w/ my daughter & one of her friends. I come upstairs and they're all sitting around the living room, watching a movie. I come walking into the room, and neither kid says a word. So I stop, look at both of them, and say "who are you, and who are you". They give their names and that's it. So I say "you all ever heard of standing up, introducing yourselves, and shaking the hand of the adults house you're in?" Neither one of them knew what to say. They stood up and shook my hand and I said "that's better. Now next time you know" and walked away.

It's like these little gaming twats haven't been taught any manners or how to conduct themselves in public. I wonder at times where the fuck their dads are, and why aren't they teaching them manners. If I had a son, he would damn well know that he better be saying sir & mam when he spoke to adults, and he would be introducing himself with a handshake.

Your god damned right. Dad's used to be petrifing. What was your daughters reaction?

 

[BJTT-Rizzo]

That was a whole different ball game back then.

If u wanted to talk to a chick you had to call the house phone.

9/10 the dad would answer and you had to answer questions on the fly.

Even if you got past the first stage of questioning, there was no guarantee that the dad wouldn't be on the other line listening in. I have horror stories about shit like that back in the day.

Kids have it easy now days when they can just text or send a FB message. That's why they might be getting soft now

I HATED middle-men(dads n bros) trying to cock block me back in HS. I usually would tell the girl.."I'm calling at 7:00. YOU answer" haha. Good ok days.

 

[Wild]

Your god damned right. Dad's used to be petrifing. What was your daughters reaction?

Nothing. She's come to expect it at this point and she knows I'm doing her a favor by not letting these shitheads think they're going to do whatever they want.

 

[BJTT-Rizzo]

Nothing. She's come to expect it at this point and she knows I'm doing her a favor by not letting these shitheads think they're going to do whatever they want.

My manners and respect level as a lad were impeccable. Dads that care make the effort. You are one of the good ones sir. I've seen the entire spectrum growing up I think. I try too having a daughter.

 

[ThatOneDude]

Nothing. She's come to expect it at this point and she knows I'm doing her a favor by not letting these shitheads think they're going to do whatever they want.

Good for you man, that's awesome to see

 

[Sweets]

I'm only 27 and these wee 'uns are not filling me with hope. Not that that's on topic or anything.. I do remember my Ma getting a Motorolla with a little stick that flipped down with a mic you spoke into that was about 95 the first mobile phone I remember.

 

[Jesus X]

I didn't have a cell phone until I was 18 and had a lucrative job at dominos .I was a high school senior.I didn't get too many calls because not a lot of people owned cellphones until 2007.

nokia green screen with the marijuana face plate

 

[dacofty]

imagine what it will be like 10 years from now

 

[ThatOneDude]

I didn't have a cell phone until I was 18 and had a lucrative job at dominos .I was a high school senior.I didn't get too many calls because not a lot of people owned cellphones until 2007.

nokia green screen with the marijuana face plate

Get fuckin lucrative bro!

 

[Darqnezz]

Hey girl, What you doin'? Oh your man at work. I was just in the neighborhood, so I was gonna come over & see how you been doing.

 

[Bluesville]

Yeah I remember.

Halcyon days.

House phone only, maybe even one of those where you had to ring around the dial. Phone numbers were like 5 digits long.

Summers never ended.

Drinking Kiwi fruit flavoured Mad Dog 20:20 in a field.

Fake Nike Air Jordan fleece jackets.

Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets.

Baggy Jeans.

Five quids worth of squidgy black.