People 30+, what's something that happened back your day?

I remember dial-up internet, where the phone and internet were on the same line, and if someone in your house wanted to use the phone you had to stop using the internet for a bit 😁.

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LyricalOne · F

Looking up books in a card catalogue at the library. Doing research from printed encyclopedias.

indyjoe · 56-60, M

@LyricalOne Encyclopedias were cool...but I hated having to look something up in them for school/home work...I always got side tracked with all of the interesting stuff in them.

LyricalOne · F

@indyjoe Lol.... and there were actually door-to-door encyclopedia salesmen!

indyjoe · 56-60, M

There were no cell phones...a mobile phone was usually only seen in rich people's cars...and I still remember party lines.

indyjoe · 56-60, M

A tablet was something you took when you had a headache or wrote on.

LyricalOne · F

@indyjoe Remember how big they were? Like blocks of cheese!

indyjoe · 56-60, M

@LyricalOne Yes I do..but I was also talking about the ones with the corded receiver that came from a unit mounted in the arm rest or the back of the seat in front of them.

Fernie · F

@LyricalOne like the first cell phone[image deleted]

LyricalOne · F

@Fernie Lol.... Yup, like a hunk of cheddar.