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What is a "back in my day" story of yours?

Back in my day, large families like mine had big ass station wagons with wood paneling like this...
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Back in my day, this was considered a “cutting edge” modern telephone and at 16, when my parents gave it to me, I was the [b]envy[/b] of my friends.
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Not going to lie....I’m envious right now. @bijouxbroussard
voodoo1970 · 51-55, M
@bijouxbroussard I remember when telephones needed to be plugged in to work!
@bijouxbroussard Wow, that could probably be displayed in a museum...
@voodoo1970 Landlines, right? 😂
@bijouxbroussard My family had a similar phone to this in the 80's. It's pretty generic compared to the one you posted 😅...
voodoo1970 · 51-55, M
@latinbutterfly oh you had the newfangled fancy one with buttons.....
@voodoo1970 Haha, yes ! Mine has a dial. My teenage niece was trying to figure out how it worked. 😄

@latinbutterfly Yes, a landline phone. It was called a “Genie”, and the model that is displayed in a Bell museum downtown on Montgomery St has buttons, like your phone set.
Mine was an older model, when they first came out. 🙂
ronisme1 · 61-69, M
@latinbutterfly started with rotary and moved to this. My dad still has the rotary