Do you remember the world without smartphones ?

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Way before any portable phones. Have used an old crank phone in a phone booth by a country store. Also had a party line where you had to share a line usually with a very nosy other person,

revenant · F

@Suggestmeone i never knew party lines

SW-User

@Suggestmeone My grandparents had a party line at their house when I was a kid.

revenant · F

@SW-User those never existed in Europe...

Suggestmeone · M

@revenant That was in mid seventies in the country. We would hear her pick up her phone, just like sharing a phone call now by joining calls. We really talked a lot of crazy when we knew she was listening. You could yell for her to hang up but never until we started messing with her

SW-User

@revenant Just as well. There were usually nosy neighbors listening in on the line.

revenant · F

@SW-User wow....🤥