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Phones how did the world function before smartphones

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Mountainlady16 · 22-25, F
My mom who grew up before even cell phones were common says she remembers ppl telling kids they wouldn't carry a calculator in their pocket lil did they know
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Mountainlady16 Indeed!

They carried a slide-rule and a book of log. and trig. tables instead! I can still use them, too.

(My school issued small, simple slide-rules only about six inches long, before compact electronic calculators started to appear.)