tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906349739814240782.post3348275653332260104..comments2014-01-16T05:34:35.872-08:00Comments on If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.: the miracle of modern telecommunicationanne mancinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08020711868764662709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906349739814240782.post-47516162244981425742010-10-04T09:15:42.943-07:002010-10-04T09:15:42.943-07:00Yes and then as soon as we would hang up we would ...Yes and then as soon as we would hang up we would get a bunch of questions about the call from others in the room. It's no wonder I'm not a big phone person.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232444223492532562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906349739814240782.post-21142670544890010032010-10-03T14:20:22.477-07:002010-10-03T14:20:22.477-07:00Yes, space age is right. I'm impressed.
I rem...Yes, space age is right. I'm impressed.<br /><br />I remember that phone on the wall, Ben. I was never Gidget, laying on my bed talking to a friend.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05510020399701949172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906349739814240782.post-36532156760155816432010-09-30T04:33:20.350-07:002010-09-30T04:33:20.350-07:00That's very "space age" when you thi...That's very "space age" when you think about it. When we were growing up, talking from the USA to someone on a train in Italy was reserved for Bond. James Bond. <br /><br />Back in the day we had the standard phone on the kitchen wall. That was the only phone my parents houses ever had. Privacy score = 0. We even had a "party line" for many years. Sometimes you would pick up the phone to dial a number, and two people were already talking. If we were feeling polite we would apologize, quickly hang up, and try again later.<br /><br />I still think it would be fun if my phone lid was spring-loaded and went "weetweetweet" when I flipped it up. Cells with flip tops are feeling a little quaint these days.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232444223492532562noreply@blogger.com