(03-19-2021, 08:20 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(03-18-2021, 03:15 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: There's a Slam the Phone app for Androids. 

Remember the days when there were banks of pay phones in airports? 

There are some things I get nostalgic about, but old landline phones isn't one of them. I love my cell phone. However, I do miss the ability to get away from the world like we used to. The cell phone can always be turned off, but somehow it doesn't evoke the same sense of adventure and isolation.

I kind of miss coming home and getting my messages from my answer machine.

I can remember in the days of dialup, I made sure to pay extra for voice mail because I would usually be online for hours on end. Never failed, no matter how many times I explained that VM was not a physical answering machine, mom would call and I would get the inevitable message "Honey, you there? It's Ma. [silence for about 20 seconds] If you're there, pickup, it's ma. oh well [actual message]"

and of course when I disconnected the modem would I check the line for messages? of course not.

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