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[Porthos]

 

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The good ole days. Our youth could never survive.

 

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[NETWizz]

Today I helped someone hide dead bodies.

In the break room...

Me: Ralph, how is it going?
Ralph: Good. Just dealing with dead bodies!
Me: Dead bodies?
Ralph: Yeah, there are a lot of deceased in a certain database table.
Me: Oh. If you want, I can write you a query to help you hide the bodies. ;-)

*helped hide bodies in plain site* and it's not even lunch!

I just added to the WHERE clause Deceased=false

 

[Markverhyden]

On the theme of old "stuff" I do work for a company that has a contract with AT&T residential POTS. Had a call for no dial tone. The PoC mentioned this phone on the second floor. I honestly didn't think it would work as many places in the US stopped supporting rotary. Surprise, it worked.

 

[Porthos]

On the theme of old "stuff" I do work for a company that has a contract with AT&T residential POTS. Had a call for no dial tone. The PoC mentioned this phone on the second floor. I honestly didn't think it would work as many places in the US stopped supporting rotary. Surprise, it worked.

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Princess phones, Used to call radio stations to win stuff back then. That was finger exercise.

 

[HCHTech]

On the theme of old "stuff" I do work for a company that has a contract with AT&T residential POTS. Had a call for no dial tone. The PoC mentioned this phone on the second floor. I honestly didn't think it would work as many places in the US stopped supporting rotary. Surprise, it worked.

Ha - for a second there I thought that was a whiskey bottle and some prescription meds behind that phone!

We had those exact phones growing up - on a party line, no less. I've always appreciated the pace of technological innovation I've witnessed in my life. Oddly, when we had those phones, I don't remember ever thinking "boy, I wish there was a faster way to dial!" haha.

 

[Larry Sabo]

When I was a kid, our phone looked like this. It didn't have a rotary dial; you spoke to an operator and gave her the name or number of the party you wanted to talk to and she connected you by plugging a line into a patch-panel.. It was on a party line along with another neighbour or two.

 

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Guess there is another benefit of having grandchildren around.

 

[HCHTech]

Wow - that picture looks like a time-machine back to 1958. Formica with the chrome edges, I'll bet those square tile on the floor are asbestos, and that turquoise wall tile. I'll bet if we could see the faucets on the sink they would be chrome models with the "X" handles, too. Did the medicine chest have Unguentine and Mercurochrome?

 

[Porthos]

and that turquoise wall tile.

We had paneling on our walls and wild shag carpets.
I also had one of those turntable, radio, TV combo centers. Our record player combo in my old band hall had reel to reel as well.

 

[Porthos]

Had one of these too. Me first cell phone. Other than my pager.

 

[HCHTech]

When I was a kid, our phone looked like this. It didn't have a rotary dial; you spoke to an operator and gave her the name or number of the party you wanted to talk to and she connected you by plugging a line into a patch-panel.. It was on a party line along with another neighbour or two.

Holy cow, Pops! You either, umm, have a few years on me (yeah, that's not too offensive!), or you grew up in the Sub-Boonies that were the last places to get the modern conveniences. I've only seen those phones in movies and antique shops. Here I was about to tell you to 'Get off my lawn!', but I guess that won't work now, so I'll just end with 'Yes, Sir.......Thank You, Sir......' (slinks away)

 

[Porthos]

Happy 50 Year Anniversary to Abbey Road