Remember When and Cell Phones
Mar 24, 2019 14:42:09 #
Almostageezer
Loc: USA
In the first week of October, my cell phone disappeared. Can't remember when I have felt so "free". Not going to get another one. It reminds me of an electronic leash. :-)
Mar 24, 2019 14:54:11 #
Mar 24, 2019 17:12:01 #
Bill Paustian
Loc: Sun City, Az
PhotoPhred wrote:
Thanks for the memories. I remember when I was a kid in the mid 50's, we had a "party" line. There were 3 homes with the same # but 3 different ring patterns so you knew who the call was directed to.
Essex 33254 in 1940
Mar 24, 2019 17:40:23 #
Mark, to address the last one, this coming weekend. My only plan to use my cell phone is to determine exposure and best processing for the photos I plan on taking.
--Bob
--Bob
markngolf wrote:
Sent to me by a cousin. I use my cell phone frequently, but my life is complete without one.
Enjoy,
Mark
Enjoy,
Mark
Mar 24, 2019 17:59:46 #
Like the one about the awesome technology of blinkers. My cell is a flip phone. Prefer to use the tablet for other things.
Mar 24, 2019 19:52:59 #
rmalarz wrote:
Mark, to address the last one, this coming weekend. My only plan to use my cell phone is to determine exposure and best processing for the photos I plan on taking.
--Bob
--Bob
Bob,
I do use mine to phone, text, and very occasionally as a camera. Mostly it’s MY PC when away from my desktop.
That’s a very”cool” use for it.
Mark
Mar 24, 2019 21:19:41 #
Mar 25, 2019 00:23:16 #
I grew up in the suburbs of Philly. I still remember our phone number back in the early 50s. It was Clearbrook 9-4661. We had the same black dial phone for almost 20 years, and it always worked. We also had a party line for many years with a special ring with our next door neighbor. As a child, I listened to the girls next door talking to their girlfriends about boys. Good memories.
Wish things were that simple today.
Wish things were that simple today.
Mar 25, 2019 01:01:28 #
Depending on distance to the neighbor's residence, we either used to do a yodel on a hunting horn or shoot a gun for signaling the need for immediate contact.
Smoke signals were reserved for plains communications where the trees were not much of a problem.
My family were fur trappers & hunters, better known as Mountain Men.
My first book I was given by them was "What To Do When a Wolverine gets on Your Trap Line". Which boiled down to LEAVE that area or KILL the Wolverine!
Smoke signals were reserved for plains communications where the trees were not much of a problem.
My family were fur trappers & hunters, better known as Mountain Men.
My first book I was given by them was "What To Do When a Wolverine gets on Your Trap Line". Which boiled down to LEAVE that area or KILL the Wolverine!
Mar 25, 2019 09:58:19 #
MrMophoto
Loc: Rhode Island "The biggest little"
This sounds like the old farts corner. Growing up my grandparents had a summer cottage on a lake in VT and we had a party line, we only answered it when it rang three times. Fast forward sixty years, I teach photography in a public high school and one of the "props" I have for still life photos is an old rotary desk phone. Recently a small group of students asked if it actually worked, I said yes and then I realized most of them didn't know how to dial a number. One old farts mind blown!
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