40ish and beyond...
I do! People had to wait to bother you, they couldn't just call you when you were out driving or doing something like shopping.
Hey I agree it's a comfort to have a phone with you when your driving or out somewhere. However, often I feel it's a pain in the ass, to have to answer text messages or calls when I am busy doing grocery shopping or whatever!
Now when someone wants to get in touch, ya don't have excuses to ignore them, ugh!
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Yes I remember. I also remember using a pay phone.
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Heck - not only do I remember life before cell phones I remember PARTY LINES. We had 4 houses on one phone line. Each house had a different type of ring to let you know who the call was for. And often you'd pick up the phone to make a call out only to have one of the neighbors talking on the line. I also remember when you only had to dial the last 4 numbers of a phone number if you were calling from the same town.
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i am really remembering it right now as my cell phone has not worked for 2 weeks. i will be shopping for a new one tomorrow. anyone know of any good deals? -
I also remember party lines. It irritated me no end when the other person on the party line would take the phone off the hook so I couldn't make any outgoing calls. I liked life without cell phones. If I was out, people had to wait until I got home to talk to me.
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BUMP!
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I remember! I remember saving up quarters and dimes so I could run to the gas station pay phone to make a long distance call because my mom wouldn't let me run up the house phone bill. Lol
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Life without cell phones was certainly different. But I still ignore texts and calls on my cell too. I'm glad I have one, since I'm pregnant and the roads have been really icy here.