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MaxUdargo · 4843 days ago · link · · parent · post: What was daily life like before almost everyone had cell phones?
It just makes me feel old to realize that most of the people with whom I now share the world would shake their heads in disbelief at the idea that a telephone was a device that sat on a table in your home. When somebody called you on the telephone, it meant they were calling your home. If you weren't home, they didn't talk to you. Maybe they would leave a message on a machine or with a family member who was home. Then, later, when you got home, you would get the message and call them back. At their home.
Actually, remembering how it was I realize it seems kind of alien to me too now. I wonder how we ever managed the inconvenience of it all. But then I also remember how nice it was before you were expected to be so accessible. You never had to answer the phone, because you always had an excuse for not answering: "I wasn't home."