Close to Home by John McPherson for November 27, 2022

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    allen@home  almost 2 years ago

    I’m pretty sure nobody will want to smell someone’s breath over the phone. Read their mind maybe.

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    ronaldspence  almost 2 years ago

    50 years? We are saying that now about phones anyway…

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    Detroit Dan  almost 2 years ago

    I’m gonna have to try that one on my grandkids…“One phone for the whole house? Attached to the wall?” They’ll never believe me.

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    nosirrom  almost 2 years ago

    And dialing didn’t involve pushing buttons.

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    Zykoic  almost 2 years ago

    I tell my stories to the grandkids and my wife complains they are repeats. I decided to write all my stories and index them. Then I plan to have them stored in the cloud with a program that randomly selects a story and texts the story to each grandkid every month or so. But the program does not execute until after my death.

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    Copy-&-Paste  almost 2 years ago

    And the operator’s name was Sara….”Hello Sara, get me Floyd..”

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    abucksworth Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Timing’s all wrong. Let’s say Gramps is 90. That means he was born in 1960. To really remember using the phone, he’d have to be about 10, so he’s describing 1970, when lots of families had a “children’s line” and there were lots of extensions, and many a teenage girl had a princess phone in her bedroom.

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    RLG Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Why wait until 2050?

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    zerotvus  almost 2 years ago

    and you had to use a finger to dial it……..

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    Copy-&-Paste  almost 2 years ago

    Don’t forget the part about walking 10 miles up hill both ways, in the snow, to get to the phone. (Yea, that’s a BIG house)

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    Zebrastripes  almost 2 years ago

    I still have two landlines and they will have to yank them from my dead hands before I give them up! ☺️☺️☺️

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    walt1968pat Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    The first phone I remember was attached to the wall and it was wood. Everyone within 10 miles could listen in. I still have that phone on the wall of my office and it would still work to receive calls if I hooked it up – no “number please” please though.

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    Dobie  Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Pro Sleeping Tip: If you are one of the many people that fall asleep by listening to music using headphones (or earbuds), and you’ve lost them, then take a stethoscope and place the diaphragm end up against your speakers. However, before inserting the earpieces into your ears, be sure to lower the volume on your music source to a level that would allow safe sleep. Now… if you’ve lost your stethoscope, then this tip won’t help you.

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    IWannaBeLerxst  almost 2 years ago

    I’m >already< an old man. And I can state with certainty that it’s pathetic to watch a couple sit less than an arm’s length from each other, never once make eye contact, and text to each other.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Oddly enough, it seems to me that Grandpa’s, over the years, have usually had it bad back in the ‘good ol’ days’ but refuse to use the good stuff these days.

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    WCraft Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Dang – my iPhone must be seriously outdated! Smell each other’s breath and read each other’s minds? Time for a new phone!

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    ChukLitl Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    You had to walk over to the tv to change the channel & there were only 3 choices.

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    Brent Rosenthal Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    That’s today, not 2050

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    kaycstamper  almost 2 years ago

    Ahh, the good ole days. And people actually ANSWERED their phones!

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    kaycstamper  almost 2 years ago

    Ahh, the good ole days…people actually ANSWERED their phones! And no spammers!

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    raybarb44  almost 2 years ago

    Try 2023…..

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    Rich_Pa  almost 2 years ago

    For that long ago he should be the great-grandfather.

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    cuzinron47  almost 2 years ago

    And we had to share that line with the neighbors.

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    backyardcowboy  almost 2 years ago

    “… and we couldn’t do our own Colonoscopies either!!!”

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    geese28  almost 2 years ago

    I figured I’d tell my grandkids of the time when the cellphone had only one button and we were actually able to drive cars instead of self drive

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    mbrahms26  almost 2 years ago

    And Nevada and Ohio weren’t coastal states!

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    rodney  almost 2 years ago

    You also shared the line with several neighbors (party line)

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    Sailor46 USN 65-95  almost 2 years ago

    We didn’t have a phone until I was in High School. Circa 1962

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    jbduncan  almost 2 years ago

    Well, when our fireplace went out I had to walk 2 miles to the next house to get some hot coals to restart our kitchen fireplace. Wait, that was 1640. Times do change!

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    fstop8  almost 2 years ago

    After 900 robo calls in one year – we went to cell phones only.

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    spaced man spliff  almost 2 years ago

    The idea of breath smells disgusts and creeps me out.

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