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"Anyone else see the ridiculous post on YouTube whereby allegedly I think it was 4 youngsters around 15/18 were shown an old dial telephone and none of them knew what it was or how to use it? I say ridiculous because one has to assume they had never watched and old movie, or T.V prog. Daft world or a sign of the times?" Pretty sure it works the other way around as well but tbf a rotary dial phone should be self explanatory after a bit of thought lol | |||
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"I mean, I wouldn't personally know how to use a rotary phone either if I'm honest. Have never even seen one in real life. But it's just because it's old tech isn't it? Why would younger people know how to use tech that isn't used anymore and is effectively obsolete.. same as old people with smart phones, laptops, smart tvs etc, alot of older people have no clue how these things work. I've lost count how many times someone over the age of 50 has said "I don't want to break it" when talking about a computer or laptop to me " I agree. I'm not sure why we expect a 15 year old to instinctively know how to use tech that was old even when I was a teenager. I think I last saw a we rotary phone used in the 1980s... | |||
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"I mean, I wouldn't personally know how to use a rotary phone either if I'm honest. Have never even seen one in real life. But it's just because it's old tech isn't it? Why would younger people know how to use tech that isn't used anymore and is effectively obsolete.. same as old people with smart phones, laptops, smart tvs etc, alot of older people have no clue how these things work. I've lost count how many times someone over the age of 50 has said "I don't want to break it" when talking about a computer or laptop to me I agree. I'm not sure why we expect a 15 year old to instinctively know how to use tech that was old even when I was a teenager. I think I last saw a we rotary phone used in the 1980s... " Yeah it makes no sense. There's loads of things I'd have no clue about that's old. This is why I've set our age restriction at 45   | |||
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"Anyone else see the ridiculous post on YouTube whereby allegedly I think it was 4 youngsters around 15/18 were shown an old dial telephone and none of them knew what it was or how to use it? I say ridiculous because one has to assume they had never watched and old movie, or T.V prog. Daft world or a sign of the times?" Why would they know what it was? It probably has never occurred to them it ever existed. It’s just life. Not daft just life moves on  | |||
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"Anyone else see the ridiculous post on YouTube whereby allegedly I think it was 4 youngsters around 15/18 were shown an old dial telephone and none of them knew what it was or how to use it? I say ridiculous because one has to assume they had never watched and old movie, or T.V prog. Daft world or a sign of the times?" I don't know how to work my fancy fandangled telly, not about to berate children for not knowing how to work a piece of obsolete 'technology' that was obsolete 30 years or more prior to their birth | |||
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"I mean, I wouldn't personally know how to use a rotary phone either if I'm honest. Have never even seen one in real life. But it's just because it's old tech isn't it? Why would younger people know how to use tech that isn't used anymore and is effectively obsolete.. same as old people with smart phones, laptops, smart tvs etc, alot of older people have no clue how these things work. I've lost count how many times someone over the age of 50 has said "I don't want to break it" when talking about a computer or laptop to me I agree. I'm not sure why we expect a 15 year old to instinctively know how to use tech that was old even when I was a teenager. I think I last saw a we rotary phone used in the 1980s... Yeah it makes no sense. There's loads of things I'd have no clue about that's old. This is why I've set our age restriction at 45 "Very wise. Steer clear of those old codgers harping on about the good old days... | |||
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"I mean, I wouldn't personally know how to use a rotary phone either if I'm honest. Have never even seen one in real life. But it's just because it's old tech isn't it? Why would younger people know how to use tech that isn't used anymore and is effectively obsolete.. same as old people with smart phones, laptops, smart tvs etc, alot of older people have no clue how these things work. I've lost count how many times someone over the age of 50 has said "I don't want to break it" when talking about a computer or laptop to me I agree. I'm not sure why we expect a 15 year old to instinctively know how to use tech that was old even when I was a teenager. I think I last saw a we rotary phone used in the 1980s... Yeah it makes no sense. There's loads of things I'd have no clue about that's old. This is why I've set our age restriction at 45
Very wise. Steer clear of those old codgers harping on about the good old days...
"Hey, you only have 3 more years and you'll be an old codger like me YOLO | |||
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"I mean, I wouldn't personally know how to use a rotary phone either if I'm honest. Have never even seen one in real life. But it's just because it's old tech isn't it? Why would younger people know how to use tech that isn't used anymore and is effectively obsolete.. same as old people with smart phones, laptops, smart tvs etc, alot of older people have no clue how these things work. I've lost count how many times someone over the age of 50 has said "I don't want to break it" when talking about a computer or laptop to me I agree. I'm not sure why we expect a 15 year old to instinctively know how to use tech that was old even when I was a teenager. I think I last saw a we rotary phone used in the 1980s... Yeah it makes no sense. There's loads of things I'd have no clue about that's old. This is why I've set our age restriction at 45
Very wise. Steer clear of those old codgers harping on about the good old days...
Hey, you only have 3 more years and you'll be an old codger like me YOLO "Oh I know. I love throwing stones from my glass house! | |||
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"I mean, I wouldn't personally know how to use a rotary phone either if I'm honest. Have never even seen one in real life. But it's just because it's old tech isn't it? Why would younger people know how to use tech that isn't used anymore and is effectively obsolete.. same as old people with smart phones, laptops, smart tvs etc, alot of older people have no clue how these things work. I've lost count how many times someone over the age of 50 has said "I don't want to break it" when talking about a computer or laptop to me I agree. I'm not sure why we expect a 15 year old to instinctively know how to use tech that was old even when I was a teenager. I think I last saw a we rotary phone used in the 1980s... Yeah it makes no sense. There's loads of things I'd have no clue about that's old. This is why I've set our age restriction at 45
Very wise. Steer clear of those old codgers harping on about the good old days...
"'Scuse me, Sir YOLO. We had a rotary dial phone when I was a younger whippersnapper, and I'm younger than you | |||
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"I mean, I wouldn't personally know how to use a rotary phone either if I'm honest. Have never even seen one in real life. But it's just because it's old tech isn't it? Why would younger people know how to use tech that isn't used anymore and is effectively obsolete.. same as old people with smart phones, laptops, smart tvs etc, alot of older people have no clue how these things work. I've lost count how many times someone over the age of 50 has said "I don't want to break it" when talking about a computer or laptop to me I agree. I'm not sure why we expect a 15 year old to instinctively know how to use tech that was old even when I was a teenager. I think I last saw a we rotary phone used in the 1980s... Yeah it makes no sense. There's loads of things I'd have no clue about that's old. This is why I've set our age restriction at 45
Very wise. Steer clear of those old codgers harping on about the good old days...
Hey, you only have 3 more years and you'll be an old codger like me YOLO
Oh I know. I love throwing stones from my glass house!
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"I mean, I wouldn't personally know how to use a rotary phone either if I'm honest. Have never even seen one in real life. But it's just because it's old tech isn't it? Why would younger people know how to use tech that isn't used anymore and is effectively obsolete.. same as old people with smart phones, laptops, smart tvs etc, alot of older people have no clue how these things work. I've lost count how many times someone over the age of 50 has said "I don't want to break it" when talking about a computer or laptop to me I agree. I'm not sure why we expect a 15 year old to instinctively know how to use tech that was old even when I was a teenager. I think I last saw a we rotary phone used in the 1980s... Yeah it makes no sense. There's loads of things I'd have no clue about that's old. This is why I've set our age restriction at 45
Very wise. Steer clear of those old codgers harping on about the good old days...
'Scuse me, Sir YOLO. We had a rotary dial phone when I was a younger whippersnapper, and I'm younger than you "Really?!?! Is this because you are northern?
I honestly don't remember one past 1986ish...(though I do vividly remember one by the front door in the house we lived in then, on one of those phone tables that had the built in chair!)
(Google tells me the first button press phone came out in the 1960s!) | |||
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"I mean, I wouldn't personally know how to use a rotary phone either if I'm honest. Have never even seen one in real life. But it's just because it's old tech isn't it? Why would younger people know how to use tech that isn't used anymore and is effectively obsolete.. same as old people with smart phones, laptops, smart tvs etc, alot of older people have no clue how these things work. I've lost count how many times someone over the age of 50 has said "I don't want to break it" when talking about a computer or laptop to me I agree. I'm not sure why we expect a 15 year old to instinctively know how to use tech that was old even when I was a teenager. I think I last saw a we rotary phone used in the 1980s... Yeah it makes no sense. There's loads of things I'd have no clue about that's old. This is why I've set our age restriction at 45
Very wise. Steer clear of those old codgers harping on about the good old days...
'Scuse me, Sir YOLO. We had a rotary dial phone when I was a younger whippersnapper, and I'm younger than you
Really?!?! Is this because you are northern?
I honestly don't remember one past 1986ish...(though I do vividly remember one by the front door in the house we lived in then, on one of those phone tables that had the built in chair!)
(Google tells me the first button press phone came out in the 1960s!)"It is almost certainly because we are northern, I'm sure 
We had an off-white, square-ish rotary dial until I was about 11. It also sat on a special telephone table, along with copies of the Yellow Pages, Thomson Local and my mother's address book (leather book with the thumb separators by letter for each surname). | |||
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"I mean, I wouldn't personally know how to use a rotary phone either if I'm honest. Have never even seen one in real life. But it's just because it's old tech isn't it? Why would younger people know how to use tech that isn't used anymore and is effectively obsolete.. same as old people with smart phones, laptops, smart tvs etc, alot of older people have no clue how these things work. I've lost count how many times someone over the age of 50 has said "I don't want to break it" when talking about a computer or laptop to me I agree. I'm not sure why we expect a 15 year old to instinctively know how to use tech that was old even when I was a teenager. I think I last saw a we rotary phone used in the 1980s... Yeah it makes no sense. There's loads of things I'd have no clue about that's old. This is why I've set our age restriction at 45
Very wise. Steer clear of those old codgers harping on about the good old days...
'Scuse me, Sir YOLO. We had a rotary dial phone when I was a younger whippersnapper, and I'm younger than you
Really?!?! Is this because you are northern?
I honestly don't remember one past 1986ish...(though I do vividly remember one by the front door in the house we lived in then, on one of those phone tables that had the built in chair!)
(Google tells me the first button press phone came out in the 1960s!)
It is almost certainly because we are northern, I'm sure
We had an off-white, square-ish rotary dial until I was about 11. It also sat on a special telephone table, along with copies of the Yellow Pages, Thomson Local and my mother's address book (leather book with the thumb separators by letter for each surname). "Ah, the yellow pages. The paper internet was a bit shit, wasn't it?! | |||
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"I mean, I wouldn't personally know how to use a rotary phone either if I'm honest. Have never even seen one in real life. But it's just because it's old tech isn't it? Why would younger people know how to use tech that isn't used anymore and is effectively obsolete.. same as old people with smart phones, laptops, smart tvs etc, alot of older people have no clue how these things work. I've lost count how many times someone over the age of 50 has said "I don't want to break it" when talking about a computer or laptop to me I agree. I'm not sure why we expect a 15 year old to instinctively know how to use tech that was old even when I was a teenager. I think I last saw a we rotary phone used in the 1980s... Yeah it makes no sense. There's loads of things I'd have no clue about that's old. This is why I've set our age restriction at 45
Very wise. Steer clear of those old codgers harping on about the good old days...
'Scuse me, Sir YOLO. We had a rotary dial phone when I was a younger whippersnapper, and I'm younger than you
Really?!?! Is this because you are northern?
I honestly don't remember one past 1986ish...(though I do vividly remember one by the front door in the house we lived in then, on one of those phone tables that had the built in chair!)
(Google tells me the first button press phone came out in the 1960s!)
It is almost certainly because we are northern, I'm sure
We had an off-white, square-ish rotary dial until I was about 11. It also sat on a special telephone table, along with copies of the Yellow Pages, Thomson Local and my mother's address book (leather book with the thumb separators by letter for each surname).
Ah, the yellow pages. The paper internet was a bit shit, wasn't it?!
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"I mean, I wouldn't personally know how to use a rotary phone either if I'm honest. Have never even seen one in real life. But it's just because it's old tech isn't it? Why would younger people know how to use tech that isn't used anymore and is effectively obsolete.. same as old people with smart phones, laptops, smart tvs etc, alot of older people have no clue how these things work. I've lost count how many times someone over the age of 50 has said "I don't want to break it" when talking about a computer or laptop to me I agree. I'm not sure why we expect a 15 year old to instinctively know how to use tech that was old even when I was a teenager. I think I last saw a we rotary phone used in the 1980s... Yeah it makes no sense. There's loads of things I'd have no clue about that's old. This is why I've set our age restriction at 45
Very wise. Steer clear of those old codgers harping on about the good old days...
'Scuse me, Sir YOLO. We had a rotary dial phone when I was a younger whippersnapper, and I'm younger than you
Really?!?! Is this because you are northern?
I honestly don't remember one past 1986ish...(though I do vividly remember one by the front door in the house we lived in then, on one of those phone tables that had the built in chair!)
(Google tells me the first button press phone came out in the 1960s!)
It is almost certainly because we are northern, I'm sure
We had an off-white, square-ish rotary dial until I was about 11. It also sat on a special telephone table, along with copies of the Yellow Pages, Thomson Local and my mother's address book (leather book with the thumb separators by letter for each surname).
Ah, the yellow pages. The paper internet was a bit shit, wasn't it?!
It was definitely very different "One advantage, you don't get covered in black ink anymore when you are looking for a number! | |||
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"I mean, I wouldn't personally know how to use a rotary phone either if I'm honest. Have never even seen one in real life. But it's just because it's old tech isn't it? Why would younger people know how to use tech that isn't used anymore and is effectively obsolete.. same as old people with smart phones, laptops, smart tvs etc, alot of older people have no clue how these things work. I've lost count how many times someone over the age of 50 has said "I don't want to break it" when talking about a computer or laptop to me I agree. I'm not sure why we expect a 15 year old to instinctively know how to use tech that was old even when I was a teenager. I think I last saw a we rotary phone used in the 1980s... Yeah it makes no sense. There's loads of things I'd have no clue about that's old. This is why I've set our age restriction at 45
Very wise. Steer clear of those old codgers harping on about the good old days...
'Scuse me, Sir YOLO. We had a rotary dial phone when I was a younger whippersnapper, and I'm younger than you
Really?!?! Is this because you are northern?
I honestly don't remember one past 1986ish...(though I do vividly remember one by the front door in the house we lived in then, on one of those phone tables that had the built in chair!)
(Google tells me the first button press phone came out in the 1960s!)
It is almost certainly because we are northern, I'm sure
We had an off-white, square-ish rotary dial until I was about 11. It also sat on a special telephone table, along with copies of the Yellow Pages, Thomson Local and my mother's address book (leather book with the thumb separators by letter for each surname). "Sounds like what we had but ours was grey but yes the dedicated table by the front door with the telephone directory, yellow pages and telephone /address book | |||
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