Remeber Pre-Internet?

[mad axe man]

let me check my messages..you have 4 messages.... rewind cassette tape..then we went hi tech...oh i got a page..lol

 

[Thrup'ny Bit]

Seven, we only had four!

We only had two until 1968...

 

[rockon1]

I remember it well. It was the late 90's and I didnt have a home computer-even if I had I wouldnt know how to use it.... I just had taken possension of a 1974 honda CB750. I had to scower the classified sections and motorcyle mags at the time looking for used parts. As I recieved it without an enhaust, tank, fendersand side covers... not to mention a few small things...Anyhow with an IV bottle of gas I managed to get it started and took it for a ride down my street... I got lucky and managed to put it together. here it is now 20 years later still hae it. I call it "period restored" Not cafe like a lot of them ended up. The frame is still intact... Bob

 

[rcole_sooner]

I like post internet a lot better. I don't even know how I survived without the internet and my smart phone.

Of course, I don't know how I survived Summers without AC in my vehicles. But I did, and loved it. I couldn't do that now. Well, I guess I could, but it wouldn't be by choice.

 

[Engine Swap]

Access to music is a huge plus.

We had to rely on the radio, reviews, and friends record collections to hear music. I don’t know how many records I bought because I liked one song, only to find out the rest of the album was crap. Being young and poor, it took weeks to save up for a purchase.

 

[El Gobernador]

Seven, we only had four!

You're in GB I assume. And you're 43 years old. You have no idea young feller.

 

[Thrup'ny Bit]

You're in GB I assume. And you're 43 years old. You have no idea young feller.

We didn't get the fourth channel until 1982.

 

[AncientAx]

No gps, needed ADC map books for every county to look at jobs and give estimates .

 

[duzie]

Our rooftop antenna picked up 4 channels from NYC which was about 50 miles away .
On a good day we would get a fuzzy channel from Philadelphia lol .

 

[Robonarc]

I was late getting to the 21st century. I didn't get internet til 2004, didn't get a cellphone til 2005, and didn't get a smartphone til 2017. I remember in the 90s you had to talk to people with your mouth.

 

[El Gobernador]

I remember waiting at home for an important phone call.

 

[Thrup'ny Bit]

I remember waiting at home for an important phone call.

I remember waiting to get the phone connected up. It sat for months waiting for a new telegraph pole to be put up. That was 1968 too. It was a strange summer for me that year.

 

[duzie]

We had a party line as our phone service when I was young .
Who here remembers party lines ?

 

[rcole_sooner]

I remember waiting at home for an important phone call.

Well, now it is waiting for the internet repair guy.

 

[Hanson]

It was a different world in what seems like a different life.

I was nooding around on an acoustic at GC on Saturday and I had a young guy say to me, obviously you are pretty good on guitar, any advice for me as a beginner? How do I become a better player? I said… play complete real songs, with other real people. If you have the opportunity, play with an actual band. If you have aspirations to sing, sing while you play. Lastly, buy the best guitar you can afford.

He said that he has learned most from YouTube. I told him that I wished the internet and YouTube were around as I was growing up and learning to play, but it doesn’t replace playing live with people.

 

[Stu78]

You're in GB I assume. And you're 43 years old. You have no idea young feller.

I'll take young feller as a compliment Fezz.

 

[Yougene]

GAS was not that much common

 

[rcole_sooner]

Meh, I had plenty of gas, and not such good control of my spending. Made mistakes.

 

[archetype]

Smells like Teen Spirit?
We had Fidonet in those days.

In many ways it was better than the internet.
You could "ghost ban" trolls by adding their address to your "seen by" block, so the software would not route any message that passed through your node to the offending troll's node.

Fidonet? I'd Gopher that.

 

[Thrup'ny Bit]

I'll take young feller as a compliment Fezz.

I have shoes older than you...