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@snowy said in Coronavirus memes:
@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus memes:
how you could 'tap' them to get a free call!
Yes, and phone boxes.
10 minus the required number to be dialed was the number of "taps" as I recall. So a seven was 3 taps.
Was that actually correct? I remember hearing it, but even as a kid - just assumed it was an urban myth, to keep stupid kids busy tapping furiously away in a phone booth.
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@kruse said in Coronavirus memes:
Was that actually correct? I remember hearing it, but even as a kid - just assumed it was an urban myth, to keep stupid kids busy tapping furiously away in a phone booth.
Yes it was correct. Used it all the time. Analogue phones that clicked as the dial returned to 0.
Was really easy (assuming that you could subtract from 10).
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So I am assuming Blenheim still only needs 4 digits?
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I remember when you saw a phone booth you always checked the coin area, as someone nearly always left coin that could be used for spacies.
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@booboo said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus memes:
@hooroo I still remember our 5 digit number, and even remember plenty of my rellies 3 digit number on their party lines...probably cos they still live there and thier last 3 digits are still the same, just have 4 more in front of them!
And crank handle phones ... Kaitaia in the mid-80s.
890D
awanui here!
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@chimoaus said in Old people talk about the olden days:
I remember 1 cent lollies. I could work for 2 hours and get 50 cents and then walk 5km on my own to the dairy and get the poor shop keeper to pick out 50 different lollies.
Whilst buying my lollies I would buy a pack of smokes for my
mumselfFIFY
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@hooroo said in Old people talk about the olden days:
I only remember having a minimum of 5 numbers. 55634 then 555634 and finally 8555634.
The same for me in the 1980s.
Being able to tap the phones in the phone box was great if you were out with your mates and needed to phone someone.
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In the 80s our farm was on a party line to the local exchange - a bit like the below.
Our phone "number" was 14R.
Went digital in the late 80s. Phone number was 3 digit area code then 6 digit number, and when Australia moved to 10-digit numbers (had left the farm by that stage) they reorganised the area codes:
14R
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@mn5 said in Old people talk about the olden days:
K bars. How good were they ? They were inconsistent though, how my teeth survived the tougher ones is anyone’s guess.
The tuck shop was full of shit, those big gobstoppers, giant Jaffa's, no wonder we had so much energy in class.
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@taniwharugby said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@mn5 TBF I think they have changed the recipe massively (and not for the better) and made them smaller.
No, our hands just got bigger !!!!!
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One of the scary things about my youth was the lack of seat belts and how many times we were in the back of the ute/panelvan just chilling whilst we drove into town. I remember my Dad would often put me on his lap and let me think I was steering the car.
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@chimoaus said in Old people talk about the olden days:
One of the scary things about my youth was the lack of seat belts and how many times we were in the back of the ute/panelvan just chilling whilst we drove into town. I remember my Dad would often put me on his lap and let me think I was steering the car.
Initially it was only kids had to wear seatbelts I think. Most vehicles didn't have them in the back anyway. The best was driving from the farm to the pub, Pukemanu which was next to the park thankfully, fucking about in the park, getting a bag of chips for dinner, then falling asleep in the back of the station wagon. Wake up next morning in bed, parents having got us home at some point
Old people talk about the olden days