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[brii]

On 7/16/2014 straykatz said:

That first phone was so big it didn't even fit in my purse. We called it a ""shoebox"" phone. Lol

[NoelSeven]

On 7/16/2014 straykatz said:

I had one that looked a lot like the black one on the left! I carried it in my purse when I was out, and boy, did it take up a lot of room.

[brewhaha]

On 7/16/2014 ive been framed said:

...one ringy dingy...two ringy dingy...

They ring?

[Clover29]

We had a switchboard for our dorm in college. Anyone who lived in the dorm could take a shift as operator, and get paid. We could listen in to calls, but I never did (and I don't know who'd want to, it was just moms calling daughters). It was a nice quiet couple of hours for study time. That was the early 1980s. I'm glad I had the opportunity.

I learned to type on a "sit up and beg" manual typewriter, where you had to set tab stops, go back to underline and use correction fluid or a gritty eraser.

It probably won't be long before people say, "Do you remember when we drove cars ourselves?"

[NoelSeven]

On 7/16/2014 Clover29 said:

We had a switchboard for our dorm in college. Anyone who lived in the dorm could take a shift as operator, and get paid. We could listen in to calls, but I never did (and I don't know who'd want to, it was just moms calling daughters). It was a nice quiet couple of hours for study time. That was the early 1980s. I'm glad I had the opportunity.

I learned to type on a "sit up and beg" manual typewriter, where you had to set tab stops, go back to underline and use correction fluid or a gritty eraser.

It probably won't be long before people say, "Do you remember when we drove cars ourselves?"

I learned to type on one of those, too! I hated making a copy with carbon paper in between sheets of paper.

I had my daughter take typing lessons starting at age 8, because I saw computer technology coming. She learned on a manual, too, and her little fingers were too small to stretch much, lol.

[ROMARY]

Just heard on the news this morning.......something about Germany going back to manual typewriters because of security breaches on the Internet/computer regarding sensitive security, and spying, etc. I believe I heard that they sent a US spy out of their country, or something similar. Something about us hacking into Germany's computers, and leaking info. Don't quote me on that. Didn't catch the entire report, obviously. The pendulum swings, I've often thought, and before we know it, we'll be back to 'paper' for safety/security reasons.

[MaggieToo]

This is what my first typewriter looked like. Good grief the picture was outside the box.

It was a Royal portable with carrying case.

[hckynut]

I'll say it has changed and I have been interested in it since my high school days back in the early 1950's. Before stereo radio was even available(true 2 channel stereo now)I improvised my own version of stereo in my first couple of cars. I added speakers/faders/rheostat or 2 and also a reverberator. Could pass to most as true descrete 2-channel stereo.

Always kept up on technology related to audio and video, and once I got into computers, I included them in my interests.

To this day I am still interested and try to keep up with current technology, but one thing I wish was never made available for public use? It is called a cell phone.

[madzonie]

This was my first ""cell"" phone back in the mid 1990's - a phone in a bag! :-)

[Lindsays Grandma]

On 7/16/2014 NoelSeven said:

December 1943

I had a great aunt who worked as a switchboard operator for a few years. Seeing this photo is a reminder of how much technology has changed.

The new cars are another reminder. I now have one that's all computer run, and even has a monitor to check various parts and functions. Actually, I'm not thrilled with that, you can't let it just sit idle for a week. it drains the battery just hanging out.

I was one of those ladies back in the day in Queens, New York. I operated local and long distance. It was nerve racking at first but after a few months it was a piece of cake and the salary was very good.