I remember when I need 2p to use a phone box in order to ring home (from school)
we used to cheat it, ring the operator, say we put money in and lost it, they would put us through.
Having to wait to go home. To ring a friend, but asking parents permission first to use the phone (rotary phone)
Having to wait 7 days to get photo's developed to see what came out
having to wait a month for super8 films to be developed, then pulling out the screen and projector and NO SOUND
remember watching an old b/w b movie a scary one, about 10 minutes long on super8, with NO SOUND
being a field engineer, communicating with the office from site only, as we never had mobile phones
my God HOW DID WE MANAGE with out social media, email, and iphones
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