29 Things You'll Only Relate To If You've Ever Dialed Star 69

Back in the before-times, the phone used to be attached to the wall with a cord, and only one person in the house could use it at a time. It was hell, but it was our hell.

1. Paging someone to a payphone and then waiting for them to call you there.

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Even though you had no idea how long they’d take to get your page.

2. And leaving your cool-ass pager code so they’d know who it was.

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And naturally a “911” so they knew it was urgent.

3. Calling 411 to get someone’s number.

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4. Looking something up in the phonebook.

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5. Looking up funny names in the phonebook.

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6. Looking up yourself in the phonebook.

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7. Leaving a hilarious message on your answering machine.

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“Hello? …………………….. Just kidding. We’re actually not here right now. Leave a message after the beep!”

8. “I KNOW YOU CALLED AND HUNG UP ON ME”

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9. “YOU CAN’T PROVE ANYTHING”

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10. For some reason fairly frequently calling the speaking clock to find out what “the time at the tone will be.”

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I guess it was weirdly soothing?

11. Knowing where the good phone booths are, and for what purposes.

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12. Always having quarters or phone cards.

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13. Calling collect just to say “Mom, pick me up!”

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Or ... Wehadababyitsaboy.

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14. Or just saving a buck or two this way.

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15. Or even just doing whatever the hell Alf and Terry Bradshaw are trying to do here.

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16. Having like 30 different phone numbers memorized.

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And writing the rest of the phone numbers on the wall next to the phone.

17. Or else maybe you were organized and had one of these.

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18. Talking so long that you ended up getting tangled in the phone cord.

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19. Hearing the worst 10 words in the English language.

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20. Your parents answering sales calls at dinner because no one had any way of knowing who it was.

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21. Getting a busy signal.

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22. Begging for a second line.

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And saying “Hang on. There’s someone on the other line.”

23. Having one of these in your room.

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24. Or maybe one of these?

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25. Yelling “I’m on the phone!” when someone picked up another one in the house.

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26. Calling the movie theater and listening through an endless droning message before you got to the playtime for the movie you wanted to see.

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27. Using one of these and having to go all the way back to the beginning when you screwed up.

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28. Listening in on your parents' or siblings’ conversations.

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29. And the weirdest thing of all. The fact that you still remember all those phone numbers from back in the day.

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