Signs your getting old?
Signs your getting old?
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Does anyone remember (before the Internet) how we....found out how to get somewhere without a map, or found out about a cool event to attend?
For the life of me, I can't remember how I did just about anything without Google search or the Internet.
- The only thing that I can remember was, that just about everything was by word of mouth.utopian
- magazines, local zines/leaflets/local newspaper - find out about local stuff. Friends! Real life human friends and a landline.shapesalad
- You didn't need a map because you stayed in the place you grew up in and didn't venture further than a 10Km radius from your home.shapesalad
- Life was good... I miss it. People trusted more. "I'll see you next friday, 7pm, outside such and such pub." that was it.. no text, find my friend etc.shapesalad
- If they weren't there, you'd find a phone booth, call their home, speak to the parents etc.shapesalad
- I could remember all my friends phone numbers. If you asked me now for my mothers phone number - I have no idea, need to check my iPhone.shapesalad
- I can still remember my friend's numbers from when I was a teen, as too their car license plates...Nairn
- I remember a lot of "I'll call you at x'o'clock" and then waiting by the phone for it to ring, hopefully not interrupted by the Bill Payers.Nairn
- I'd find out about gigs from the music press, local radio, flyers, ads at the guitar shop.zardoz
- Paper maps were common pre internet. Flyers often had simplified 'we are here' diagrams.zardoz
- Very useful was the noticeboard at the student union (maybe a UK thing, that)zardoz
- Of course, alot of this extended well into the internet age. I'd say the rise of smartphones from around 08 was the real Year Zero.zardoz
- Thomas road maps, still got someYakuZoku
- Posters
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But damn, some of you are ancient brografician - Melways, inpress and beat!sab