Back When
When I was a child phone numbers were comprised of four digits, and all phones had rotary dialers.
Long distance calls were made by dialing “0″, and giving the operator the number you wished to call.
A human being answered every phone call. And, there was this thing called a “busy signal”, which is almost unheard of today.
While the busy signal was not welcome, it let you know the person you wanted to talk to was on the phone. Not like voice mails, and answering machines, where the person you wish to talk to may be home, but is not answering the phone. Am I the only one whose said, “If you there, pick up the phone.”?
There were no answering machines, call waiting, call forwarding, nor any of the other features we have today. And yet, the world spun very nicely. Things got done. Business thrived. Teenagers talked with their friends, but not at the length they do today. Appointments were made, and Thanksgiving plans at my grandmother’s house were all arranged.
I do use the features on the modern phone, heck, I love my iPhone, but sometimes do miss the simpler life. When I was a child family was more a part of our life then technology, live communication was all there was, and life was slower paced, allowing all of us to smell the roses.
Back then, we didn’t have to stop and smell the roses, we weren’t moving that fast in the first place. 