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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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It seems pretty hard dont it, that there was a time were there was no internet or facebook? Can you remember what you did in the 90s? I can. I was mostly out and doing all sorts. I was out more  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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In the 90s I was still living in the 80s! Come to think of it, I still am 
I was definitely out on the town more but at the fear of sounding like an old fart, it was different then..
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By *eesideMan
over a year ago
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"It seems pretty hard dont it, that there was a time were there was no internet or facebook? Can you remember what you did in the 90s? I can. I was mostly out and doing all sorts. I was out more "
My brother is from the cave man time zon.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Dear chap I was in School in the early eighties . There were no computers in our school .
For porn a young chap had to reach among the hedgerows . For some.mystrious reason porn mags went there to die |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I was out having fun.
Having conversations and ringing a house phone or knocking on someone's door if I needed to get hold of them.
Now if the door knocks and I don't know who it is - it gives me a little bit of anxiety 
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By *arkRichMan
over a year ago
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I remember having to rely on finding porn magazines in the woods... which, weirdly enough, happened quite frequently...
I remember sitting on the bus to Chester for 2hrs on a Saturday to get to HMV to buy all the latest music...
I remember everyone believing the guy in the pub who was full of bullshit stories, and having no way to verify whether they were true...
...and I remember taking up to a month to figure out who the hot chick was at college, and if she was single or not 
I quite like this modern world  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I was born in 63, I can remember life before TV (we didn't have one for years) as well as life before the internet. We did all sorts like write letters, visit our grannies, and lots of other fun stuff XXX |
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I think I sent my first email in about 1993. Before that it was memos and letters and faxes and microfiche and phone calls. I like having access to instant information and as I don’t do social media, I don’t have any of the angst that appears to be associated with it all. |
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"I think I sent my first email in about 1993. Before that it was memos and letters and faxes and microfiche and phone calls. I like having access to instant information and as I don’t do social media, I don’t have any of the angst that appears to be associated with it all. "
Telex! Don't forget telex. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think I sent my first email in about 1993. Before that it was memos and letters and faxes and microfiche and phone calls. I like having access to instant information and as I don’t do social media, I don’t have any of the angst that appears to be associated with it all.
Telex! Don't forget telex."
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Swinging was still going on, Either a magazine from the news agents, or personals in LOOT, slower, but as a single man, a hit rate of 1 in 5, and you tended to see eachother for a repeatedly, as getting together was tough.
I bet the hit rate on here must be 1:50.
Simple, but happy times. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It seems pretty hard dont it, that there was a time were there was no internet or facebook? Can you remember what you did in the 90s? I can. I was mostly out and doing all sorts. I was out more "
90s were fantastic for me |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I think I'm one of the lucky ones, I hate technology and would gladly spend time away from it!
But with work relying on it and colleagues gripping their phones on their breaks, annoys me  |
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"I think I'm one of the lucky ones, I hate technology and would gladly spend time away from it!
But with work relying on it and colleagues gripping their phones on their breaks, annoys me "
All technology or just recent technology? |
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The original word processors were a nightmare. The first computers I used at work in the late 70s and early 80s needed key punch cards and only updated over night. The processor took up an entire room. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think I'm one of the lucky ones, I hate technology and would gladly spend time away from it!
But with work relying on it and colleagues gripping their phones on their breaks, annoys me
All technology or just recent technology?"
If you mean my personal hatred of technology, its from my upbringing of close communities talking to each other rather than 'you will never guess what Mrs *** said on facebook'!
But I understand times have changed, and neighbours don't actually know their neighbours which I find a shame
But in work time I like to talk to my colleagues faces at lunch, but find them buried in their phones which annoys me!
I do understand how the world revolves around technology, to make businesses run, but humans seem to be like robots already, heads down concentrating on phones etc...
Mrs x |
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By *tonMessCouple
over a year ago
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I remember having bbc micro computers in senior school and my dad saying how marvelous this new technology was going to be. As well as computer studies we had Pittman typing exams too.
Think we had our first computer at home around 1998. It cost a bloody fortune and was so slow. |
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"I think I'm one of the lucky ones, I hate technology and would gladly spend time away from it!
But with work relying on it and colleagues gripping their phones on their breaks, annoys me
All technology or just recent technology?
If you mean my personal hatred of technology, its from my upbringing of close communities talking to each other rather than 'you will never guess what Mrs *** said on facebook'!
But I understand times have changed, and neighbours don't actually know their neighbours which I find a shame
But in work time I like to talk to my colleagues faces at lunch, but find them buried in their phones which annoys me!
I do understand how the world revolves around technology, to make businesses run, but humans seem to be like robots already, heads down concentrating on phones etc...
Mrs x"
Yes a lot of people say that. I haven't noticed it a great deal in the people I mix with but texting etc is still communicating so I suppose that's something.
I was more wondering if you hate all technology e.g. television, radio etc |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I think I'm one of the lucky ones, I hate technology and would gladly spend time away from it!
But with work relying on it and colleagues gripping their phones on their breaks, annoys me
All technology or just recent technology?
If you mean my personal hatred of technology, its from my upbringing of close communities talking to each other rather than 'you will never guess what Mrs *** said on facebook'!
But I understand times have changed, and neighbours don't actually know their neighbours which I find a shame
But in work time I like to talk to my colleagues faces at lunch, but find them buried in their phones which annoys me!
I do understand how the world revolves around technology, to make businesses run, but humans seem to be like robots already, heads down concentrating on phones etc...
Mrs x
Yes a lot of people say that. I haven't noticed it a great deal in the people I mix with but texting etc is still communicating so I suppose that's something.
I was more wondering if you hate all technology e.g. television, radio etc"
TV, radio has been around all my life so can't complain about that. But my gripe is talking to someone who is constantly on their phone or on their tablet. Eyes up, talk, engage, put the f**king thing down!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ironic that technology and the internet that is supposed to put us more in touch seems to do just the opposite.
Apparently some pubs are soon to remove their Wi-Fi as customers don't engage with each other anymore. Instead they sit there with their heads stuck in their phones and the pub has no atmosphere as a result.
For me, I still do the things that I enjoyed most pre-internet. Keeps me young and sane. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I still remember the good old days of my childhood.
Before the Internet, I used to just watch all my favourite cartoons, go to the corner shop for some sweets, play games on my Nintendo, go round the back of the house to the play area which I called the swings and slides and go to the video shop and rent some videos. |
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"Dear chap I was in School in the early eighties . There were no computers in our school .
For porn a young chap had to reach among the hedgerows . For some.mystrious reason porn mags went there to die "
I was in school then too, no computers for me either, though I didn't go looking for porn in the hedgerows |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Was there a time before the internet?......
I’ll check on google.
Apparently, we had libraries or old people to ask if you wanted to know something. Some people were known to use phrases like, ‘I guess we’ll never know’ or ‘your uncle joe has a book about that, we’ll visit him next week and check it out’.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The original word processors were a nightmare. The first computers I used at work in the late 70s and early 80s needed key punch cards and only updated over night. The processor took up an entire room."
I used to build computer rooms in the early eighties, when we turned up,there were secretaries outside each managers office, and a typing pool of twenty plus ladies, when you came back 6months later, they were all gone, bar one or two doing data entry. it's amazing how many jobs have been lost to computers |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I think I'm one of the lucky ones, I hate technology and would gladly spend time away from it!
But with work relying on it and colleagues gripping their phones on their breaks, annoys me
All technology or just recent technology?
If you mean my personal hatred of technology, its from my upbringing of close communities talking to each other rather than 'you will never guess what Mrs *** said on facebook'!
But I understand times have changed, and neighbours don't actually know their neighbours which I find a shame
But in work time I like to talk to my colleagues faces at lunch, but find them buried in their phones which annoys me!
I do understand how the world revolves around technology, to make businesses run, but humans seem to be like robots already, heads down concentrating on phones etc...
Mrs x
Yes a lot of people say that. I haven't noticed it a great deal in the people I mix with but texting etc is still communicating so I suppose that's something.
I was more wondering if you hate all technology e.g. television, radio etc
TV, radio has been around all my life so can't complain about that. But my gripe is talking to someone who is constantly on their phone or on their tablet. Eyes up, talk, engage, put the f**king thing down!!! "
If i pick my head up i cant read what u say about me |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think I'm one of the lucky ones, I hate technology and would gladly spend time away from it!
But with work relying on it and colleagues gripping their phones on their breaks, annoys me
All technology or just recent technology?
If you mean my personal hatred of technology, its from my upbringing of close communities talking to each other rather than 'you will never guess what Mrs *** said on facebook'!
But I understand times have changed, and neighbours don't actually know their neighbours which I find a shame
But in work time I like to talk to my colleagues faces at lunch, but find them buried in their phones which annoys me!
I do understand how the world revolves around technology, to make businesses run, but humans seem to be like robots already, heads down concentrating on phones etc...
Mrs x
Yes a lot of people say that. I haven't noticed it a great deal in the people I mix with but texting etc is still communicating so I suppose that's something.
I was more wondering if you hate all technology e.g. television, radio etc
TV, radio has been around all my life so can't complain about that. But my gripe is talking to someone who is constantly on their phone or on their tablet. Eyes up, talk, engage, put the f**king thing down!!!
If i pick my head up i cant read what u say about me "
Might not be a bad thing |
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"It seems pretty hard dont it, that there was a time were there was no internet or facebook? Can you remember what you did in the 90s? I can. I was mostly out and doing all sorts. I was out more "
Imagine having an interest in this lifestyle in the 80's, there was The Journal of Sex, a monthly porn mag with classifieds in the back.
You'd write to the people who interested you, with a grainy Polaroid picture, the mag would forward to the intended party (and charge you for it), you'd then wait two weeks for a reply, which again would have to be routed via JoS, by the time you'd heard from anyone the ardour had invariably cooled!
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ironic that technology and the internet that is supposed to put us more in touch seems to do just the opposite.
Apparently some pubs are soon to remove their Wi-Fi as customers don't engage with each other anymore. Instead they sit there with their heads stuck in their phones and the pub has no atmosphere as a result.
For me, I still do the things that I enjoyed most pre-internet. Keeps me young and sane."
" On the eighth day machine just got upset. A problem man had not forseen as yet" |
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