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Philoktetes
08/02/21 6:15:11 PM
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I remember so many shows/sitcoms havig the phone thing where instead of ringing, it would play the message (where the cool quirky character sings "speeaaak" or something) and then the caller records their message with the knowledge that people on the other end of the line can hear them

I never had this personally just like the little Caller ID devices you would plug into the wall before the phone
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Wii_Shaker
08/02/21 6:16:39 PM
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Yeah. Everybody had a voice mail machine in those days.

You used to be able to save people's messages on little tapes.

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Lukey_Bug
08/02/21 6:17:43 PM
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What? Are you 12?

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MC_BatCommander
08/02/21 6:17:59 PM
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An answering machine? Yes, we had one for my entire childhood

Heck I'm pretty sure my parents still have one

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mustachedmystic
08/02/21 6:18:17 PM
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Yall really dont know what an answering machine is?

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David1988
08/02/21 6:19:10 PM
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sounds like something before my time

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Guide
08/02/21 6:21:16 PM
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is this a conspiracy theory to make me feel old, or were you just out in the boonies

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Cuticrusader09
08/02/21 6:25:26 PM
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mustachedmystic posted...
Yall really dont know what an answering machine is?

I was describing the yellow pages to my older kid last night and she was looking at me like I was insane.

Then we got into floppy disks and she asked why they were called floppy since they werent floppy. I had to explain the older 5.25 vs the 3.5 disks.

That was my evening of feeling old.
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s0nicfan
08/02/21 6:25:38 PM
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Most of CE after reading this topic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRSjKfvm368

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Lordgold666
08/02/21 10:29:41 PM
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Lol

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DespondentDeity
08/02/21 10:33:46 PM
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This guy fuckin saying he dont believe in answering machines?

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Flauros
08/02/21 10:34:56 PM
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I miss the old answer tones, where it would play a song instead of that lame ass ringing.

I always had Heat of the Moment as mine.

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mooreandrew58
08/02/21 10:37:02 PM
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Yeah and people where legit aware you where probably listening cause "pick up I know you're there" messages would occur.

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Robot2600
08/02/21 10:38:44 PM
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lol that's an answering machine and literally everyone had one.

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littlebro07
08/02/21 10:40:13 PM
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Robot2600 posted...
lol that's an answering machine and literally everyone had one.


We didnt

like people could leave voicemails on our landline but we couldnt hear them leaving the message

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Jiek_Fafn
08/02/21 10:44:03 PM
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"Believe it or not, George isn't at home..."

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Robot2600
08/02/21 10:44:57 PM
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littlebro07 posted...
We didnt

like people could leave voicemails on our landline but we couldnt hear them leaving the message

It's just an answering machine setting. Maybe your parents just never turned it on.

Practically speaking, we never used it to screen calls, only to get messages when we were out of the house.

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Robot2600
08/02/21 10:45:41 PM
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https://youtu.be/ClWzXXD6Gjo

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InTheEyesOfFire
08/02/21 11:18:44 PM
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Then call id put the kaibosh on prank calls. Oh the good days.

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Guide
08/02/21 11:33:31 PM
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InTheEyesOfFire posted...
Then call id put the kaibosh on prank calls. Oh the good days.

*69 on your parent's dime to order 3 pies addressed at some random guy

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mustachedmystic
08/03/21 6:42:58 AM
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We never had an answering machine. Didnt need one, there was always someone home.

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Lokison
08/03/21 6:55:28 AM
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I had an answering machine built into my phone. Used to borrow my friends phones and leave creepy messages to freak my mom out. Also used to change the message randomly on it and piss my mom off.

*boss calls*
*deep, raspy voice* "What you want!?"
"Uhh.. please call me back"

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Shotgunnova
08/03/21 8:00:40 AM
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Jiek_Fafn posted...
"Believe it or not, George isn't at home..."


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