Artifacts of our past

[HayesGreener]

Once the community lifeline

 

[KillerFord1977]

Once the community lifeline

That can be said for the home phone(landline)

 

[SaltyMonkey]

my first weed whacker.

 

[Lab Us]

Once the community lifeline

Probably for the best. Do they even make/distrbute enough of these anymore to successfully use one of those?

 

[trader]

portable phones -

 

[papa]

my first weed whacker.View attachment 65925

You mean you got to stand up? This is what I had to use when cutting the weeds. https://www.etsy.com/listing/173048...c_type=cs&ref=pla_similar_listing_top-5&pro=1

 

[SaltyMonkey]

You mean you got to stand up? This is what I had to use when cutting the weeds. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1730486841/antique-wood-and-metal-sickle-vintage?click_key=bab573757282c7c684e8e594e7b100e113cfb3d4:1730486841&click_sum=9c704e99&external=1&rec_type=cs&ref=pla_similar_listing_top-5&pro=1

Yep. We did live high on the hog.

 

[rcurtner]

That can be said for the home phone(landline)

We still have a land line. Wife retired from AT&T after 32 years. Part of her retirement package included an almost free land line. Have to admit we very seldom use it.

 

[mikep]

Once the community lifeline

Did you check for change?

 

[jumpinjoe]

We still have a land line. Wife retired from AT&T after 32 years. Part of her retirement package included an almost free land line. Have to admit we very seldom use it.

We still have a landline, with the same number from 50+/- years ago, and use it almost exclusively when at home. Only time I pick up the cell from the charger is when going out, then we'll forward our landline to the cell. Several reasons for this practice, but has served us well since the days of the bag phones (about early 90's iirc)

 

[HayesGreener]

portable phones -
View attachment 65929

They replaced my bag phone in my cruiser with one of those. I hated it. I still miss my bag phone. And my MP5.

 

[mikep]

They replaced my bag phone in my cruiser with one of those. I hated it. I still miss my bag phone. And my MP5.

which do you miss more?

 

[Belt Fed]

which do you miss more?

I know which one is worth more now.

 

[Jfal]

I was thinking of getting a land-line again due to semi-frequent outages of cell service in my area. Unfortunately, new land-lines here run on the same lines as internet, which have more outages locally than the cell services. Can't win I guess.

 

[HayesGreener]

which do you miss more?

I miss my MP5. Who needs a bag phone?

 

[HayesGreener]

I was thinking of getting a land-line again due to semi-frequent outages of cell service in my area. Unfortunately, new land-lines here run on the same lines as internet, which have more outages locally than the cell services. Can't win I guess.

We dropped the land lines because they went out every time it rained. AT&T could never get that right.

 

[Pitdogg2]

We still have a land line. Wife retired from AT&T after 32 years. Part of her retirement package included an almost free land line. Have to admit we very seldom use it.

AT&T land lines use a little box that has a cellular sim card, to use cellular towers.
There is nothing land line line about them in my area, no matter which company it is.

 

[trader]

I would get a sat phone if your cellular phone and landline are intermittent.

 

[Jfal]

I would get a sat phone if your cellular phone and landline are intermittent.

That is a valid and logical suggestion. However, I no longer have a family to worry about in an emergency (home invasion or fire for examples)...just me. I have no idea how much a monthly charge would be for a satellite phone, but my sorry ass is certainly not worth it. It's just ironic calling them land lines....that ship has sailed. And do satellite phones work better than satellite TV? If not, my satellite TV would go out if cloud-cover was thick enough to produce rain or snow anyway....which is worse than what I have now anyway.

 

[javbike]

Yea we got rid our landline years ago don’t miss at all