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submitted 7 months ago by vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Ill start, I never used a check. The only way I can get a house is waiting for my parents to die.

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[-] Today@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I've written checks at the grocery store to get cash. My high school had a smoking area and we drank wine coolers at lunch. I wasted a lot of time in AOL chat rooms and downloaded songs overnight - the screech of dialup is burned in my brain. I've bought new albums, 45's, and cassettes and played my mom's 78s. I owned a car with an 8-track player. I own a house and wish i could afford to move to a smaller one.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago
[-] Today@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago
[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I am 56 and that dial up sound, the handshake. I remember that so vividly but was on Usenet forums not AOL.

And had a car with an 8 track player but only one 8 track recording, Deep Purple.

High school outdoor smoking area.

Landline phone "party line" not even a private line when I was really little, can vaguely remember picking up the phone and not being able to dial because someone else was talking on it, though we only had one phone.

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