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How to make a call using a land line phone. That made me feel very old.
Push-button phone or (gasp) rotary?
Just regular push button. He dialed the number and then just stared at the phone waiting for it to do something. Hand set was still in the cradle.
Use either the same way by just using the button/cradle for the handset.
I've also heard that kids have difficulties with reading analog clocks.
Honestly makes me wonder if kids have trouble reading gauges in their cars
Ha most gauged these days are purely digital too, for newer vehicles at least.
That's an older one tho, most places had already transitioned to mainly digital when I was in school many many moons ago, I can read an analog clock but it takes a minute to think about it, whereas I'd assume being more ingrained you'd be much quicker at telling the time.
Out of curiosity, where/when was that? All my schools (in the northeast U.S., in the 90s and 00s) had analog clocks in every classroom. I remember them vividly, as I'd spent many an hour staring at them, wishing they'd move faster.
2000's to 2010's It transitioned over time, I remember my elementary school had a small tube TV in each classroom that had a slideshow with school related news and always displayed the time digitally, but several of the classrooms also had analog clocks, I assume now that was if the teacher chose to put one in there as decor?
One of my favorite games did an update themed around 1999. The number of times I had to explain the concept of a pager...
it wasn't even that long ago! I can't be old yet!