Payphones, Pagers, & Passing Notes

It’s hard to image that there was a time where you couldn’t get in contact with just about anybody, anywhere, anytime. In this week’s episode, we look at how our lives were different growing up as GenX’ers and how the way we communicated affected our lives. How did we survive? We did — pretty well actually.
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Show NotesLife before mobile phones » https://groovyhistory.com/life-before-cell-phones

From smoke signals to mobile phones » https://bit.ly/2NI6IZQ

How to pass notes in school » https://www.wikihow.com/Pass-Notes-in-Class

History of the rotary phones » https://www.techwalla.com/articles/history-of-the-rotary-phone

What killed the pay phone? » https://bit.ly/2k3ArPW

Superman and the wrong a pay phone » https://youtu.be/lfjTfaeXbp4

History of pagers » https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-pagers-and-beepers-1992315

History of the mobile phone » https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-cell-phones/

Mobile phone dependency » https://www.health.com/anxiety/cell-phone-addiction

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