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Discussion on: Remember phonebooks?

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Nick Taylor • Edited

A bunch that I relate to have already been mentioned but a couple others are phone booths/pay phones. I can only think of one that I know still exists à Montreal. I'm sure there's others, but they're definitely a rarety.

Any old media for the computer: floppies 3 1/2" and 5 1/4", iOmega Zip drives/disks.

Ordering music CDs by mail from Columbia House. (Just a Canadian thing?)

Dial-up Internet that is implied by other comments like using America Online.

Going to the library and going through countless drawers of cards to find a book.

Physical encyclopedias. The list goes on...

Almost forgot to mention the Nintendo Power Glove.

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David J Eddy

"...Ordering music CDs by mail from Columbia House. (Just a Canadian thing?)..."

United States thing as well. :)

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Nick Taylor • Edited

I stand corrected. I'm going further on a metro line I take and I'm seeing payphones or two at each station. 📞 🤷‍♂️