CallistoJun 30

Satisfying my unscientific curiosity here. Please boost for visibility.

How old are you?

25 or younger
10%
26-40
32.4%
41-65
51.4%
66 or older
6.2%
Poll ended at .
Show threadCatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) Jun 30
@callisto @agturcz Most here have dialed into a BBS before...
Show threadFrenezul0_oJun 30
@catsalad @callisto @agturcz
There should be a poll for that too
Show threadCatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) Jun 30
@Frenezul0_o @callisto @agturcz Really?
Yes
31%
No
35.7%
Remind me later
33.3%
Poll ended at .
Show threadFrenezul0_oJun 30

@catsalad @callisto @agturcz

I learned how to make a poll!

I have dialed into a BBS before
56.8%
What's a BBS?
31.6%
What does "dial" mean?
11.6%
Poll ended at .
Show threadCatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) Jun 30

@Frenezul0_o @callisto @agturcz That last option...

I've actually heard "What's a landline?" before. 

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@catsalad @Frenezul0_o @callisto @agturcz

Lol. I have a landline. It's a dial phone attached to the wall in my kitchen, and yes, I use it.

Jun 30 at 4:04pmWeb
Show threadE. C. BigribsJun 30

@pattykimura
Do you subconsciously avoid calling people whose numbers have a lot of nines and zeroes, because of the time involved in waiting for the dial to roll back?

@catsalad @Frenezul0_o @callisto @agturcz

Show threadAgnieszka R. TurczyńskaJun 30
@eedly @pattykimura @catsalad @Frenezul0_o @callisto Once I've disassembled the dial, and when assembling I missed the break. So the dial had rolled back much faster. The switch was still able to recognise pulses properly. So, I've optimised calling in out household :)
Show threadE. C. BigribsJun 30

@agturcz If I'd known that was possible back in the '80s…

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Show threadAgnieszka R. TurczyńskaJun 30
@eedly @pattykimura @catsalad @Frenezul0_o @callisto Probably that was switch-dependent. We had a modern switch, built in late 70s. Already electronic one. The old ones, with electromechanical circuits probably had problems with such optimisation, due to inertia.
Show threadFrenezul0_oJun 30
@eedly @pattykimura @catsalad @callisto @agturcz
LoL no, but I know what you mean because I had a rotary as well.
Show threadSave Elderly Housing! Patty 👀Jun 30

@eedly @catsalad @Frenezul0_o @callisto @agturcz

Lol. The wait after a 9 or 0 is a welcomed rest from the effort of dialing.

Show threadE. C. BigribsJun 30

@pattykimura For me it was just enough of a speed bump to forget the next digit I needed to dial. And that was before the aging and concussions and parenthood-related mental lapses.

@catsalad @Frenezul0_o @callisto @agturcz

Show threadFrenezul0_oJun 30
@pattykimura @catsalad @callisto @agturcz
I just subscribed to a landline and I am looking for one of those.
Show threadSave Elderly Housing! Patty 👀Jun 30
@Frenezul0_o @catsalad @callisto @agturcz Our came with the house when we bought it, 25 years ago.
Show threadCallistoJun 30
@pattykimura @catsalad @Frenezul0_o @agturcz Me too. I freak out when the cellular goes out (which is the only way I get internet, too). At very least I need a way to call in the outage! Having 911 could be handy too depending on what took down the cellular or electric.