ColFeb 24
I'm so old I remember when the internet didn't have commercials.
Show threadBarry RowlingsonFeb 24
@kibcol1049 I'm so old I remember when the internet was in black and white and they played an mp3 of the national anthem before it shut down every night.
Show threadStuart Longland (VK4MSL)Feb 24

@geospacedman @kibcol1049 MP3? Youngin'!

We just had to settle for the MIDI version, none of this waveform stuff.

Show threadDudula the Dud
@stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049 When I were young we just had 2 rocks to bang together.
Feb 24 at 3:43pmWeb
Show threadClareFeb 24
@BackFromTheDud @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049 Luxury. We had to make our own rocks with sand collection our bare feet and spit.
Show threadCaptain Jack SparrowFeb 24

@NunavutBirder @BackFromTheDud @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049

you had sand?

Show threadDaveFeb 24

@BackFromTheDud @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049

Oooh! Morse code! 😂

I see we've skipped over the two-tin-cans-and-a-piece-of-string phase of the internet. 😜

Show threadDudula the DudFeb 24
@TheLancashireman You could afford STRING? LUXURY!! @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049
Show threadDaveFeb 24

@BackFromTheDud @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049

Well, I say "string" but it was just bits of dead grass twisted together.

Show threadDudula the DudFeb 24
@TheLancashireman Our dead grass was confiscated by the landlord. @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049
Show threadColFeb 24
@TheLancashireman @BackFromTheDud @stuartl @geospacedman String you say? Luxury! We had it hard, we had to weave nasal snot into a fibre!
Show threadStuart Longland (VK4MSL)Feb 24
@BackFromTheDud @geospacedman @kibcol1049 Nothing wrong with rock music.