Never used a phonebox.....

Never used a phonebox.....

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ikarl

Original Poster:

3,730 posts

198 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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One of the graduates in work has admitted that he's never used a phonebox. Not massively unsurprising nowadays but got me thinking....

In the same context, what do you think the answer will be when we be ask the young folk, in 15 years time, what they have never used?

Bit of a Unit

6,663 posts

196 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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TV and other AV remote controls. Voice and gesture should be commonplace in the next 10 years.


HarryFlatters

4,203 posts

211 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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A floppy disk. They'll just think it's the 'save' icon...

tleefox

1,110 posts

147 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Not sure about the 15 years bit, but driverless cars must be the future?

Muzzer79

9,806 posts

186 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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VCR

Home telephone (landline)

CD player


DavesFlaps

679 posts

190 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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A (landline) telephone

A tin opener

A CD player

A time-domain reflectometer



ETA - Bugger off Muzzer - I thought of them first tongue out

Edited by DavesFlaps on Wednesday 3rd September 14:48

boxst

3,699 posts

144 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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HarryFlatters said:
A floppy disk. They'll just think it's the 'save' icon...
My children (11 and 14) DO think it is just the save icon. I showed them a disk and they had no idea what is was.

Rude-boy

22,227 posts

232 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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HarryFlatters said:
A floppy disk. They'll just think it's the 'save' icon...
I think you can say 5 years for that. It's got to be at least 9 since I used one and the only time I can see me doing so now is when I finally get round to transferring it all to a Memory Stick, which, incidentally, I think will have a much longer predicted life expectancy this week than they did last...

steveo3002

10,493 posts

173 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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porno mags

HarryFlatters

4,203 posts

211 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Rude-boy said:
I think will have a much longer predicted life expectancy this week than they did last...
hehe

The Fappening...

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

218 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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A mobile phone with buttons.

A TV that isn't "flat".

An ethernet cable.

A non reversible device connector (e.g. USB).

Software/games that comes on disk.

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

218 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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steveo3002 said:
porno mags
RIP Hedge Porn cry

sunnygym

993 posts

174 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Buying a cd or DVD


Dan_1981

17,352 posts

198 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Moonhawk said:
steveo3002 said:
porno mags
RIP Hedge Porn cry
I used to use a phonebox to phone the numbers i'd found in the back of hedge porn.

They'll never experience that feeling.

StuntmanMike

11,671 posts

150 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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TV? I have never watched much telly, the wife and daughters do, or did, now they watch Netflix and other services on tablets or computers, I cancelled sky, no one noticed, threw the box out, no one noticed, now the only person that uses a TV in our house is me.
So no, it is very rarely on.

mini1380cc

2,944 posts

170 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Moonhawk said:
steveo3002 said:
porno mags
RIP Hedge Porn cry
I thought this was supposed to make a revival due to the recent ISP blocking of adult sites.

Ennoch

371 posts

137 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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VCR's, Cassette music, Minidiscs...ironically vinyl will probably outlast them as it's now trendy.

Mobile phone's with batteries that last two weeks too...oh how I miss you Nokia. Actually, that's a point, they might never have used an indestructible Nokia instead of their rather fragile touch screen Samsung!

theshrew

6,008 posts

183 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Phone boxes all stank of fags and p1ss anyway.

Morningside

24,110 posts

228 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Desktop computers.
Computer mice will balls.

LordGrover

33,531 posts

211 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Proper fags. Amazed how many 'confirmed' smokers have switched to e-cigs.