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. Patreon » https://patreon.com/genxgrownup Facebook » http://fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » http://GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website » http://GenXGrownUp.com Podcast » http://GenXGrownUp.com/pod Merchandise » http://GenXGrownUp.com/merch Theme: “Grown Up” by Beefy » http://beefyness.com iTunes » https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/genxgrownup-podcast/id1268365641 Google » https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iuthetoh4i5abybbnn4em36icwi Pocket Casts » http://pca.st/8iuL Stitcher » http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=146720&refid=stpr TuneIn » https://tunein.com/radio/GenXGrownUp-Podcast-p1020342/ Spotify » https://spoti.fi/2TB4LR7 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 Email the show » [email protected] Visit us on YouTube » http://GenXGrownUp.com/yt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices