You Know You Are Old When

[MossRoad]

Yeah, I put in my destination before we leave the driveway. But sometimes plans change mid route. Or we get hungry. Or see signs to an attractions.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

The best vacations are just knowing destination then no interstates but back roads. If anyone sees something interesting...stop or go back.
One interesting vacation is my business in town was within 2 miles of a secondary road so we started there in Virginia staying South to the end which was in Perry, Florida.
Interstates have bypassed interesting businesses and small towns.

 

[BravoXray]

Was his name Sullivan, with a brother named Ed?

Nope, was Mr. Schertz, still wet behind the ears from college.

 

[BravoXray]

The best vacations are just knowing destination then no interstates but back roads. If anyone sees something interesting...stop or go back.
One interesting vacation is my business in town was within 2 miles of a secondary road so we started there in Virginia staying South to the end which was in Perry, Florida.
Interstates have bypassed interesting businesses and small towns.

A couple of friends and I went to Wyoming to attend another friend's wedding in 2005. Took two days to get there, but we took state roads almost all the way. Was really interesting to see what real America looks like, not what you see from the Interstate.

 

[jyoutz]

When we moved to Oregon in 14, we saw that even local numbers you had to use the area code, any other states have to do that?

Yes, we do in NM.

 

[jyoutz]

I would assume the same for others with multiple area codes in the same state, we not only have to use the area code but also use a 1 in front like every call is long distance.

Is there such a thing as “long distance” calling anymore?

 

[WM75Guy]

Is there such a thing as “long distance” calling anymore?

We still have to dial 1+ on our land lines. Since we still have to use fax for some government farming business we have a landline in the house. I have a desk phone for it in the office, it usually goes to voicemail. Spectrum includes the VOIP line for free with our fiber internet but charges $25 for unlimited long-distance calling. It is also nice to have a home number to give out instead of my cell when a phone number is required but I don't want to be bothered by their phone calls.

We also have a landline in the shop that we use for the stained-glass business. The shop has a separate fiber drop and modem. Same $25 charge as the house line. The monthly charge for that internet and phone counts as a business expense. The internet is only 100 Mbps in the shop vs 400 Mbps for the house. The house system runs the security cameras.

 

[Oaktree]

I don't know if it's age-related, but I have no desire to use voice commands on my phone. My phone and my computer are two things in my life that just shut up and do what I tell them to do (non-verbally).

Only things I have that could conceivably take voice commands are a cat and my wife. And both do whatever they want regardless of what I say.

 

[Oaktree]

Speaking of phones, when/why did periods replace dashes between area code, exchange and last 4 digits? Seems 'most everyone uses periods now.

 

[scootr]

Speaking of phones, I'm thinking about trading in my iphone 12 pro max 512GB on a new iphone 16 regular with 256GB, Would be nice to have a little smaller phone. The size of these things has gotten out of control. They're too big for a phone and too small for a computer.
I only use the iphone for text and calls mostly.