Edward
Bartender
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- London, UK
freebird said:I do remember having to actually dial a phone. When we first moved to our present location we just had to dial the last 4 numbers of the phone number to reach someone in our town.....and that was only 33 years ago.
Our town was like that right up until, if memory serves, 1981.... small-town Ireland....
I use a whole bunch of MP3s as ringtones - essentially, anyone who is likely to call me has their own tone assigned, while I also use certain generics for work contacts (one for colleagues, one for work-related others). My tones vary from the Clash, through various covers of Eddie Cochrane numbers, a few Ramones tracks, Pogues, numbers from Cabaret.... I also have a bunch of tracks on there from an outfit called The Nutley Brass, who specialise in lounge / easy-listening version of classic punk rock material, with particular emphasis on the Ramones.
Best reaction I used to get was when my text alert was Mr T saying "I pity the fool!" amazing the number of people who used to look around with that "what the...?" expression. lol Currently, my text alert is actually a recording of one of my cats purring.