Not being able to use the phone and the internet at the same time? And your Dad yelling at you because Grandma tried to call but couldn’t get through because you were horsing around on the interwebs?

Having to wait for a video to rewind before you could return it to the video shop? And feeling your life slip away in those tedious moments?

Mobile phones that were just mobile phones? With non-colour screens? And no other game but Snake?

Non-flat screen anything? Computer monitors and TVs that required at least three grown men to lift them?

Floppy disks?

Using a double tape deck to make mixed tapes? And handwriting the songs on the cover? And getting really pissed off if you made a mistake and had to use White-Out?

Remember White-Out?

ALL your music being on CDs? And having to carry a 12cm by 12cm stack of CDs everywhere just so you had a library of 100 songs to choose from?

Driving without GPS? And having to actually PLAN your trip on a map BEFORE you left the house?

ICQ? Or MSN Messenger?

Having to call your friend’s house and ask their parents if you can speak to them? And if they were jerks they sometimes said no because it was after 7pm?

The dial-up internet connection noise?

Not having the internet at home? And having to go to the library and print out 60 pages of information for your English assignment?

Taping songs off the radio? And pausing and rewinding to try to learn the lyrics?

Leaving CDs and cassettes in your car in summer? And having them melt if you left them on the dashboard?

Not being able to check your email on your phone? Therefore probably only checking it legitimately once a day?

Video store late fines? And the family trauma caused by incurring them?

Writing things like addresses and phone numbers down on paper?

Not being able to text someone? Like if your Mum went to the shops and you forgot to tell her to get Vegemite you were stuffed until next shopping day?

What do you remember?

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