Thread: Got to love it

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/video...?ocid=msedgdhp

Bob

That's Very sad from my perspective! However, you don't know what you don't know.

Doesn't surprise me in the least.

Kind of like how many of the youngin's can't operate a shift stick in a car-----LET ALONE---A non synchronized transmission.

'What do you mean you need to Double Clutch it? What the hell is a clutch?'

I learned a crash box in a half cab double decker bus in England.

In England you have to pass your test in a manual to drive a stick, if you take your test in an automatic, thats all you can drive which is awkward because autos are few and far between in the UK unless you get something big.

I remember even using Morse code on the old pay phones for free calls. You know the ones that only disabled the tones till you paid.
Could tap out the number on the hang up lever and free calls..
Course no mandatory area codes back then, just 7 numbers to tap out..
Had to save the quarters for pac man!

There are many things that are getting lost as things advance. However there is a ton of tech stuff that I don’t get, so I’m not going to throw any stones. The video was very entertaining. When I bought my car, only one of my kids could drive it because the others couldn’t drive stick. Mostly because when they were learning to drive no one wanted to drive my beast truck, everyone wanted to learn in moms nice little automatic car.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

I remember even using Morse code on the old pay phones for free calls. You know the ones that only disabled the tones till you paid.
Could tap out the number on the hang up lever and free calls..
Course no mandatory area codes back then, just 7 numbers to tap out..
Had to save the quarters for pac man!

Ha, I remember that too.

My Mum put a phone lock on the dial so I couldn't run the phone bill up talking to my friends ( in UK we pay for all calls by the minute, even local ones).

She couldn't figure out why the bills where still too big, she never did figure out that I could tap out the number I wanted to call on the hook.