[BfloGuy]

This will sound like a comment that applies more to the 1950’s than the 1980’s, but people were still in the habit back then of dropping everything for a phone call

That rings true [no pun intended.] My 88 year-old mother still panics if she can't answer the phone before it goes to voice-mail. Isn't it funny to watch old TV shows and see people answering the phone WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHO'S CALLING!

I mean, OMG.

[thulldud]

Isn't it funny to watch old TV shows and see people answering the phone WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHO'S CALLING!

And they can't even take the phone into the other room, because it's <gasp!> WIRED INTO THE WALL!!