One of the first things I do after I wake up in the morning is check the weather app on my iPhone. Not only does it tell me what the current temperature is, it tells me what the high for the day is going to be, whether it’s going to be a sunny or cloudy day, if there will be any rain or high winds, what the humidity is, what the air quality is, what time the sun will be setting. And also displays the ten day forecast.
Right before my wife and I left the house this morning, I said to my Google Nest Home Hub, “Hey Google, what’s the weather today?” and “she” gave me the rundown.
I got in my electric car and the infotainment screen lit up and showed me the current temperature, humidity, and a cartoon-like drawing of the yellow sun being partially obscured by clouds.
When we got to our destination I asked my car’s infotainment system if there was any rain in the forecast in the next two hours and was assured that there wasn’t.
I looked at my wife and said, “Do you remember when, in order to know what the forecast was, we had to call the weather number on our landline phones and would get a recorded message that was updated every hour? It would tell us the current temperature and weather conditions for the next hour.”
She smiled, rolled her eyes, and said, “Yes, I remember. I even remember the number. It was 555-1212.” We both got a good laugh at that.
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I remember when you had to call to get the movie times as well! And the time! Popcorn 😂
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I remember that number too. It was free when hardly anything by phone was free, although remember when information was free?
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Yeah. Does 4-1-1 (the number for Information) still even exist?
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Before the smartphones, we would go outside and take a look at the sky to judge the chances of rain! 😂
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That’s so archaic! 😂
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Haha! Shows we have lived before the technological advances changed our lives.
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Probably more reliable Sadje…Even now……
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Haha! Yup, probably 😂
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Phone in, weather network, or from your smart phone the one thing that has not changed is the accuracy of the forecasts!
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I used to love the landline phones in which you had to dial a number by rotating the little disc with number on it (not like the keypad).
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I remember those, and the sound they made as your dialed the number.
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Yes! It was satisfying to watch it rotate like that with that sound. Me as a kid used to dial random numbers just for fun due to which many a times I ended up talking to strangers.
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I remember calling time. I used to do it every chance I got, drove my Mum mad. At the beep it will be…..
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Gawd. I remember that ‘at the third stroke it will be’ Quick Mabel adjust the clock……
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Yep, used to be a bit of a panic
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Was it repeated every minute from memory ?……
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I thought so
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Memory tells me yes. An in a posh British accent. Now we have satellites keeping our devices correct to the second. Times have changed……
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I miss time 🙁
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What do you mean you miss time?
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I miss the time recording 🙂
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😁
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Man, you were so hi-tec. We used to have to wind down the window.
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Once again still more reliable. Hey Mabel my phone predicts sunny all day. It’s pissing down. She says I’ve got the wrong day?…..
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yup sounds like user error!
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Can’t trust technology. Open window and stick your head out.. maybe was looking at wrong day
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So hot 🥵
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Don’t laugh. I remember the number of our black phone when I was a boy. J1245 And the exact place it used to sit. Seriously shows long term memory. ……
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