Started By
Message
re: Ages of random people in 1998
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:56 pm to MetroAtlantaGatorFan
Posted on 9/26/23 at 3:56 pm to MetroAtlantaGatorFan
quote:
I turned 14 that year. It was nice, we had cell phones and the internet but they didn't control our life like they do now. And the world hadn't gone full retard yet.
I remember 1998 vividly, I was in college, and nobody I knew had cell phones. I knew one guy with a cell phone and it was his dad's company phone, his dad never used it so gave it to his son. It had the antenna that you have to pull out.
Where and how did you grow up that you had a cell phone at age 14 in 1998?
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 3:57 pm
3
Posted on 9/26/23 at 4:01 pm to deeprig9
Cell phones were becoming a thing but they were still a major novelty item. My mom had a cell phone and so did my grandmother. I was more excited about cordless phones at that age because that meant I could take the phone into my room and talk to my friends or girls rather than be forced to talk to them in the kitchen or my parents' bedroom. You could do that with a cell phone obviously but back then the charges for calls that lasted more than a certain amount of time were absolutely through the roof.
We didn't really have a computer at that time so I spent the majority of my time outside playing with neighborhood kids when I wasn't doing homework or chores.
We didn't really have a computer at that time so I spent the majority of my time outside playing with neighborhood kids when I wasn't doing homework or chores.
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 4:03 pm
Posted on 9/26/23 at 4:02 pm to deeprig9
quote:
Where and how did you grow up that you had a cell phone at age 14 in 1998?
My first cell was when I started driving in 2001, so someone having one 3 years prior isn't too far fetched. I'm betting it was a clunky block looking Motorola brick
Posted on 9/26/23 at 4:20 pm to WG_Dawg
I got my first cell phone in 2000 and I just remember that it felt really small in my hand but the antennae was like 3 feet long.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 4:41 pm to WG_Dawg
quote:
My first cell was when I started driving in 2001, so someone having one 3 years prior isn't too far fetched
A 14 year old having one three years prior? And using the term "we" to imply many of his peers had them? That's what isn't adding up for me.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 4:44 pm to deeprig9
quote:
I remember 1998 vividly, I was in college, and nobody I knew had cell phones. I knew one guy with a cell phone and it was his dad's company phone, his dad never used it so gave it to his son. It had the antenna that you have to pull out.
Where and how did you grow up that you had a cell phone at age 14 in 1998?
I didn't say I had a cell phone then.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 4:54 pm to WG_Dawg
quote:
I'm betting it was a clunky block looking Motorola brick
That came later on. My parents each had a Fujitsu F80P they got from Macy's in the mid 90s.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:04 pm to MetryMauler
quote:
Stetson Bennett was 18.
No, he wasn’t. He was a year old.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:04 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Undercover was 10.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:08 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Trying too hard slick
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:11 pm to deeprig9
quote:
Riley Reid was 7
quote:
She was still daddy's little princess.
She probably wasn’t.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:43 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
quote:
Florida's offensive coordinator was 5
He was 19, but close enough
Posted on 9/26/23 at 7:58 pm to MetroAtlantaGatorFan
quote:
I didn't say I had a cell phone then.
quote:
I turned 14 that year. It was nice, we had cell phones
Posted on 9/26/23 at 8:01 pm to deeprig9
And? 
Posted on 9/26/23 at 8:12 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
I was 24. I remember my freshman year 93 thinking 1980 sounded like ANCIENT history. Now…..13 years seems like a blip.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 8:15 pm to WhiskeyRiverBlues
quote:
40 years exactly according to my math. 1981 to 2021 right?
The OP is clearly highlighting our NC year.
Not winning an SEC title for 25 years is pathetic and should put Tennessee up for Big 6 relegation. That would be the equivalent of something last happening in 1973 back in 1998.
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 8:15 pm
Posted on 9/26/23 at 8:16 pm to molardog1
“ We didn't really have a computer at that time so I spent the majority of my time outside playing with neighborhood kids when I wasn't doing homework or chores.”
I pity my kids for not knowing such a world.
I pity my kids for not knowing such a world.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 8:37 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
quote:
should put Tennessee up for Big 6 relegation.
What do you think this means?
Posted on 9/26/23 at 9:45 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Yeah, unfortunately, I was old in '98 ... over the hill, half my life gone.
frickit ... those chaps will never know what a sweet American life they missed.
frickit ... those chaps will never know what a sweet American life they missed.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 10:48 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
I was a senior at Alabama… damn I miss those days.
Page 2 of 3
Popular
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News