• Dozzi92@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Eh, in fairness, I remember the phone ringing and my dad just being like, “Don’t answer it,” because telemarketers were definitely a thing in the '90s.

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      24 hours ago

      Lol yeah and my mum being like if someone knocks/rings when we’re out just say “my mum is in the shower but she will be RIGHT back”. I think to stop us getting kidnapped 😂 then people wonder why we’ve grown up to avoid people knocking on our doors 😂

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      2 days ago

      That’s why answering machings had speakers on them. It was a great way to screen calls. If someone you wanted to talk to was on the line you just picked up.