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By: Patrick

Just goes to show that you should never fully discard old technology. I will never, ever convert to Blu-Ray, unless it’s the only thing available. I still prefer to buy CDs versus downloading mp3s. You...

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By: MANGLER

Functional nostalgia

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By: chest fever

I’ve had people tell me that their land lines in NY/NJ didn’t work after the storm. The problem wasn’t with the land lines, it was that the people only had wireless home phones that required...

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By: Hmmmmm

Blu Ray is good. I also prefer CD’s to MP3’s. It is fun to watch old movies where the characters are dependant on pay phones. and to track the cell phone usage as it grew.

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By: Jst_Askn

@ chest fever: I am so frustrated that I can no longer have an ‘analog’ landline. I’m a Comcast customer and my phone line (digital) runs through my cable modem. So when the power and/or modem goes...

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By: Mayor of Ocee

Hmmmmm: I also enjoy watching movies where pay phones are still part of the norm and/or are still the major means of communication. Seeing them brings back good memories. Pay phones were part of our...

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By: LAB

The only problem with all those land lines is if the wind knocked the wires down, you had no phone. That’s what we experienced in NE Ohio. They’re not all underground cable, but if the phone works,...

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By: Idiots

Bloomberg and all of the other idiots knew for several days that Sandy was coming. They didn’t preposition generators, fuel, water…nothing. But, he did outlaw extra large soft drinks. What a buffoon.

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