The Last of the Dialers?

I can still recall the home phone number of a few of my childhood friends (several days ago, my wife needed to call the father of one of my old friends and I was instantly able to produce the phone number from memory) and this leads to my two questions of the day . . . and these questions may only apply to people of my generation and older: 

1) Can you remember any phone numbers from your youth? 

2) Will ours be the last generation that can do this?
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10 comments:

  1. robMay 8, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    i had a very similar experience a few weeks ago - dialed my high school best friend's phone number by memory.

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  2. DaveMay 8, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    your daughters will never experience this joy.

    of course, they'll be able to teleport to their best friend's house in shanghai, so it's probably an even trade.

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  3. zmanMay 8, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    I had the same conversation a few months ago with a friend from high school. I still remember his parents' phone number but I have no idea what his is.

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  4. LeckyMay 8, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    was yours 732-297-9547?

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  5. DaveMay 8, 2011 at 5:07 PM

    nope-- i don't recognize that one-- call it and see who answers . . .

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  6. LeckyMay 8, 2011 at 5:18 PM

    must've been the Angel Inn or Virgos

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  7. MelodyMay 8, 2011 at 6:19 PM

    my first phone # had only 5 digits (28962) and my best friend's # was 44434. Yep Charlottetown was small.

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  8. DaveMay 9, 2011 at 5:48 AM

    canadians. did you guys have a phone book or were you required to memorize all the numbers?

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  9. robMay 9, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    where's our new sentence? we demand fresh content.

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  10. DaveMay 9, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    whoops-- i must have put it for PM!

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