The 'I need a distraction' thread.

[nonperson]

My parents thought 16 was old enough for me to have a phone, but also because I was going off to college. Most of my friends already had one by then!

[The Worst Witch]

Most of my friends already had one too, but they were insistent that I was to wait. Thinking about it, I would maybe give a child of mine a phone earlier, but not much earlier and I agree that 8 is way too young!

[Cacoethes]

We got phones when we went to secondary school. So 11 years old. Only because the school was a little while away and obviously at secondary school they don't release you to your parents, you are left to your own devices so may need to get in contact with parents.

[nonperson]

I used the pay phone to call my parents!

[The Worst Witch]

I didn't really need to get in touch with my parents because my dad worked away from home and I was left in the house on my own with my brother when I was in high school. My sister went to a childminder, but N and I were allowed to stay in. the house after school by ourselves for an hour until mum and H came home.

Mainly because N is the most boring and sensible person I've ever met, but still :P

[Cacoethes]

I think even in my school days pay phones were a thing of the past!
I don't think there was even an old one near the school either!

There was literally no way for us to get home unless my mum took us.
Because my family always *have* to live in the most inaccessible villages

[The Worst Witch]

I love where I grew up, just down the road from my dads house you can sit on the beach and watch the dolphins. You can also go on boat trips out to sea to see them, although only in the summer.

[tamobhuuta]

I got a phone in year 8. Nokia 3310. I was jealous of my sister's 3330.

[nonperson]

I'm sure pay phones were still around then!

I mostly just had to ring home because I'd forgotten my PE kit. The house was about a mile away so quick to walk (or for my mum to walk >.>)

[Cacoethes]

That sounds lovely Alison!

I had a Samsung I think. Was the first out of my family and friends to have a camera phone!

They probably were np but none near my school!

Haha! My mum would kill me if she had to drive to drop off my pe kit :p

[nonperson]

Dolphins. =o!!

[The Worst Witch]

I was always forgetting things. In the end, my mum wrote me a list of everything I had to take with me to school haha, and I HAD to go through it every morning with her there so she wouldn't get any phonecalls at work ha.

One of my favourite memories of my mum is that list, I still use it to this day (although an edited version of it as I've gotten older).

[nonperson]

I think mine was a 3310 as well, Tamo. =)

[Cacoethes]

Aww that's sweet Alison

I always wanted a 3310 Because you could get sooo many cool cases for it! And snake!!!

[nonperson]

That's a nice memory, Alison. Glad it's still helpful to this day!

Yeah I had a bright blue case and snake. =P

[nonperson]

I miss how you could drop a Nokia and it would scatter into a million pieces and you could pick it up and just pop it all right back together.

Now they stay in one piece but the effing screen smashes >.<

[The Worst Witch]

I can't remember what my first phone was. I think it was a 3310, because it definitely had snake on it. We should have a snake contest on the arcade!

[Cacoethes]

Nokias were indestructible!

Snake was the best.

We should Alison!

[The Worst Witch]

The screen of my phone is fine, but the back is smashed. Not so that its obvious though.

I think I’m due a new phone soon actually...

[Cacoethes]

I have a case that protects both the front and back
Useful because I often accidentally yeet my phone across the room

Ooo new phone! What do you think you'll get?