{actor} All the things young kids today will never really experience.

1. That pride of putting your finger in the rotary dial for the first time, turning it all the way from 0, and telling a human voice, “I just learned to dial the operator.”

2. The excitement of finding a quarter in a phone booth.

3. Pen pals. With actual pens.

4. “Be kind,...{actor} All the things young kids today will never really experience.

1. That pride of putting your finger in the rotary dial for the first time, turning it all the way from 0, and telling a human voice, “I just learned to dial the operator.”

2. The excitement of finding a quarter in a phone booth.

3. Pen pals. With actual pens.

4. “Be kind, rewind”

5. Wondering what that # sign is for on the phone anyway? Stupid number sign. Totally useless.

6. The smoking section in the back of the plane.

7. Misunderstanding song lyrics for years and years, with nowhere to look them up. (Admit it: You still sing Wrapped up like a douche...)

8. The wonderful surprises of entering a school reunion, knowing nothing at all about what your classmates have been up to or how they look today.

9. The sound of the modem connection.

10. The sound of that delicate drop of the needle into the grooves of the vinyl.

11. The sound of the static on TV late at night when programming is over until morning.

12. Counting the days until the photos are ready.

13. Mom reaching across the front seat with her arm extended at a short stop. A.K.A. seat belts.

14. Arriving at the airport 10 minutes before your flight, no problem.

15. Sugar Crisp

15 b. Sugar Smacks

15 c. Sugar Frosted Flakes

16. Tower Records. (Sniff.)

17. O.J. Simpson, famous football player.

18. Turning the news on. Then turning it off, and resuming life happily for another 23 hours.

19. The sound of an old typewriter.

20. Waiting until Saturday morning for cartoons. Funny cartoons. Cartoons where rabbits dressed in drag, animals pummeled each other with sledgehammers, and everyone gets drunk with hooch marked XX.

21. Celebrities with private lives.

22. The Twin Towers over the New York skyline.

23. Sitting on a stack of phone books to reach the table in a fancy restaurant. Show more