where were you 20 years ago?

[beenherebeforeagain]

Twenty years ago I was at the end of my first semester in the doctoral program, finally having settled in and understanding what I was doing there...two years after I'd married my love of several lifetimes, and almost a year from when I was laid off by the state...

 

[Sand Dancer]

I had one of these in 2004.
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I loved my flip phone.

 

[Kathryn]

I loved my flip phone.

OH me too! Till I accidently washed it.

 

[JustGeorge]

OH me too! Till I accidently washed it.

I went swimming with one of mine... Left it in my bra and forgot it was there.

 

[We Never Know]

I had one of these in 2004.
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I had one of these in 2004. IMO its was the best phone I ever had for having a signal.

 

[Kathryn]

I went swimming with one of mine... Left it in my bra and forgot it was there.

Oh, I didn't do anything nearly as exciting as all that. I just left it in the pocket of my robe and forgot about it till the wash was nearly done. Ugh.

 

[Eddi]

Twenty years ago? Let's see, I was 63, so what was happening?

I was planning on an early retirement, and had over paid the mortgage, so it would have been paid off or nearly so. I did retire at around 64 1/2. That proved to be the final nail in the coffin of my marriage, which broke up maybe 18 months later.

I had lost a beloved dog (Lady) to heart failure, and replaced her with Willow, a wonderful labradoodle whom I took with me into my single life. She lived a long life and was my constant companion. I still miss her. I now have Sheba a pure bred poodle, and the sweetest dog ever.

Interesting how my life memories tend to revolve around dogs. From the left, Willow, Flash and Sophie, around that time.

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Nice doggies!

 

[Yerda]

Yes, flexi is a very appealing aspect to a job.

I've had a few jobs where I could bank time-owed if I worked early or late but I had a time to be at the desk and a time to finish. My current role allows me to work whenever I like, essentially. Also, I don't need to go into the office ever unless I want to. Going back to standard working conditions would feel like prison now.

 

[Quagmire]

I was living on a little impromptu commune in San Luis Obispo California and supporting myself by collecting aluminum cans.

It was also the year I started hanging out on internet forums and the year that Naykidape was born.

It was one of the best years of my life.

 

[Yerda]

I've just realised I was posting on RF 20 years ago in July.

I've never been much of a social media user - had a twitter account for about 6 months once and scroll through the Reddit landing page (r/all maybe) for a bit most days. The weird mix of interesting and informed people here plus the total jokers, fruitbats, the mentally ill and right wing psychos (you used to see a lot more of those) is like crack to me.

Not that I've tried crack. I've heard it is very moreish and easy to come back to is all.