Nostalgia.....Sounds We Won't Be Hearing Anymore
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (179468)
Boise, Idaho
July 10, 2025 6:36pm CST
I found this article nostalgic and just thought some of us would get a kick out of a list of sounds we won't be hearing anymore. Here's the list:
* the busy signal
* dial up and the sound of the phone line .
* an adding machine typing and the tape sounds.
* the rewinding cassette tape rewinding.
* rotary telephone click, click, clicking.
* the beeping of the old television pattern beep.
* the sound of the fax machine on the line if you dialed a wrong number.
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@DaddyEvil (159134)
• United States
11 Jul
True... but now we're subjected to conversations of other people talking loudly on their cell phones, traffic noises we never noticed before, more electronics beeping away to themselves in our houses, the sounds of the neighbor's televisions blaring too loudly, loud vehicles at all hours of the day and night...
The "quiet" noises you listed were hardly noticed at the time.
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@celticeagle (179468)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Jul
Oh, there's always the give and take. Quiet. Not all I found totally quiet.
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@Nakitakona (58395)
• Philippines
11 Jul
What we hear today is the sound of cellphone. We still hear the honking, the screeching of the cars in our busy streets.
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@celticeagle (179468)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Jul
@Nakitakona ........Kids missed a lot. They have it awfully easy.
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@Nakitakona (58395)
• Philippines
12 Jul
@celticeagle I think they won't right away vanished.
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!@celticeagle (179468)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Jul
I recalled each one as I read the article.
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@allknowing (153192)
• India
11 Jul
Yes. I have missed every single one of them.
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@celticeagle (179468)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Jul
@allknowing .......So much to look back on.
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@allknowing (153192)
• India
11 Jul
@celticeagle I meant I have missed every single one of them. I missed the word every and it has now been added
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@RebeccasFarm (95889)
• Arvada, Colorado
11 Jul
Now this is very interesting and yes sentimental to me.
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@LindaOHio (200165)
• United States
11 Jul
Those were the days. I remember downloading a game through dial-up. It took hours. Now it takes a couple of minutes.
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@celticeagle (179468)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Jul
Astounding how things have changed. I think it won't be long until we have cars that fly.
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@LindaOHio (200165)
• United States
12 Jul
@celticeagle I would like to see the advances in medicine and technology in 100 years.
@sw8sincere (6052)
• Philippines
11 Jul
For many of us, those sounds are deeply tied to memories of childhood, offices, waiting rooms, and the early days of the internet.
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