Nostalgia.....Sounds We Won't Be Hearing Anymore

@celticeagle (176785)
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 (152895)
• United States
10h
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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@RebeccasFarm (95363)
• Arvada, Colorado
2h
Now this is very interesting and yes sentimental to me.
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@much2say (57753)
• Los Angeles, California
15h
Ohhh, how true! We may not hear them anymore, but I can remember what each and every one of those sound like !
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@allknowing (149217)
• India
15h
Yes. I have missed single one of them.
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@sw8sincere (5817)
• Philippines
13h
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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@Nakitakona (57535)
• Philippines
13h
What we hear today is the sound of cellphone. We still hear the honking, the screeching of the cars in our busy streets.