On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 3:01 PM Alok Prasanna Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
> About 6 numbers for me: parents' and a few close friends. > Me too. Basically, any number that I had to dial regularly back in the days before mobile/smartphones existed. So I remember my parent's landline, but not my brothers mobile number (which he got in the smartphone-era). And weirdly, the number I had ten years ago in college. > And these ancient numbers have turned into PIN numbers for my various cards and unlock screens these days. Speaking of skills obsoleted by technology... what other skills do we no longer use? One thing that comes to mind for me is using card catalogues in libraries. Thaths > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 10:26 AM Lakshmi Pratury <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Four numbers for me - my husband, my son, my driver and my sister > > > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 8:22 AM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I was thinking about (potentially) obsolete skills. One of them is > > > remembering phone numbers. Is that even a thing anymore? > > > > > > I did insist that my daughter memorised mine and my wife's number, > which > > > has come in useful on occasion. > > > > > > What about people here? How many numbers can you remember? > > > > > > Udhay > > > > > > -- > > > > > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Lakshmi Pratury* > > Host and Curator > > +91 99456 56864 <+91%2099456%2056864> > > *inktalks.com <http://www.theinkconference.com/> | twitter > > <https://twitter.com/#!/inktalks> | facebook > > <http://www.facebook.com/INKtalks> | INK blog <http://inktalks.com/blog > >* > > > > > > *INKtalks for you > > < > > > http://www.inktalks.com/discover/289/anu-vaidyanathan-india-s-first-triathlete > > >* > > >
