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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1981 here. Definitely feel like I’m caught between the two generations because of technology. I remember going to the library to do book reports and history reports when I was a kid because I needed to use actual books and the Dewey Decimal System. But I also had AOL for all four years of high school (1996-2000).

It’s insane how much changed in about 10 years from 1989 to 1999. It was much more change than compared to the 2009 to 2019 period.[/quote]

But when did you get a cell phone? I'm also a 1981er and I've never felt like a millennial because I didn't have my first cell phone until my senior year of college.  Granted I was a late adopter, but that to me was always a defining generational characteristic.[/quote]

Not until college, summer of 2001. Got it weeks before 9/11 when I was living in NYC. I was in college 2000-2004 and we mostly used the in-dorm landline telephone service because cell phone service was still $$$$ and calling between dorm rooms was free. Every dorm suite had a dry erase board so we could write phone messages for our roommates. I don’t think I started texting until 2004 or 2005, because it was an additional charge before that. I had 500 minute per month, so no need to pay extra for texting!

I remember using the MCI phone cards to call my parents and getting those as stocking stuffers over Xmas break. [/quote]

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