6. On the topic of phones, you either called your friend on a telephone — corded and then eventually, cordless—or spoke to them in person. Creepy, right?Life Before the Internet2.8K98ThunderPuffStephen M. TomicFollowJul 21, 2017 · 1 min readAnd once you turned 15 it became a prerequisite to beg for a second phone line because everyone else had one.