This week on Dial Tone, we start with Taco’s mystery elbow injury and somehow end up talking about long-distance phone charges, showing up at friends’ houses unannounced, handwritten letters, and how fast the world changed without anyone really noticing.

We get into birthday trips to Greenville, Korean barbecue and hot pot for the first time, the unexpected value of a good manicure, and why Trader Joe’s still needs to come to Jacksonville. Then things shift into a bigger conversation about technology. From growing up with house phones and AIM to printing objects from your phone across town with a 3D printer, it’s wild how different everyday life looks now compared to even one generation ago.

We also talk about disappearing habits like calling instead of texting, neighbors dropping by just to say hello, and what it meant to grow up with a little more independence and a lot less screen time.

Somewhere in there we decide people should probably start writing letters again.

Episode 14 is part nostalgia, part tech appreciation, and part reminder that maybe things didn’t feel this fast all that long ago.

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