• BCsven@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    Having asked for directions in the UK in the early 90s: Drive down yer a bit, turn right at the stone and hammer inn, then a left at the second roundabout, drive till you cross the cow tressle, then take the third laneway on the right…etc. Like they really have a skill remembering lengthy directions.

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      8 months ago

      People used to remember phone numbers as well. Now you’d only really know your own and maybe some important ones like yer ma’s