"Phone cords."

"Sweating buckets when [the] father [of the girl you're dating] answers the phone."

"Having to find a payphone to call someone if you were on the street. Also they may not answer."

"Not having money for a payphone so you call collect and say whatever you gotta say real quick so it's free"

"Stopping [into] a gas station to use the phone book so you don't have to spend the money to call 411."

"Miss your show? Tough luck, better hope they rerun it later in the year!"

"Or worse you sit down to watch your show, but it's time slot was moved. Now you have to flip through the TV Guide to figure out when it's on. Only to realize it was on last night."

"Making sure you order your triptik from AAA in time for vacation."

"Developing your vacation pictures just to realize you had your finger on half the pictures."

"Some idiot spoiled Empire Strikes Back before I had a chance to see it in the cinema."

"Cassette tape jammed and got crinkled in the middle of your favorite song. (Yes this actually happened. More often that I'd like)"

"Having to get up and push the A/B switch when you wanted to play Atari."

"The batteries of my walk man run empty too fast..."

"The card catalog in the library. Use that thing or just wander over in the direction of where you think books are that you like or need."