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Saying Goodbye To Landlines Forever?

Author Carla Rea

It’s the end of an era. Landlines across the U.S. will be phased out.

I admit, I’m probably one of the only people in my age group that still has a landline. And I am made fun of constantly. Pfthththt – raspberries to them!

Pull the Plug And Say Goodbye To Your Landline

Phone companies are now switching to a new infrastructure that doesn’t support landlines. And only about 5% of landlines will remain by the year 2030. That’s only six years away.

In 2020, during the pandemic, my cell phone died. Of course I couldn’t just go to my local Apple Genius Bar to have it looked at, because we were sequestered in our homes. So I had to call Apple support which everyone else had to do as well. So I had to sit on hold – on a $9 dollar landline phone, that I had to plug into my wall! WHAT? Yes kids – PLUG INTO MY WALL!!

Now, having any phone plugged in the wall will be a thing of the past. Copper wire-based lines are moving out, and more advanced technology will move in. Like fiber optics – and that doesn’t work with landlines. Believe it or not, AT&T just applied for a waiver that would allow it to stop servicing traditional landlines in California. But AT&T is not canceling landline service in California or anywhere else. At least not yet.

Cell Phones Are Here To Stay. Can You Hear Me Now??

Suffice it to say, this “cell phone” thing is not just a passing fad. The days of having a built in fidget spinner, and twirling your fingers around the long curly cord of your rotary phone are gone, but never forgotten. “MOM – I’M ON THE PHONE!!!” Consider it all just vintage and retro now.

There was a time when landlines were a lot cheaper and much more reliable compared to cell phones. But they say that’s about to be the reverse. I find that hard to believe, since cell phones still sound like garbage, for the most part. But landlines are still clear as a bell. I can’t help but think it will just be MORE expensive, and LESS reliable.

Many households dumped their landlines years ago. But the landline system actually going away will impact some older folks, small businesses, and people who live in remote areas. For those in remote areas, that may be their only access to 9-1-1. There are currently around 100 million landlines, between business and residential, that are active in the U.S, according to CNN.

Next up to say so long? Probably ‘Take a penny, leave a penny.’ Does anyone actually take a penny? No. People just LEAVE them now, because they don’t want them. And, parking spots labeled “compact.”  When is the last time you saw someone in a biga** Ford F-150 pass up a spot because it’s meant for a Kia Forte?  I’ll answer for you – NEVER.

Goodbye to the landline. Thank you for the memories!

Carla Rea is the morning show co-host on “The Mike and Carla Morning Show" on 96.3 KKLZ, in Las Vegas. She has been working with her partner and friend Mike O'Brian for the past 25 plus years. At KKLZ for 12 years. Carla Rea is a Gracie Award winner. She started out in talk radio, "when talk radio was still fun" Rea says. Prior to, and along with doing the morning show, Carla is also a comedian. You may have seen her on Conan O'Brien, Evening at The Improv, Showtime, or several comedy clubs across the country. Carla also worked as a light feature reporter at KSNV/NBC Las Vegas, going behind the scenes at various shows, and restaurants on the Las Vegas strip. As a content creator 96.3 KKLZ, Carla writes in a sarcastic, cheeky, unapologetic way on Las Vegas, movies, TV, celebrities, and this thing we call life.

From Millennials: Funny Signs You're In Your 40s

Signs you’re in your 40’s — they’re not pretty, but those “signs” will be with you forever.

When Do You Start To Feel Old?

When do you truly start to feel old? Millennials — those born between about 1980 – 1996 — seem to have some answers.

I have friends in their 40s now saying “I can’t understand a lot of the songs that my kids and teenagers listen to.” Another friend of mine said, “When did TikTok start giving medical advice? I thought it was all about stupid dances for us 40-year-olds to laugh at!”

It will happen to all of you. One day you’re staying up till 4 a.m., the next you’re waking up at 4 a.m. Probably because you had a cup of coffee at three in the afternoon the day before, and caffeine just doesn’t like you anymore…

Do you wake up with a backache in the morning — for no apparent reason?

Millennials Watch Out!

The first members of the generation we know as millennials came around in 1980, which means they’re turning 43 this year. According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, that just happens to be the average age that Americans stop feeling young, according to this survey by the Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research.

Those on the latter end of the millennial birth years still have a while to reach the unwanted milestones of creaking, and not being able to eat broccoli anymore. But, I promise you’ll understand soon enough.

Signs That You’re In your 40s:

It’s a reality: Kids of the ’80s are hitting their 40s. And even if you don’t feel like you’re quite over the hill, there are a few telltale signs that you can’t ignore.

The hashtag “#SignsYoureInYour40s” was recently trending on Twitter/X, and there were some hilariously responses. But are they all true? To this writer, yes. But I’ll let you read them – and laugh a little bit when you pee – and you decide.

  • You woke up injured -- but don't know why.

    Oh, it will happen and it’s baffling. Don’t spend the morning trying to figure it out — just take the Ibuprofen.

    Man sitting on bed hurting.

    iStock via Getty Images

  • Hangovers last all day

    And you only had those two glasses of wine! Don’t try to figure it out. Again — just take the Ibuprofen.

  • You already know about AI -

    And his name is CLIPPY! Look him up — he was fabulous.

    Paperclips

    iStock via Getty Images

     

  • A teacher once told you this:

    “You won’t always have a calculator in your pocket!” Umm, hi — Mr. Johnson? I’m calling you from my calculator.

    Calculator

    iStock via Getty Images

  • You asked Jeeves before you Googled.

    Kids, this is how you “googled” begore Google – you asked “Jeeves.” Google it.

    Questions

    Signs you’re in your 40’s

  • You printed out greeting cards and birthday banners with a dot-matrix printer

    A WHAT Matrix WHAT?? Well, at least know what the holes on the sides of printer paper were for…

    Dot Matrix paper

    iStock via Getty Images

  • The cashier asks for ID for age-restricted items.

    Then they laughed because they just needed it to clear your self check-out scan.

    Customer paying

    iStock via Getty Images

  • The creaky noises from your bed are no longer from the bed springs

    Nope that’s all you. Truly, you sound like a bowl of Rice Crispies.

    Rice Crispies

    iStock via Getty Images

  • When You're Shopping At The Grocery Store, And The Music Playing Are The Same Tunes Played At Your Homecoming

    Bust a move — but don’t hurt yourself. This is truly how you know that you reached the “hill” at least. When the elevator or grocery store music is the same as your school dances. Or, when your music suddenly becomes “throwbacks.”

    Guy dancing

    iStock via Getty Images

     

     

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