Frank Micelotta Archive / Getty ImagesPagers in clear cases, which made you feel uncool if you didn't have one like the rest of your friends:Brick cell phones, which you begged your parents to get you by telling them you'd be careful with and that they can"reach" you at any time with it:And, of course, not having a cell phone meant having to deal with those students that hogged up...
school payphone like it was their own personal line any time you needed to use it:Portable CD players that you carried around along with extra batteries if you wanted to listen to music:And LOL to the days of being on the school bus or a car and trying to hold your portable CD player just right 'cause you knew that anti-skip protection was a lie and one pothole or bump would make your CD skip.