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I take it you recently heard PlayStation is going all digital in 2028? Yep, just ousting discs completely. Guess we're not allowed to actually own things anymore...

Knew Stroke City, but had to learn about Wing Commander.

Desmond1979 said:

Having heard the modern revival of CB Radio, I am now all ears

I used to have a CB radio back in the day. It was a very exciting time and was where I first heard the term ‘Stroke City’ being used. Snuggling up in bed late at night in my bedroom at home, while connecting to people like ‘The Wing Commander’, was such a treat during the worst years of the troubles. 

We've got a digital landline, it just meant buying a new phone that could cope, my Mum prefers a landline as it dosen't interfere with her hearing aid like the mobile does. Theres been no bother with it, I'm not sure I understand your concerns with a digital landline?

We gave up our landline a few years ago, when we switched to full fibre broadband. We could have transferred our landline phone number to a digital service (VoIP), but decided to just use our mobile phones instead.

I don't miss the landline at all. When calling people who have Apple devices, we make many of our phone calls via Apple's FaceTime app - which doesn't cost anything extra to use, and includes the choice of video or audio calling. Calls over that service are crystal clear, unlike our old, analogue landline.

Mobile phone calls are fine, too. We use Wi-Fi calling (link = Apple article) to supplement the weak mobile signal at home. 

CB Radio does sounds like great fun. Would mean I would need to commit to learning my Alpha, Bravo, Charlie ... passed those three!

Cool!