{"id":1421,"date":"2019-11-29T00:15:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T00:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2019-11-29T00:15:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T00:15:22","slug":"obscene-phone-caller-longs-for-the-good-old-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/?p=1421","title":{"rendered":"Obscene phone caller longs for the good old days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/old-phone-1024x645.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1422\" width=\"391\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/old-phone-1024x645.png 1024w, http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/old-phone-300x189.png 300w, http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/old-phone-768x483.png 768w, http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/old-phone-477x300.png 477w, http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/old-phone.png 1131w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Windsor, ON &#8211; Louis Dixon, age 64, of Windsor recently lamented the loss of his favourite hobby due to advancements in technology.  &#8220;It is pretty much impossible to make obscene phone calls any more&#8221; Mr. Dixon said from his residence on Windsor&#8217;s west side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Dixon explained &#8220;In the seventies and eighties I used to call people at all times of the day and night and say the most filthy things.   Now what do you have?   Caller ID and number-blocking.  It is sad really.  People are losing that personal connection.  We&#8217;re becoming a very cold and distant society&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked if he had considered obscene texting Mr. Dixon advised that he had explored that option but again found advancements in technology to be in the way &#8220;Damn, spell-check!  How can you obscene text someone when it keeps changing the words?   &#8216;I want to duck you&#8217; unless you&#8217;re really into mallards or something that just sounds weird&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windsor, ON &#8211; Louis Dixon, age 64, of Windsor recently lamented the loss of his favourite hobby due to advancements in technology. &#8220;It is pretty much impossible to make obscene phone calls any more&#8221; Mr. Dixon said from his residence &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/?p=1421\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1423,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions\/1423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}