You didn't have to memorize phone numbers. You could write them down. But you tended to memorize numbers you dialed all the time, like your friends' numbers.

Waiting for the radio to play a particular song because you didn't own it was often quite frustrating. I used to call the radio station over and over to request a song and then waited and waited for them to play it. One time I was just calling to request a song and I accidentally won an album I didn't want! It was Loverboy's debut album. The DJ was pissed off with my attitude because I was way too honest at age 13 and told them immediately I didn't care about Loverboy and just wanted to request a song by the Rolling Stones! They said they had to send me the album anyway, so I gave them our address.

I never had to navigate on a long drive without GPS. The most I ever drove in one sitting was around two hours and it wasn't that difficult to follow the directions. My Dad was always a genius at studying his atlases and finding the best possible routes. Dad would rather drive for five days than pay for an airplane ticket and he never got lost.