Give me your best 'back in my day' story

I'll go first after having listened to how we don't have enough tools by my team (we have a shit load of great tools):

Back in my day, I had a phone and an event catalogue (an event that I wasn't allowed to attend in person) that listed the contacts of the companies who attended - these people weren't ICP, they were mostly based in Marketing or Interns (I was selling into Finance) - I used to call up, ask for the person who was on the stand, make out as if we'd had a conversation at the event and then ask for a referral into the right department... Ultimate S.A.D.N.E.S.S.