Mostly about my backyard chickens. (Boring, I know), but there are a lot of us out here. Mine are only kept as pampered pets. I could eat a neighbor's chicken, but not MINE. There may be a comment on current events only if I get riled up enough. And there will always be a cartoon or a joke to cheer us. I promise to try my very best to respond to comments. Now I have to figure out how this blogger thingy works....
We didn't move to town until 1955 and the number was JA4-5951. We started with a party line of 4. But when Dad went to work for the local air patch we got a private line. Mom still had that number when she passed away in 2008.
The first phone we had, was a crank phone on a 8 party line. If you were calling someone on the line you cranked the right combination of " longs and shorts". Ours was 2 longs and a short. If you were calling someone off the line, you have one long ring for the operator and told her the name and number of the person you were trying to reach.
We didn't move to town until 1955 and the number was JA4-5951. We started with a party line of 4. But when Dad went to work for the local air patch we got a private line. Mom still had that number when she passed away in 2008.
ReplyDeleteIt's it funny how we remember those old phone numbers? My Dad's old license plate was IOP-578. Don't know what mine is! LOL!
DeleteThe first phone we had, was a crank phone on a 8 party line. If you were calling someone on the line you cranked the right combination of " longs and shorts". Ours was 2 longs and a short. If you were calling someone off the line, you have one long ring for the operator and told her the name and number of the person you were trying to reach.
ReplyDeleteMy grandparents had a farm in New Hampshire - they had one of those crank phones - wish I had it now!
DeleteYou kids and your newfangled telephones, why I remember when getting a telegram was an amazingly modern idea!!
ReplyDeleteNot really, although I did get one telegram in my entire life.
I think there's a great similarity between a telegram, and texting.
One of my jobs was being a teletype operator - Yup! I'm THAT old!
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