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28 Jan 2013 17:56 #11
by FredHayek
Anybody old enough to remember when you didn't buy your phone but rented it from Ma Bell?
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
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28 Jan 2013 18:11 #13
by LOL
I remember "long distance" calls being considered a luxury. And calling "collect" LOL
WTF happened to phone booths?
If you want to be, press one. If you want not to be, press 2
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28 Jan 2013 18:21 #14
by Blazer Bob
LOL wrote: I remember "long distance" calls being considered a luxury. And calling "collect" LOL
WTF happened to phone booths?
Do u remember calling yourself person to person to signal you have arrived? Do you remember Phone Freaks?
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28 Jan 2013 18:23 #15
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Yep, remember calling home long distance, one ring signaled you arrived safely. Scammed Ma Bell on that one. LOL Take that you monopolists!
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28 Jan 2013 18:39 - 28 Jan 2013 18:51 #16
by Blazer Bob
lol ,lol.
Click lines?
conference lines?
blue box? (I had the schematic but never built it)
Blind Johnny?
LOL wrote: Yep, remember calling home long distance, one ring signaled you arrived safely. Scammed Ma Bell on that one. LOL Take that you monopolists!
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28 Jan 2013 18:51 #18
by FredHayek
We would call home when we were ready to get picked up after school sports. One ring and a hangup and you got your quarter back.
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28 Jan 2013 18:54 #19
by Blazer Bob
archer wrote: Bring back the party line,. You never knew who might be listening.
LOL. We have a crank phone on the wall. I remember when are granddaughters came over for the first time and wondered what it was.
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28 Jan 2013 18:54 #20
by Blazer Bob
FredHayek wrote: We would call home when we were ready to get picked up after school sports. One ring and a hangup and you got your quarter back.
Are you sure it was a quarter?
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