Thunderface
Senior Member
An advertisement from 1965. Love the telephone number.
Oh yes! My brother and I used to ease the phone off the cradle to hear what the neighbors were talking about. Of course, others might do the same thing to us!davismanLV said:I remember going to my grandparents home in West Los Angeles as a boy. I'd learned to use the phone at home. So I picked up the phone at my grandparents house and, I HEARD PEOPLE TALKING!! I was asking why there were people already on their phone talking. They said, "We have a party line. You have to wait until they're through to make a call." I thought that was so strange. Sharing a phone line, anybody remember that? :shock: :shock:
davismanLV said:Sharing a phone line, anybody remember that? :shock: :shock:
killdeer43 said:Oh yes! My brother and I used to ease the phone off the cradle to hear what the neighbors were talking about. Of course, others might do the same thing to us!davismanLV said:I remember going to my grandparents home in West Los Angeles as a boy. I'd learned to use the phone at home. So I picked up the phone at my grandparents house and, I HEARD PEOPLE TALKING!! I was asking why there were people already on their phone talking. They said, "We have a party line. You have to wait until they're through to make a call." I thought that was so strange. Sharing a phone line, anybody remember that? :shock: :shock:
Early eavesdroppers at work/play! :wink:
Joe
I think he's showing that there was time when they could get away with only needing 6 digits for a phone number. :lol:Chazmo said:Dave, those are actual phone numbers?? I'm confused.
That kind of surprises me that they actually had telephones when you were a boy.davismanLV said:I remember going to my grandparents home in West Los Angeles as a boy. I'd learned to use the phone at home. So I picked up the phone at my grandparents house and, I HEARD PEOPLE TALKING!! I was asking why there were people already on their phone talking. They said, "We have a party line. You have to wait until they're through to make a call." I thought that was so strange. Sharing a phone line, anybody remember that? :shock: :shock:
I thought he was referring to the single and double digits at the bottom of the thermometer! :?adorshki said:I think he's showing that there was time when they could get away with only needing 6 digits for a phone number. :lol:Chazmo said:Dave, those are actual phone numbers?? I'm confused.
Oh, I thought everybody knew that grain elevators only get 2-digit phone numbers.The Guilds of Grot said:I thought he was referring to the single and double digits at the bottom of the thermometer! :?adorshki said:I think he's showing that there was time when they could get away with only needing 6 digits for a phone number. :lol:Chazmo said:Dave, those are actual phone numbers?? I'm confused.
Chazmo said:Dave, those are actual phone numbers?? I'm confused.