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Remember When-sday - Telephones
Do you remember:
- glass-enclosed phone booths with folding doors
- one phone company
- party lines
- before answering machines
- only having to dial 5 numbers for local calls
- switchboards
- phone books on chains at pay phones
- before 911
- before caller ID
- busy signals
- dialing long distance through an operator
- rings that actually sounded like bells
- princess trimline phones
- having to redial because you caught your finger in the dial
- dialing your own number and hanging up quickly and your phone would ring
- calling the operator for the correct time
- being able to move only as far as the cord would reach?
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7 comments:
yes, yes and YES. What a fun post. I remember standing in a bright red english phone booth that had things on the floor that I couldnt even mention on this comment, giggling with my friend because we were calling a boy we liked! The doors to those phone boxes are SO heavy I would be surprised if they are still around. I haven't been home in 7 years so I am not too sure.
yep...remember it all.
gosh what did i do without caller id?!?! i hate answering the phone---even if its someone i want to talk to it stresses me out a bit. i cant imagine life without my caller id!
When I first moved to the island we only had to dial the last four digits of the number. We didn't get touch tone service until afdter 1989. I can't remember the exact date, but I know it was after that.
I remember it all! My grandparents had a party line where each person had a certain ring so they knew to pick up the phone. Of course, Grandma knew the other party line members' rings and sometimes listened in on the conversations!
Blessings,
Lorilee
YEP, I remember!! My butt was forever planted on a very uncomfortable barstool in our dining room before cordless phones. In fact, I'm pretty sure my parents didn't get a cordless til well after I married!
Molly
Yes, to some. But before 911? When was that?
Oh, party lines! My sister, Lee, could tell you some fun stories about those!
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