How to use a dial phone, 1954, Public Service Announcement......

Twitter - X - / CitizenFreePress ^ | 8:38 AM · Jan 20, 2024 | Staff

[nwrep]

Peak America.

[maddog55]

The good old days and party lines.

[Tell It Right]

My sister used the phone so much she literally had to wear a band-aid on her right pointer finger to reduce blisters. LOL

[BenLurkin]

[Red Badger]

Where I used to live, to dial a local number all you had to do was dial 4 digits...................

[metmom]

Very useful to explain to the current generation what the phrase *dial the number* means.

[MayflowerMadam]

“Where I used to live, to dial a local number all you had to do was dial 4 digits”

We were 4228. Then I remember when they added the three-digit exchange digits.

[Openurmind]

“The good old days and party lines.”

Yep. The phones I grew up with had no dials. Had to crank a handle on the side of a separate dynamo box to get the operator. Payphones had the dynamo built in.

[Sacajaweau]

Clocks have hands??

[NWFree]

Back when you actually had to remember phone numbers.

I can still remember my ex’s landline number at her parent’s house when we were dating 348-5483

[Yo-Yo]

What I find amusing is that the computer icon for "save" is a 3.5" floppy disk, something that most people under 30 have never seen.

[moovova]

[Yo-Yo]

I can still remember my ex’s landline number at her parent’s house when we were dating 348-5483

I still remember Jenny's number...

[Carriage Hill]

I still remember my parent’s old phone number from 1955, in Arlington Heights, IL, long before the 312 area code: CL (Clearbrook) 9-0294. I was 6 back then.

[Retrofitted]

I have glass photo negatives of an ad for my dad's diner from way back. The phone number was 527. So strange to think of nowadays!

Do you by any chance remember when zip codes became a thing? With Mr. ZIP on everything to remind us to use that new-fangled zip code on every piece of mail? lol

[Vaduz]

Yes they are in awe what a typewriter is and how it works.

[Red Badger]

True Story:

My son-in-law’s niece, 16, came down from Ohio one summer to visit.

My daughter, who was not in the room with her, asked her out loud what time it was.

She replied, “I don’t know.”

My daughter said, “There’s a clock on the kitchen wall.”

“I don’t know how to read one of those.” was her reply................

[Red Badger]

Yes, I remember when Zip Codes became a thing!..............

[PROCON]

Clocks have hands??

LOL, exactly!