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To: Red Badger

The good old days and party lines.


3 posted on 01/22/2024 6:50:02 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: maddog55

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


6 posted on 01/22/2024 6:52:33 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: maddog55

“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.


9 posted on 01/22/2024 6:55:17 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: maddog55

“The good old days and party lines.”

The first thing that came to mind was Grandma saying, “Myrtle, hang up that phone” to the nosy neighbor who would listen in on calls.


47 posted on 01/22/2024 8:12:50 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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