Every night before bed. The privacy argument is bunk. I had zero privacy as a kid. If you spoke on the phone it was before 8pm and in the kitchen.
Remember when you were tethered to the wall by a phone cord? A party line was the closest you had to the Internet.
YEP. With the whole family there. I thought we were in heaven when we got a long cord so at least could sit in the floor on the other side of the Fridge instead of standing next to my fathers recliner!!!
In the house I & my 3 brothers were raised in, that phone was on the wall of the kitchen & was a CRANK PHONE with a 20 party line !!!