[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Hank Williams sang about the party line in the song Mind Your Own Business

Oh, the woman on our party line's the nosiest thing
She picks up her receiver when she knows it's my ring

I rather like old British £sd, "pounds, shillings, and pence". You should be familiar with it if you read Sherlock Holmes or Dickens.

[dfwgator]

Back then “Faggots” meant something else....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rR-wqxRjIg