[barker]

Gasp ... I bet you also remember those things called ... letters ... with STAMPS on the top right corner ...

Hey, I can remember when you could leave a letter with the money for the stamp in your mail box and the postman would put the stamp on for you. Our ring on the party line was three long and one short but everyone picked up and listened in. Our first phone number was 493J.

[George W. Bush]

Hey, I can remember when you could leave a letter with the money for the stamp in your mail box and the postman would put the stamp on for you.

Back during the Thirties and Forties, farm families would often leave a note for the postal carrier asking him to do chores for them if they were away for a day or two. Things like milking the family milk cow, feeding/watering cattle/chickens/hogs/sheep, etc. Before my time but I saw a program on it. Those old postal carriers really knew their patrons, carried a lot of community gossip before telephones and radio became universal.

Our first phone number was 493J.

Butler-x284 here. I still have that number, now translated to modern dialing. And I still have that original black rotary-dial wall phone on my wall too. These high school kids I sometimes hire are horrified to see it, confused if they have to use it to call home. They think they're in the Dark Ages! LOL.