(12-21-2022, 01:43 PM)CornFed Wrote: When I was growing up we had only 5 digits in our telephone number, 8-2859. I'm not sure I ever knew how one would dial a long distance number. I don't think I made a long distance call until after they had added area codes and full prefix, the current 10-digit format.I knew my area code and prefix, but so long as we were calling locally we only needed 5 digits.
(12-20-2022, 05:09 PM)cardcrimson Wrote: Anybody here ever have a party line? We had one into the late 70s, early 80s. . . .Party Line - The Kinks - 1965. - YouTube
(12-21-2022, 01:43 PM)CornFed Wrote: When I was growing up we had only 5 digits in our telephone number, 8-2859. I'm not sure I ever knew how one would dial a long distance number. I don't think I made a long distance call until after they had added area codes and full prefix, the current 10-digit format.I knew my area code and prefix, but so long as we were calling locally we only needed 5 digits.
(12-20-2022, 05:09 PM)cardcrimson Wrote: Anybody here ever have a party line? We had one into the late 70s, early 80s. . . .Party Line - The Kinks - 1965. - YouTube
(12-21-2022, 06:41 AM)81alum Wrote: Yes, we had a party line when I was a kid, but it was down to just 2 houses on the line. Party lines got phased out in my area before I left for college in the 1970s.
Found this interesting tidbit on wiki which brings us back to sports:
Quote:In December 1942, University of Tennessee's strategy in an American football game versus University of Mississippi was revealed to the opposing coach as a telephone on the Ole Miss team's bench had been inadvertently wired to the same party line.
Can you imagine being on the Mississippi bench, picking up the phone expecting to talk to yout own coaches, and instead hearing your opponent discussing all the ins and outs of their strategy!
Meanwhile, for those who didn't like Glenn Miller's immortalization of a telephone exchange, I bring you the Marvelettes:
The Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789 - YouTube
(12-21-2022, 06:41 AM)81alum Wrote: Yes, we had a party line when I was a kid, but it was down to just 2 houses on the line. Party lines got phased out in my area before I left for college in the 1970s.
Found this interesting tidbit on wiki which brings us back to sports:
Quote:In December 1942, University of Tennessee's strategy in an American football game versus University of Mississippi was revealed to the opposing coach as a telephone on the Ole Miss team's bench had been inadvertently wired to the same party line.
Can you imagine being on the Mississippi bench, picking up the phone expecting to talk to yout own coaches, and instead hearing your opponent discussing all the ins and outs of their strategy!
Meanwhile, for those who didn't like Glenn Miller's immortalization of a telephone exchange, I bring you the Marvelettes:
The Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789 - YouTube
(12-21-2022, 04:59 PM)gailtate Wrote:(12-21-2022, 06:41 AM)81alum Wrote: Yes, we had a party line when I was a kid, but it was down to just 2 houses on the line. Party lines got phased out in my area before I left for college in the 1970s.
Found this interesting tidbit on wiki which brings us back to sports:
Quote:In December 1942, University of Tennessee's strategy in an American football game versus University of Mississippi was revealed to the opposing coach as a telephone on the Ole Miss team's bench had been inadvertently wired to the same party line.
Can you imagine being on the Mississippi bench, picking up the phone expecting to talk to yout own coaches, and instead hearing your opponent discussing all the ins and outs of their strategy!
Meanwhile, for those who didn't like Glenn Miller's immortalization of a telephone exchange, I bring you the Marvelettes:
The Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789 - YouTube
Prior to the Brit Invasion, I was a MoTown kid in high school. Loved the Marvelettes, Martha Reeves (and the Vandellas)...and Marvin Gaye was The Man.
(12-21-2022, 04:59 PM)gailtate Wrote:(12-21-2022, 06:41 AM)81alum Wrote: Yes, we had a party line when I was a kid, but it was down to just 2 houses on the line. Party lines got phased out in my area before I left for college in the 1970s.
Found this interesting tidbit on wiki which brings us back to sports:
Quote:In December 1942, University of Tennessee's strategy in an American football game versus University of Mississippi was revealed to the opposing coach as a telephone on the Ole Miss team's bench had been inadvertently wired to the same party line.
Can you imagine being on the Mississippi bench, picking up the phone expecting to talk to yout own coaches, and instead hearing your opponent discussing all the ins and outs of their strategy!
Meanwhile, for those who didn't like Glenn Miller's immortalization of a telephone exchange, I bring you the Marvelettes:
The Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789 - YouTube
Prior to the Brit Invasion, I was a MoTown kid in high school. Loved the Marvelettes, Martha Reeves (and the Vandellas)...and Marvin Gaye was The Man.
(12-21-2022, 05:51 PM)qwerty49 Wrote:(12-21-2022, 04:59 PM)gailtate Wrote:(12-21-2022, 06:41 AM)81alum Wrote: Yes, we had a party line when I was a kid, but it was down to just 2 houses on the line. Party lines got phased out in my area before I left for college in the 1970s.
Found this interesting tidbit on wiki which brings us back to sports:
Quote:In December 1942, University of Tennessee's strategy in an American football game versus University of Mississippi was revealed to the opposing coach as a telephone on the Ole Miss team's bench had been inadvertently wired to the same party line.
Can you imagine being on the Mississippi bench, picking up the phone expecting to talk to yout own coaches, and instead hearing your opponent discussing all the ins and outs of their strategy!
Meanwhile, for those who didn't like Glenn Miller's immortalization of a telephone exchange, I bring you the Marvelettes:
The Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789 - YouTube
Prior to the Brit Invasion, I was a MoTown kid in high school. Loved the Marvelettes, Martha Reeves (and the Vandellas)...and Marvin Gaye was The Man.
Well, after the exchanges faded away, and we went to all numbers.......(recognize his guitar player in this photo?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOUNkVsx1-s
(12-21-2022, 05:51 PM)qwerty49 Wrote:(12-21-2022, 04:59 PM)gailtate Wrote:(12-21-2022, 06:41 AM)81alum Wrote: Yes, we had a party line when I was a kid, but it was down to just 2 houses on the line. Party lines got phased out in my area before I left for college in the 1970s.
Found this interesting tidbit on wiki which brings us back to sports:
Quote:In December 1942, University of Tennessee's strategy in an American football game versus University of Mississippi was revealed to the opposing coach as a telephone on the Ole Miss team's bench had been inadvertently wired to the same party line.
Can you imagine being on the Mississippi bench, picking up the phone expecting to talk to yout own coaches, and instead hearing your opponent discussing all the ins and outs of their strategy!
Meanwhile, for those who didn't like Glenn Miller's immortalization of a telephone exchange, I bring you the Marvelettes:
The Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789 - YouTube
Prior to the Brit Invasion, I was a MoTown kid in high school. Loved the Marvelettes, Martha Reeves (and the Vandellas)...and Marvin Gaye was The Man.
Well, after the exchanges faded away, and we went to all numbers.......(recognize his guitar player in this photo?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOUNkVsx1-s
(12-21-2022, 04:59 PM)gailtate Wrote:(12-21-2022, 06:41 AM)81alum Wrote: Yes, we had a party line when I was a kid, but it was down to just 2 houses on the line. Party lines got phased out in my area before I left for college in the 1970s.
Found this interesting tidbit on wiki which brings us back to sports:
Quote:In December 1942, University of Tennessee's strategy in an American football game versus University of Mississippi was revealed to the opposing coach as a telephone on the Ole Miss team's bench had been inadvertently wired to the same party line.
Can you imagine being on the Mississippi bench, picking up the phone expecting to talk to yout own coaches, and instead hearing your opponent discussing all the ins and outs of their strategy!
Meanwhile, for those who didn't like Glenn Miller's immortalization of a telephone exchange, I bring you the Marvelettes:
The Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789 - YouTube
Prior to the Brit Invasion, I was a MoTown kid in high school. Loved the Marvelettes, Martha Reeves (and the Vandellas)...and Marvin Gaye was The Man.
(12-21-2022, 04:59 PM)gailtate Wrote:(12-21-2022, 06:41 AM)81alum Wrote: Yes, we had a party line when I was a kid, but it was down to just 2 houses on the line. Party lines got phased out in my area before I left for college in the 1970s.
Found this interesting tidbit on wiki which brings us back to sports:
Quote:In December 1942, University of Tennessee's strategy in an American football game versus University of Mississippi was revealed to the opposing coach as a telephone on the Ole Miss team's bench had been inadvertently wired to the same party line.
Can you imagine being on the Mississippi bench, picking up the phone expecting to talk to yout own coaches, and instead hearing your opponent discussing all the ins and outs of their strategy!
Meanwhile, for those who didn't like Glenn Miller's immortalization of a telephone exchange, I bring you the Marvelettes:
The Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789 - YouTube
Prior to the Brit Invasion, I was a MoTown kid in high school. Loved the Marvelettes, Martha Reeves (and the Vandellas)...and Marvin Gaye was The Man.
