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In a message dated 6/13/02 5:23:21 AM, ElissaJC@... writes:
<< My Dad's office number was MEtropolitan 8-6103! >>
The first phone number I learned, when I was little and lived in Fort Worth,
was JEfferson 5-5888
Pretty easy!!
When we moved to Espanola, we only had to learn the last four numbers,
because we were on such a small phone exchange we didn't even have to use
FIVE numbers, and it was (753)-4104.
Before my time, that prefix had been "PLaza3-
Santa Fe's were YUcca2 and YUcca3 (still 982 and 983).
I don't know what Albuquerque's were. I should ask my local historian friend.
Last Thursday my college boyfriend called me. I had thought he was dead,
because I couldn't find him on the internet and he hadn't contacted me or any
of our friends for over 20 years. He called me by finding an old letter from
1980 and calling the number there. That was our old house, before I was
married to Keith (so Keith's old phone number, when he was living in Salt
Lake City and I was living in the house he was buying from his parents).
When we moved we kept the same phone number, so when my friend Dev called to
see whether someone at that number might possibly know where I was, I
answered.
When Keith was working in Minneapolis for six months (which turned into three
years and some) I could talk to him just about anytime of the day or night.
I like telephones!
Sandra
(Mo, do you know what is 299 "short for"? What about the 256 near UNM?
842?)
<< My Dad's office number was MEtropolitan 8-6103! >>
The first phone number I learned, when I was little and lived in Fort Worth,
was JEfferson 5-5888
Pretty easy!!
When we moved to Espanola, we only had to learn the last four numbers,
because we were on such a small phone exchange we didn't even have to use
FIVE numbers, and it was (753)-4104.
Before my time, that prefix had been "PLaza3-
Santa Fe's were YUcca2 and YUcca3 (still 982 and 983).
I don't know what Albuquerque's were. I should ask my local historian friend.
Last Thursday my college boyfriend called me. I had thought he was dead,
because I couldn't find him on the internet and he hadn't contacted me or any
of our friends for over 20 years. He called me by finding an old letter from
1980 and calling the number there. That was our old house, before I was
married to Keith (so Keith's old phone number, when he was living in Salt
Lake City and I was living in the house he was buying from his parents).
When we moved we kept the same phone number, so when my friend Dev called to
see whether someone at that number might possibly know where I was, I
answered.
When Keith was working in Minneapolis for six months (which turned into three
years and some) I could talk to him just about anytime of the day or night.
I like telephones!
Sandra
(Mo, do you know what is 299 "short for"? What about the 256 near UNM?
842?)
Tia Leschke
>Where I live, we have to dial all the numbers (only the last 5 when I first
>When we moved to Espanola, we only had to learn the last four numbers,
>because we were on such a small phone exchange we didn't even have to use
>FIVE numbers, and it was (753)-4104.
moved here), but if someone asks for your number, you only tell them the
last 4. Everyone has the same prefix.
Tia
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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On Vancouver Island
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We had a heavy, hard-wired rotary phone at our old house (black desk model,
in the bedroom). Keith and I used it but the kids always used the touch-tone.
At a thrift store I found a MODERN version (meaning 1960's or early 70's) of
that model, with a jack outlet (whatever the hole is called for a modular
cord) and it's plastic more than metal, but still same heavyness and shape
and dial. The kids are fine to answer it but not so good at dialing out!
Holly's better than the boys, and we have company sometimes who, asking for a
phone and having that antique pointed out, get big eyes.
We have four other phones on that line that don't involve special arcane
skills. <g>
Sandra
in the bedroom). Keith and I used it but the kids always used the touch-tone.
At a thrift store I found a MODERN version (meaning 1960's or early 70's) of
that model, with a jack outlet (whatever the hole is called for a modular
cord) and it's plastic more than metal, but still same heavyness and shape
and dial. The kids are fine to answer it but not so good at dialing out!
Holly's better than the boys, and we have company sometimes who, asking for a
phone and having that antique pointed out, get big eyes.
We have four other phones on that line that don't involve special arcane
skills. <g>
Sandra
Sue & Ron Patterson
Well, I was born in '61 and we had the rotary phones. I can remember my
first number too:
Willow2-2264....Kansas City, Mo.
Although, we still had the rotary phones until the '70's. We thought we were
pretty cool when we got the rotary princess phone. And once we even had a
rotary PINK phone. How fancy is THAT??? LOL
As for kids knowing phone numbers...sorry to mix threads, but since I'm here
<g>...
We move a lot. My kids never know their phone numbers until about 6 months
after moving. And that usually comes because they're going to be somewhere
else and I've asked them to call home. And, one solution that we use is that
I write it on a piece of paper and stick it in their pocket. I'm not sure if
Alyssa (8) every learned our last number.
So, I guess I don't really think of it as a big deal if a kid doesn't know
their phone number.
Sue
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first number too:
Willow2-2264....Kansas City, Mo.
Although, we still had the rotary phones until the '70's. We thought we were
pretty cool when we got the rotary princess phone. And once we even had a
rotary PINK phone. How fancy is THAT??? LOL
As for kids knowing phone numbers...sorry to mix threads, but since I'm here
<g>...
We move a lot. My kids never know their phone numbers until about 6 months
after moving. And that usually comes because they're going to be somewhere
else and I've asked them to call home. And, one solution that we use is that
I write it on a piece of paper and stick it in their pocket. I'm not sure if
Alyssa (8) every learned our last number.
So, I guess I don't really think of it as a big deal if a kid doesn't know
their phone number.
Sue
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http://www.NHEN.org
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Fetteroll
on 6/13/02 1:38 PM, Tia Leschke at leschke@... wrote:
brain, hearing 4 numbers and expecting 7.
And I'm pretty sure when I first met my husband in college, that people only
needed 4 digits to dial in town here. Then it moved up to the standard 7
even though people only told each other 4. But within the past year with all
the faxes and business lines and so forth, we have two exchanges and not
only that but we need to dial the area code even to call in town.
Joyce
> Where I live, we have to dial all the numbers (only the last 5 when I firstThat drove me crazy when we first moved where we are! It kind of stalled my
> moved here), but if someone asks for your number, you only tell them the
> last 4. Everyone has the same prefix.
brain, hearing 4 numbers and expecting 7.
And I'm pretty sure when I first met my husband in college, that people only
needed 4 digits to dial in town here. Then it moved up to the standard 7
even though people only told each other 4. But within the past year with all
the faxes and business lines and so forth, we have two exchanges and not
only that but we need to dial the area code even to call in town.
Joyce
Amy Thomlinson
I grew up with the old hard wired phones and when the
phone company converted so that you could buy your own
phone we had to drive 150 miles to get a new phone
because where we lived didn't have any. That must
have been in the late 70's or early 80's but it was a
big deal because we got a white phone instead of
black. I remember being frightened that my finger
would get stuck in the dial and would get hurt. (yes
i thought i would go down the drain too) Anyway I
used to babysit at this house where everything was
antique. They had the phone that was a box on the
wall and the ear piece had a wire but you had to talk
to the wall. Well for the first few times I babysat
I never could find the phone because I didn't even
know it was a phone. I finally found how to answer
it.
Where I live we always had to use all 10 digits
atleast as long as I used the phone.
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phone company converted so that you could buy your own
phone we had to drive 150 miles to get a new phone
because where we lived didn't have any. That must
have been in the late 70's or early 80's but it was a
big deal because we got a white phone instead of
black. I remember being frightened that my finger
would get stuck in the dial and would get hurt. (yes
i thought i would go down the drain too) Anyway I
used to babysit at this house where everything was
antique. They had the phone that was a box on the
wall and the ear piece had a wire but you had to talk
to the wall. Well for the first few times I babysat
I never could find the phone because I didn't even
know it was a phone. I finally found how to answer
it.
Where I live we always had to use all 10 digits
atleast as long as I used the phone.
--- SandraDodd@... wrote:
> We had a heavy, hard-wired rotary phone at our old__________________________________________________
> house (black desk model,
> in the bedroom). Keith and I used it but the kids
> always used the touch-tone.
>
> At a thrift store I found a MODERN version (meaning
> 1960's or early 70's) of
> that model, with a jack outlet (whatever the hole is
> called for a modular
> cord) and it's plastic more than metal, but still
> same heavyness and shape
> and dial. The kids are fine to answer it but not so
> good at dialing out!
> Holly's better than the boys, and we have company
> sometimes who, asking for a
> phone and having that antique pointed out, get big
> eyes.
>
> We have four other phones on that line that don't
> involve special arcane
> skills. <g>
>
> Sandra
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In a message dated 6/13/02 1:08:05 PM Central Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
tinker with. The boys found an old rotary dial phone. They came running to
ask me what it was. When I told them it was the kind of phone that I had
when I was little, their eyes became big as plates. I think they thought
maybe I got the phone directly from Alexander Graham Bell! Their big
question - how could I get through on anyone's voice mail without buttons to
press. They were incredulous when I told them there was no such thing as
voice mail when I was growing up! LoL
pax.
Athena
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SandraDodd@... writes:
> We have four other phones on that line that don't involve special arcaneA few years ago, we were at Goodwill looking for appliances to take apart and
> skills. <g>
tinker with. The boys found an old rotary dial phone. They came running to
ask me what it was. When I told them it was the kind of phone that I had
when I was little, their eyes became big as plates. I think they thought
maybe I got the phone directly from Alexander Graham Bell! Their big
question - how could I get through on anyone's voice mail without buttons to
press. They were incredulous when I told them there was no such thing as
voice mail when I was growing up! LoL
pax.
Athena
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Kate Green
> We move a lot. My kids never know their phone numbers until about 6 monthsThis is our issue. My poor kids have had to learn about 10-15 different
> after moving. And that usually comes because they're going to be somewhere
> else and I've asked them to call home.
> Sue
>
numbers and addresses. Here we don't have an address as there are no proper
street names and buildings are not numbered. Mail only goes to PO boxes at
your work. So when you go somewhere and have to tell drivers you ask for
specific buildings or places that are next to it. So for instance our
doctor is on electra street near mafreq bank. But the street is actually
now called Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Bin..... but no one knows that name and
still uses electra street because the first building (long since torn down)
was called the electrical building. It can be extremely confusing when you
first get here or for tourists but somehow you kind of get into the swing
of it.
Kate
Nancy Wooton
on 6/14/02 11:24 AM, Sue & Ron Patterson at Patterson5@... wrote:
and both are phonographs from different manufacturers (gramophone from
Edison, Victrola from the Victor Talking Machine company). I *think* the
gramophone used wax cylinders and the Victrola flat records, but the
gramophone might have advanced to models that played flat records, and the
Victrola may have started with cylinders. I haven't got ALL day to read
about them <g>
Anyway, here's one of 808 hits:
http://www.garlic.com/~tgracyk/tenquestion.htm
from this gateway
http://www.cyg.net/~jhall/gphone.html
which is extremely cool; you can hear Edison talk about his work.
Nancy
> <<The boys found an old rotary dial phone. They came running toYa gotta google, Sue ;-) I learned quickly that it's spelled "gramophone,"
> ask me what it was. When I told them it was the kind of phone that I had
> when I was little, their eyes became big as plates. I think they thought
> maybe I got the phone directly from Alexander Graham Bell! >>
>
> A couple of years ago (so they weren't really THAT young) my kids found the
> turntable and the box of records out in the garage. They were tearing the
> place up looking in the other boxes around it. When I asked them what they
> were looking for, they wanted to know where "the big megaphone that goes
> with that thing" pointing to the turntable. SO, if it was going to be a
> turntable, it would have to be a Victrola/gramaphone! LOL!
>
> I know. For them, 1970s and Victrola days are pretty interchangeable -
> ANCIENT history!
>
> BTW, I couldn't find it in my dictionary....what's the difference between
> gramaphone and Victrola? Victrola is probably a model name. But anyone know?
>
> Sue
and both are phonographs from different manufacturers (gramophone from
Edison, Victrola from the Victor Talking Machine company). I *think* the
gramophone used wax cylinders and the Victrola flat records, but the
gramophone might have advanced to models that played flat records, and the
Victrola may have started with cylinders. I haven't got ALL day to read
about them <g>
Anyway, here's one of 808 hits:
http://www.garlic.com/~tgracyk/tenquestion.htm
from this gateway
http://www.cyg.net/~jhall/gphone.html
which is extremely cool; you can hear Edison talk about his work.
Nancy
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The first time Kirby and Marty played a record player it was a little Fisher
Price portable. Someone had given us a box of book-and-record read-along
things. I set it up on the floor and put one on. They were fascinated.
Soon marty ran in and said "MOM! MOM! We don't know how to rewind this CD!"
Price portable. Someone had given us a box of book-and-record read-along
things. I set it up on the floor and put one on. They were fascinated.
Soon marty ran in and said "MOM! MOM! We don't know how to rewind this CD!"
Sue & Ron Patterson
<<The boys found an old rotary dial phone. They came running to
ask me what it was. When I told them it was the kind of phone that I had
when I was little, their eyes became big as plates. I think they thought
maybe I got the phone directly from Alexander Graham Bell! >>
A couple of years ago (so they weren't really THAT young) my kids found the
turntable and the box of records out in the garage. They were tearing the
place up looking in the other boxes around it. When I asked them what they
were looking for, they wanted to know where "the big megaphone that goes
with that thing" pointing to the turntable. SO, if it was going to be a
turntable, it would have to be a Victrola/gramaphone! LOL!
I know. For them, 1970s and Victrola days are pretty interchangeable -
ANCIENT history!
BTW, I couldn't find it in my dictionary....what's the difference between
gramaphone and Victrola? Victrola is probably a model name. But anyone know?
Sue
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Thornberry, Texas
National Home Education Network
http://www.NHEN.org
_______________________________
ask me what it was. When I told them it was the kind of phone that I had
when I was little, their eyes became big as plates. I think they thought
maybe I got the phone directly from Alexander Graham Bell! >>
A couple of years ago (so they weren't really THAT young) my kids found the
turntable and the box of records out in the garage. They were tearing the
place up looking in the other boxes around it. When I asked them what they
were looking for, they wanted to know where "the big megaphone that goes
with that thing" pointing to the turntable. SO, if it was going to be a
turntable, it would have to be a Victrola/gramaphone! LOL!
I know. For them, 1970s and Victrola days are pretty interchangeable -
ANCIENT history!
BTW, I couldn't find it in my dictionary....what's the difference between
gramaphone and Victrola? Victrola is probably a model name. But anyone know?
Sue
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Thornberry, Texas
National Home Education Network
http://www.NHEN.org
_______________________________
Tia Leschke
>We still use our turntable to play our huge record collection. One of
>
>A couple of years ago (so they weren't really THAT young) my kids found the
>turntable and the box of records out in the garage. They were tearing the
>place up looking in the other boxes around it. When I asked them what they
>were looking for, they wanted to know where "the big megaphone that goes
>with that thing" pointing to the turntable. SO, if it was going to be a
>turntable, it would have to be a Victrola/gramaphone! LOL!
these times I'm going to get around to burning them all on CDs.
Tia
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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On Vancouver Island
moonmeghan
<<<<--- In AlwaysLearning@y..., SandraDodd@a... wrote:
We had an old black bakelite rotary phone in England. I used to
take it off the hook when Tamzin was sleeping because the ring
was so LOUD. I loved that phone. It was fun.
Meghan
> We had a heavy, hard-wired rotary phone at our old house(black desk model,
> in the bedroom). Keith and I used it but the kids always usedthe touch-tone.>>>>
We had an old black bakelite rotary phone in England. I used to
take it off the hook when Tamzin was sleeping because the ring
was so LOUD. I loved that phone. It was fun.
Meghan
moonmeghan
<<<<They were incredulous when I told them there was no such
thing as
and videos. I told her that VCR's weren't around when I was a
kid. She was shocked and amazed. Then she promptly asked
me how I managed to watch Shirley Temple movies when I was
a kid. LOL!
Meghan
thing as
> voice mail when I was growing up! LoLThe other day Tamzin and I were having a conversation about TV
>
> pax.
> Athena >>>>
and videos. I told her that VCR's weren't around when I was a
kid. She was shocked and amazed. Then she promptly asked
me how I managed to watch Shirley Temple movies when I was
a kid. LOL!
Meghan
Sue & Ron Patterson
<<Ya gotta google, Sue ;-) >>
So THAT's how you always know this stuff. And here I just thought I was
actually friends with a brain child. <g> (As I typed that post, I thought,
"I don't know, but Nancy will!!!"
Thanks, dear.
Sue
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So THAT's how you always know this stuff. And here I just thought I was
actually friends with a brain child. <g> (As I typed that post, I thought,
"I don't know, but Nancy will!!!"
Thanks, dear.
Sue
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