tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post4223916230536620044..comments2024-03-28T14:32:11.018-04:00Comments on Ramblin' with AM: Isn't Telephone Nostalgia Wonderful?bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-41592580618351692792021-10-25T08:40:56.836-04:002021-10-25T08:40:56.836-04:00Alana, I just read an article that four area codes...Alana, I just read an article that four area codes in Michigan will have to start ten-digit dialing. Funny how I thought it was something everyone was already doing. And if it wasn't for your posts, I likely would not have even noticed the local story.Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15045554938847356871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-28729439528792596022021-10-22T18:01:45.629-04:002021-10-22T18:01:45.629-04:00"Collect call for Janet" meant "saf..."Collect call for Janet" meant "safe on campus, no need to call back." "Collect call for Rosemary" meant "problem, want to talk to my mother now." <br /><br />I wrote a longish AC article once about how stressful a trip was, *all* because cell phones hadn't been invented yet. If the people involved had been able to communicate it wouldn't have been a bad two days at all.Priscilla Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564805564265436613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-15743541609203726892021-10-21T23:01:31.375-04:002021-10-21T23:01:31.375-04:00About a decade ago I was covering a middle school ...About a decade ago I was covering a middle school theater class. One of the props was an old rotary phone. The kiddos had no idea how to dial the thing. Their guesses were rather entertaining. I showed them how it actually worked. They were stunned.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-30045549791474260672021-10-21T19:40:32.579-04:002021-10-21T19:40:32.579-04:00We had a party line when I was growing up. Went pr...We had a party line when I was growing up. Went private when I was eight or nine.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-15794543140156951972021-10-21T16:42:23.374-04:002021-10-21T16:42:23.374-04:00Yes, I remember our number from New Rochelle but h...Yes, I remember our number from New Rochelle but have yet to memorize our son's cell phone number, fortunately, hubby and I only differ by the last digit so I remember his. Rotary phones, Push Button Phone and Bag Phone used them all!Antionette Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17600724908573839224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-58399181193910733622021-10-21T11:38:31.559-04:002021-10-21T11:38:31.559-04:00Did you prank call, or call and hang up on your cr...Did you prank call, or call and hang up on your crushes? No caller i.d. so they never knew! Just to hear their voices... One time the father of one of mine asked my name. I didn't answer, and it was Easter, so he said he'd tell his son the "Easter Bunny" called! Another time it was to play a Cher song to him! Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592568959570035100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-61636521954277965442021-10-21T11:36:18.589-04:002021-10-21T11:36:18.589-04:00Collect calls! Long distance was so expensive, an...Collect calls! Long distance was so expensive, and no one wanted to accept them. So... once in the late 70's my husband and I drove to his parents in the mountains for a few days (big mistake, long story), and my mother wanted to know we got there safely. We were to call collect, and she would refuse the charges! I still remember her pretend anger voice telling the operator that if I wanted to call I could pay for it myself! I accepted a collect call from "Carol" once, and it was a stranger. The phone company had a hard time believing me, but Carol was the name of my sister-in-law, so thought it was her. I don't even have a landline wire to the house. A garbage truck ripped it out of the eaves when the street was being widened. They "told" the road workers the road was too high! Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592568959570035100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-62600983792861091172021-10-21T10:36:18.752-04:002021-10-21T10:36:18.752-04:00I Live for nostalgia! My very frugal uncle called ...I Live for nostalgia! My very frugal uncle called Daddy in the middle of the day once (Lethbridge to Milk River, a distance of 50 miles) in the middle of the day. He called person-to-person so he could avoid payment if Daddy wasn't home. When Daddy answered my uncle said, "If I'd known you were home, I'd have dialled direct."<br />Daddy said,"Well, I'm home!" and hung up the phone.<br />We laugh about it to this day!<br />I loved your phone article and all the responses. <br />We all have such a relationship with phones!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-61773168004723807832021-10-21T08:38:26.307-04:002021-10-21T08:38:26.307-04:00...when I was a kid we had a party line....when I was a kid we had a party line.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04082494067802628837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-16258783737709564502021-10-21T08:28:55.667-04:002021-10-21T08:28:55.667-04:00I enjoyed that post and could have rambled on abou...I enjoyed that post and could have rambled on about our party line and how thrilled we were when we got rid of it. I still get a dial tone on my landline. And I remember all the old Detroit area exchanges and my home phone number as a child.Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15045554938847356871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-11263572298436138102021-10-21T08:18:09.549-04:002021-10-21T08:18:09.549-04:00We didn't have a party line, but my aunt did a...We didn't have a party line, but my aunt did around the corner. We used to prank call people when we had babysitters as we got older. That is thing of the past now too!Melanie Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02736297045435016167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-81132274539149786222021-10-21T08:13:51.974-04:002021-10-21T08:13:51.974-04:00Oh my, yes, I do remember collect calls. And wait...Oh my, yes, I do remember collect calls. And waiting until evening to call home from college because it was cheaper. <br /><br />And with no caller ID, you couldn’t screen calls …though kids could make prank calls so easily.Songbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669585182669184815noreply@blogger.com