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Rruuff Day said:
@Jack Raccoon! Just curious if this was a relative or if you maybe stopped over in Virginia on your road trip.... ;)

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That is hilarious. I've seen it now 4 times. On Breakfast Television this morning, another news outlet, on The Daily Show and now here. It is certainly making the rounds.
I have to ask. How do we know it's NOT Jack??? It IS his M.O.! :ROFL:
 
Late Life Crisis said:
For all you young guys out there......"how to dial your telephone". All the, um, mature individuals might remember this, it's almost comical.



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I had to watch it twice......... ;) very interesting though.
 
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Late Life Crisis said:
For all you young guys out there......"how to dial your telephone". All the, um, mature individuals might remember this, it's almost comical.



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Hickory 4 -1484
That was my number as a kid.
Never knew the 2 digits were for the C.O.
Didn't they know about the "zero" back then? lol
 
Murray20c8 said:
Hickory 4 -1484
That was my number as a kid.
Never knew the 2 digits were for the C.O.
Didn't they know about the "zero" back then? lol
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Here until about 1984 or so if I remember correctly we only had to dial 5 numbers. Touch tone phones by then though. I do vaguely remember rotary phones from when we were very young but don't really remember using one .
 
1st Vette said:
Here until about 1984 or so if I remember correctly we only had to dial 5 numbers. Touch tone phones by then though. I do vaguely remember rotary phones from when we were very young but don't really remember using one .
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Pulse Dial phones worked here until about 2010 if memory serves. We had a "Novel one" that was used in one of the Pink Panther movies. Still have it, but of course it doesn't work any more since touchtone is the only thing supported now. Can't believe I can't find a picture of it. Google search shows every phone in existence except the phone I have.
 
We had a crank phone when I was a kid...Then dial phones for a lot of years after that. They are collector items now and actually still work on the modern system. I had an aunt in NY and we visited her in 1964 to attend the World's Fair. She made me memorize her phone number. It was Yellowstone 23073. you dialed YE2073.... Funny how you remember certain things...

This was the same as the phone we had on the farm back then.

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Rruuff Day said:
We had a crank phone when I was a kid...Then dial phones for a lot of years after that. They are collector items now and actually still work on the modern system. I had an aunt in NY and we visited her in 1964 to attend the World's Fair. She made me memorize her phone number. It was Yellowstone 23073. you dialed YE2073.... Funny how you remember certain things...

This was the same as the phone we had on the farm back then.

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Pulse dial is no longer supported in Ontario.
For dialing that is. I'm sure you could still receive a call on them.
 
Murray20c8 said:
Pulse dial is no longer supported in Ontario.
For dialing that is. I'm sure you could still receive a call on them.
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Still supported here but for how long... Actually land line phones are getting more obsolete every year..
 
Rruuff Day said:
Still supported here but for how long... Actually land line phones are getting more obsolete every year..
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Ya, I cut the landline cable a few years ago. OOPS. lol. We use Voip for our "landline" now. Easier to take "family calls" with a generic number. Our Fido cell phones now use wifi or cellular which ever is stronger so even a cell phone could be used as a "family" (landline) phone though our Voip phone is only 6 bucks a month
 
First time I ever saw this thumb drive based device I thought it was snake oil . A fellow had it in an internet Cafe in Costa Rica and he was making calls to the Stares . He had a couple of them and was trying to intrest us in one but we figured scam of some kind . Turns out they were legit . This was probably around 20 years ago . And apparently still available.
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