ExiledInIllinois Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 😆 Enjoy... And if you get stuck, shout out to a Greatest Generation for help!   2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 (edited) I didn’t know @Chandler#81 made films when he was younger!      . Edited May 20 by Augie 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 4 hours ago, Augie said: I didn’t know @Chandler#81 made films when he was younger! Kept Gramp's attention!  But barely! 😆  I was holding my breath at the end... Thought Gramps was gonna pull a "Tyler Bass" at the end and pooch that rotary thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Until the mid 60s we had a party line and our number started with TX (89). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 36 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Kept Gramp's attention!  But barely! 😆  I was holding my breath at the end... Thought Gramps was gonna pull a "Tyler Bass" at the end and pooch that rotary thing!  I must admit, I didn’t make it to the end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 1 hour ago, Augie said:  I must admit, I didn’t make it to the end. SpoilerAlert:  Grumpy Gramps sneaks off and dials to his BFF while the rest of the family peaks around the corner of the hallway impressed that Gramps is learning the new tech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconator Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 5 hours ago, Augie said:  I must admit, I didn’t make it to the end. Unlike rotary phones, you have a mouse and cursor where you can move to the end of the video and get all the juicy goodness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 14 hours ago, Wacka said: Until the mid 60s we had a party line and our number started with TX (89).   I grew up more rural than you did.  We had a party line into the early 70’s. It’s wild to think how the technology has changed. You can pretty much direct dial anyone on the planet 24 hours per day from nearly anywhere. It’s such a simple concept and so easily thought of as nothing to think about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 On 5/19/2024 at 2:50 PM, Augie said: I didn’t know @Chandler#81 made films when he was younger!      . Ya GOT DAM WHIPPERSNAPPER!  1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 On 5/19/2024 at 1:50 PM, Augie said: I didn’t know @Chandler#81 made films when he was younger!      . He sure is a chatty Cathy with his BFF. I love how he cleared the party line of eavesdropping by saying a sky-writing plane was going through town... Got everyone off the phone and onto their porches! Cleaned up the static on the line too!  Gramps is a tech wiz kid! 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleezoid Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 On 5/19/2024 at 7:10 PM, Wacka said: Until the mid 60s we had a party line and our number started with TX (89). Â Â 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 @ExiledInIllinois ,,, I thought ya meant the soap when I saw the topic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 When I was in the cub scouts in the late 60's, they took us to a local exchange building  to see how it worked. Those racks in the film had hundreds of small golf club  shaped "levers" in each one that clicked into place when making a connection in the circutry (this was before the push button phone days). Boy, it was noisy in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomstone.Part.Duex Posted Tuesday at 02:28 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:28 PM Thought you were talking about Nikki Dial.  IYKYK   1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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