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Genki Hikari

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40. My grandmother was the last party line customer

Wed Oct 5, 2022, 10:08 PM

Oct 2022

In her area code. They still had to talk her into getting a Lifeline-subsidized private line. She didn't believe them about it being cheaper than what she was paying. "You're the phone company. You never cut bills."

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OK, here we go: "I'm so old I remember..." [View all] trof Oct 2022 OP

I just had this discussion with my son mercuryblues Oct 2022 #1

Kenny who? trof Oct 2022 #2

It was a running joke on South Park mercuryblues Oct 2022 #17

Still going strong in 2022! Shermann Oct 2022 #22

Wearing my skate key around my neck. The huckster livetohike Oct 2022 #3

And the TV signed off at midnight calguy Oct 2022 #9

Absolutely! SharonAnn Oct 2022 #10

Absolutely! SharonAnn Oct 2022 #16

And when it signed off, they'd play the National Anthem. Diamond_Dog Oct 2022 #24

Oh yeah.... I forgot about that. lol calguy Oct 2022 #32

When they signed on in the morning, too Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #41

Only 3 black and white stations. Had to adjust the rabbit ears to get NBC. rubbersole Oct 2022 #14

Oh god. Skate key. Yes. trof Oct 2022 #52

You had TV. I was 10 ,or 12 when we got a set. trof Oct 2022 #54

I could find an empty pop bottle calguy Oct 2022 #4

Nope, but Main 5 6521! elleng Oct 2022 #5

Our family doctor made house calls! Atticus Oct 2022 #6

All of the above. SharonAnn Oct 2022 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Atticus Oct 2022 #7

Black and white TV, no remote. Diamond_Dog Oct 2022 #8

I even remember a little life before the television - sitting in the dark rurallib Oct 2022 #13

Oh yeah. trof Oct 2022 #53

My dad had a remote Dave in VA Oct 2022 #31

I am so old that I remember SouthernLiberal Oct 2022 #12

Slide rules. Ocelot II Oct 2022 #15

The knife sharpener going around my neighborhood every year trying to applegrove Oct 2022 #18

The smell of a fresh mimeograph C_U_L8R Oct 2022 #19

In the morning by the teachers' lounge before class! MLAA Oct 2022 #28

Blue laws: stores were closed on Sundays. FuzzyRabbit Oct 2022 #20

Honey came with a section of the hive in the jar. rubbersole Oct 2022 #21

Gas station attendants FuzzyRabbit Oct 2022 #23

They had a place like that in Edinburg Texas Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #44

TVs with round screens that were... Scottie Mom Oct 2022 #25

It's 10:00pm do you know where your children are? onecaliberal Oct 2022 #26

I remember... MLAA Oct 2022 #27

Burma Shave road signs FuzzyRabbit Oct 2022 #29

Vaccinations at school. FuzzyRabbit Oct 2022 #30

We lived in the country, so our milk came straight from our Jersey cows. Arkansas Granny Oct 2022 #33

yikes!! alot of what you guys have said,,, plus KarenS Oct 2022 #34

Oh, my. Many years, many memories. Frustratedlady Oct 2022 #35

First time I saw TV was in the local hardware store. No Vested Interest Oct 2022 #46

Stella DALLAS. marybourg Oct 2022 #49

Thank you! I knew that didn't sound right. So much for my memory. Frustratedlady Oct 2022 #50

Just don't ask me what I ate for dinner last night. marybourg Oct 2022 #51

Watching Kate Smith Show MOMFUDSKI Oct 2022 #36

1 room country school nancy1942 Oct 2022 #37

The Fuller Brush man, madamesilverspurs Oct 2022 #38

When I was two, I ran away with the milkman. Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #43

Gods, you guys... you're making me feeling REALLY old out here!!! (LOL) slightlv Oct 2022 #39

My grandmother was the last party line customer Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #40

Glass bottles of soda sold in regular vending machines Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #42

Here's something else I remember Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #45

This whole thread brings back so many memories. Paper Roses Oct 2022 #47

My Jr. High Maine Abu El Banat Oct 2022 #48

Lots of interesting memories. trof Oct 2022 #55

Tail-end boomer, nearly but not quite retired lambchopp59 Oct 2022 #56

Our first 'dining table' was a huge wooden cable spool. trof Oct 2022 #57