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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2017 3:08:41 GMT
I'm showing my age here, but does anyone else remember being able to dial a phone number to get the correct time? Some places even included weather. I wonder if there are any still active out there. 🕰⏱⏰
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Post by cmpeter on Nov 12, 2017 3:10:46 GMT
I do remember that! Wow, blast from the past!
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Post by katlady on Nov 12, 2017 3:11:16 GMT
"At the tone the time will be ... " Yup, I remember that!  |
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Post by alexa11 on Nov 12, 2017 3:11:47 GMT
Yes- I remember!
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Post by stampnscrap1128 on Nov 12, 2017 3:13:20 GMT
I sure do remember that! Came in very handy!
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Post by valleyview on Nov 12, 2017 3:14:27 GMT
The most dialed number every morning.
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johnnysmom
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Post by johnnysmom on Nov 12, 2017 3:18:13 GMT
Yep. Time and temp, used to call every morning before school. 936-1212
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Post by JustTricia on Nov 12, 2017 3:18:47 GMT
222-2222 or 222-AFNB (it was bank)
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Post by Lexica on Nov 12, 2017 3:23:52 GMT
I remember that! And this will totally show my age (like I've tried to hide it?) - does anyone remember that phone numbers were stated in words for the first three numbers? I can recall Whitney-2798 as a phone number from my childhood. There was also 'Oxbow' as a prefix from my area. It was dialed in as WHI or OXB on the rotary dial. It made it much easier to remember phone numbers when I was a kid
Now I just ask Alexa for the time and weather since I don't wear a watch anymore.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 12, 2017 3:24:24 GMT
Yup.......... But I also remember operators.
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Post by katlady on Nov 12, 2017 3:26:20 GMT
I remember that! And this will totally show my age (like I've tried to hide it?) - does anyone remember that phone numbers were stated in words for the first three numbers? I can recall Whitney-2798 as a phone number from my childhood. There was also 'Oxbow' as a prefix from my area. It was dialed in as WHI or OXB on the rotary dial. It made it much easier to remember phone numbers when I was a kid Now I just ask Alexa for the time and weather since I don't wear a watch anymore. Yes, I remember that too, although in my area the word was only for the first two numbers. |
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Nov 12, 2017 3:26:54 GMT
I do remember that! Did anyone else here ever have a party line when growing up? We had one until I was in the 5th grade.
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Post by katlady on Nov 12, 2017 3:28:56 GMT
No, we never had a party line, and I didn't know anyone that did. I remember when people used to put locks on the dials so you couldn't call out. As kids, we got around that by tapping the hang-up buttons a few times and the operator would come on. Then we'd tell her what number we wanted to call.  |
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Post by katlady on Nov 12, 2017 3:31:07 GMT
Oh, here's another one. We used to be able to break into a call by calling the operator and telling her we had an emergency call. Is that still possible to do?
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Post by Restless Spirit on Nov 12, 2017 3:33:10 GMT
Yup.......... But I also remember operators. Me too! And party lines (as in sharing the phone line with other multiple customers). Here’s a fun article about the history of calling for time: www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/488273/I also remember our phone number from when I was a kid. It started with “Harrison”. We later moved and it was ”Trinity”. Later shortened to “T”. Ah the memories. (Amazing particularly since I have days I can’t remember what I had for breakfast!). LOL |
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Post by freecharlie on Nov 12, 2017 3:35:38 GMT
We had time and weather.
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Post by Lexica on Nov 12, 2017 3:38:43 GMT
I remember that! And this will totally show my age (like I've tried to hide it?) - does anyone remember that phone numbers were stated in words for the first three numbers? I can recall Whitney-2798 as a phone number from my childhood. There was also 'Oxbow' as a prefix from my area. It was dialed in as WHI or OXB on the rotary dial. It made it much easier to remember phone numbers when I was a kid Now I just ask Alexa for the time and weather since I don't wear a watch anymore. Yes, I remember that too, although in my area the word was only for the first two numbers. You know what? I think you are correct, it was just for the first two numbers. When I was trying to recall a few phone numbers, I kept putting in one extra number and figured my memory was just too faint. It was just OX and WH for those prefixes! |
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Nov 12, 2017 3:43:46 GMT
I remember calling the time, especially after a power outage.
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Post by grammadee on Nov 12, 2017 3:48:59 GMT
Hey, while we are going down memory lane, I remember not having a phone in my home at all. Actually until after I went to university. To get a phone message to my Dad, I had to call the general store in town. He went there every Tuesday and Saturday to sort mail for his postal delivery, so he could get back to me then--or meet the Greyhound bus to pick me up on Friday if I was coming home for the weekend.
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Post by milocat on Nov 12, 2017 4:03:05 GMT
I do remember that! Did anyone else here ever have a party line when growing up? We had one until I was in the 5th grade. I'm 40 and we had a party line. Only one other family on it. Not sure how old I was when it went away, definitely before I was a teenager, haha! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2017 4:09:11 GMT
I remember that and dialing the phone!  |
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Post by basketdiva on Nov 12, 2017 4:15:09 GMT
I remember calling “popcorn” to get the time.
Our town had 2 prefixes. EL(mwood)9
FL(anders)5
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Post by ToniW on Nov 12, 2017 4:35:33 GMT
Yes, I remember "popcorn". I tried calling it some time back. Number's not in service. LOL! I remember party lines, dial locks and calling the operator for an "emergency" call, too.
Our prefix was GArfield.
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Post by betty on Nov 12, 2017 4:35:45 GMT
Probably regional but for us it was calling "Tiger11". Just the way the numbers worked out in our area and what it was named, I guess. I remember dialing it all the time as a kid, especially if the power went out. Showing my age! |
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Post by femalebusiness on Nov 12, 2017 4:59:13 GMT
I remember party lines and dialing for the time. I also remember the time I called time and found out it was no more. My prefix when I was growing up was GArfield and my aunt's was HArrison. I also remember when the Princess phones came out...in COLORS!!!
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Post by Miss Ang on Nov 12, 2017 5:08:16 GMT
Yes! We called it Time and Temp.
Remember 411 operators to get a phone number or address? I worked as a 411 operator for the Chicagoland area for 5 years in the 90’s.
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Post by grove420 on Nov 12, 2017 5:10:27 GMT
Yep! SH-21212 (Sherwood)
In high school girls had to wear dresses or skirts. We couldn't wear slacks unless the temperature was below 15 degrees. Many winter mornings we would dial that number with our fingers crossed.
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Post by scrapmaven on Nov 12, 2017 5:48:05 GMT
I remember all of that, too. Remember when Lisa (Green Acres) used to climb the telephone pole to answer the phone and there was often a party line?
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Post by cadoodlebug on Nov 12, 2017 5:53:12 GMT
We used to dial popcorn for the time. Now I just look at my phone.
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Post by zella on Nov 12, 2017 7:32:05 GMT
I certainly do remember that. We had it in the UK too. And kudos to the pea who said, "At the tone, the time will be. . ." I had totally forgotten that bit. I can hear it in my mind now.
There's a song from the 70's by Janis Ian. One of the lyrics says, "The operator, she tells the time, it's good for a laugh." The song is called "In the Winter." It is unbearably sad but beautiful.
The next line says, "And for a dime I can talk to God, Dial a Prayer, are you there, do you care, are you there?" Anyone remember Dial a Prayer? That probably still exists; I know televangelists have prayer lines.
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