These days I feel like I was there, I just can't remember any longer.I'm not sure? (A little before my time)
Very thoughtful of her!
Me too.
History is far more interesting & complex than the schools ever make it.
I agree. It lost something of the whimsey & allure & became far duller & more prosaic. I preferred her dragons to her machines.
The oldest European Neolithic site discovered ~ & mostly intact. If you are interested all the day to day stuff is still in place: the beds, the fireplaces, the griddle stones, stone dressers & storage bins ~ even a sort of fridge ~ a clay lined box that would have held water & could have kept seafood alive. Anything perishable has gone of course but they used a lot of imperishables & it is fascinating. We really haven't changed that much down the centuries.
Good morning Jeannie, have a great dayWe've lived some of the history that doesn't even resemble what we saw or remember. There is soooooo very much to understand before assessing what you saw in history. Way too many people view history through their current day lenses. Most kids today would ask why Paul revere didn't use his cell phoneMe too.
The same kids would never understand the concept of telling your neighbor to get off the phone so you can make a call. Did AUS ever have party lines?
Don't know anything about party lines. I've always seen any type of phone as a work of the devil. Anyone we want to speak to rings our mobile. The telemarketers & scammers ring the landline despite us being on the *Do Not Call* register.
We've lived some of the history that doesn't even resemble what we saw or remember. There is soooooo very much to understand before assessing what you saw in history. Way too many people view history through their current day lenses. Most kids today would ask why Paul revere didn't use his cell phone
My calls increased exponentially once I signed up for "Do not call"
Back in the 60's one of your options for a cheaper land line was called a party line. In the days where everything went on twisted pair. They could program the system to ring your phone when someone dialed your number but two houses would share the same pair. So if someone called you and your neighbor was on the phone they would get a busy signal. On the same token, if your neighbor was on the phone when you wanted to make a call you would have to wait until they were off. AND the added bonus was you could listen in on your neighbor's calls and vice versa.
I think you have to renew your do not call status every now and then. Also why would a caller from some other country respect our do not call legislation? When they put that legislation in place international calls were too expensive to justify the efforts of telemarketers from other countries, but now it's super cheap so of course if there's a number, they call it.
