Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)

[perchie.girl]

no talking age deb! I only just missed party lines and wood burning stoves.

Oh my goodness

I do remember party lines.... in Roswell circa 1960... and our TV hat Rabbit ears....

Oh! In Czech land huh?

I always thought that if I were gonna live in a city....I would live in Prague. I really like the countryside around there too.


( i am drinking coffee while typing... Do I get a prize?)

You DO.... now I have to go get mine.... need coffee now.....

deb

 

[ExBattChicks]

Ah yes, I do know pen and ink on Mylar!! I just HATED it when I moved my hand the wrong direction and made a smudge!! Grr! Yes, I remember all those sounds...vomiting, burping, farting, etc....almost got in trouble at work when I was testing them out and had the sound on too loud when I did the HUGE belching one. Oops!!

Yes Alaskan, I live in and outside of Prague (2 homes)....Prague is beautiful and yes, the countryside is too! Mostly in the country house which is in a nature reserve...luckily it is quite damp here so no fires...oh, those fires look awfully scary!! I was watching CNN videos of the fires hopping the freeway and burning cars....that is just crazy scary!! I'm sorry to say, I have never been to your neck of the woods though I did live all over the west coast...just never that far up north!!

BTW, I"m not drinking coffee now...too late in the evening...its cocktail (ha! no pun intended) hour here.

 

[ExBattChicks]

Party lines? Remember phone numbers that started with a name of an area? I barely remember this so I can't give an example, but I do, nevertheless, remember!! And aluminium foil on the tv antenna to watch the b/w tv airing of the moon landing.

 

[perchie.girl]

Party lines? Remember phone numbers that started with a name of an area? I barely remember this so I can't give an example, but I do, nevertheless, remember!! And aluminium foil on the tv antenna to watch the b/w tv airing of the moon landing.

Oh yeah and long distance needed an operator... That must have been before Area Codes right?

deb

 

[ExBattChicks]

Oh yeah and long distance needed an operator... That must have been before Area Codes right?

deb

I think area codes came just after the tin cans and string 'phones'. )

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
Ok I looked it up....

From Wikipedia:

"Area codes were introduced in the United States by the Bell System in 1947. The first directly dialed long distance call occurred in 1951."

four years before I was born....

deb

 

[Peep_Show]

Party lines? Remember phone numbers that started with a name of an area? I barely remember this so I can't give an example, but I do, nevertheless, remember!! And aluminium foil on the tv antenna to watch the b/w tv airing of the moon landing.

We were OLympic-8

 

[ExBattChicks]

What about party lines...did you look that up? When were they started? Geez, I think they still existed well into the 80's didn't they...or do they still exist in some places??

 

[Woodsdweller]

Oh! In Czech land huh?

I always thought that if I were gonna live in a city....I would live in Prague. I really like the countryside around there too.


( i am drinking coffee while typing... Do I get a prize?)

Sure.. I think it's called carpal tunnel.

I'm drinking coffee between speaking commands and words that the computer executes and types. Gotta luv dragon.

 

[perchie.girl]

What about party lines...did you look that up? When were they started? Geez, I think they still existed well into the 80's didn't they...or do they still exist in some places??

they may still exist in some rural areas... Let me go look it up Yup... still in rural areas.

They were started.... get this one .... they were started in 1878

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_line_(telephony)

Very interesting read.... they have coded rings for whom ever the call is for...

deb