Yeah, I remember the phone number we had when I was a kid, partly because I now have that same number. After my Mom went into the nursing home, she couldn"t have a phone anymore. So rather than let it go to someone else, I had it moved to our land line, and our old home number changed to my cell phone. We use the land line mostly for internet service and for faxes. We seldom talk on the land line and any calls on that number are probably outfits trying to get my Mom to donate money to their various "causes".
When we moved to the country from Spokane in the late 50"s we went from a private line to a 10 party line, and got the number I wrote about last paragraph. Our ring was 3 shorts, and we only had one phone in the house. The phone rang very often, with so many parties on it. We had a neighbor who was very rude on the phone, telling people to get off because she needed to make a call. I think people often "listened in" to other people"s calls, because some of the neighbors sure seemed to know a lot about what other neighbors were doing. You really had to be careful about what you said on the phone.
By the time I was a teenager, the party line went down to 4 parties, which was a lot better, and by the time I went to college, it only had 2 parties, which was fine. A few years later, the phone company came through with new mostly underground lines, and I think all or most of the old party lines were changed to private lines.
I still remember lots of phone numbers from my childhood, but now I cannot remember newer phone numbers worth a darn. It seemed to me that it was easier to remember the exchange as a word or name rather than all numbers. Luckily, my cell phone has a memory that stores a BUNCH of names and numbers for me.
I sure don"t miss the old party line--it was a hassle. But it was the only phone service available in our area at the time.
For the most part, I like having a cell phone. I seldom miss calls, which may or may not be important. On the other hand, it is also hard to get away from phone contact, which sometimes I would like to do. Technology marches on!
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