We had a party line up to the late 60's. There were 3 of us on it, my aunt & uncle across the street, and another family across the street. The other family was constantly on the line. There was no way to know if it was in use without picking it up. As soon as they would hear someone pick it up, they would very rudely say "Hang up, we're on the phone"! Like, no one would figure out who they were! LOL
I remember there was a procedure to call someone on the same party line. Had to dial their number, then hang up, listen for the ring to stop, which meant they had answered, then pick up and hope they were still there!
Well as a little kid, my parents told me that the phone was NOT a toy! If I played with it, the operator would turn it off and we would never have a phone again! One day I was trying to call my cousin across the street, did something wrong, the operator came on asking "What number did you dial?" I hung up as fast as I could!
Scared me to death!!! I just knew, that was it, no more phone for ever!!! I never told anyone about it, but I didn't touch that phone for months! LOL
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