Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx> quoted > JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx [who] wrote: > > > When I was a kid (sometime before the dinosaurs > reigned) not only did we > > not have cell phones, we did not have cordless > phones. We had two > > phones in the house, both corded and immovable; > one in the kitchen and > > one in a bedroom. Remember the days of "party > lines"? Yes, we were on > > one. Frequently when lifting the phone to place a > call we would find > > ourselves privvy to a conversation not meant for > our ears, rather than > > a dialtone. > > Dialtone? Dialtones didn't reach us until dial > phones did?and that was > some time in the 1950s. When I was growing up, one > lifted the receiver, > the operator's voice said, 'Number, please,' > whereupon one recited the > number one wanted to reach and waited for the > operator to make the > connection. I think for a time our number was 122J. > > Maybe cell phones will go the way of the electric > can opener. This thread is curiouser and curious. 1. Did you miss the 'phone before you had one? 2. Do you have electric cans in America now? Now I don't understand nothing. -tor (remains of noway=) torgeir_fjeld@xxxxxxxx http://home.no.net/torgfje/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html