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trof

(54,256 posts)
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 05:34 PM Feb 2019

PSA for Millenials and younger:

At some time you may find yourself somewhere in the backwoods of the country, at an old fishing or hunting cabin, or possibly an ancient gas station and be faced with a dial telephone.

Dialing Tips:

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Yer welcome
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WhiskeyGrinder

(22,359 posts)
1. PSA for older posters: When posting a link to a video, you can just post the link; you don't need
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 05:42 PM
Feb 2019

a lot of HTML stuff around it.

Ms. Toad

(34,076 posts)
3. It was such a luxury when I moved from a 6-ish party line
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 05:45 PM
Feb 2019

to a 2 party line in the late 70s.

Lessons learned from party lines might help some of the tell-all generations: Don't say anything on the phone (facebook, twitter, internet) that you don't want your mother (or future voters) to know about - because the party line is not private - and someone will tell her.

llmart

(15,540 posts)
4. We needed a video to show us how to use a dial phone??? WTF.
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 05:52 PM
Feb 2019

Millenials and younger: whenever you wonder why us senior citizens have trouble figuring out how to use a smartphone, this should explain it.

raccoon

(31,111 posts)
6. At first I thought you were telling the young folks what to do if they found themselves in the
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 06:42 PM
Feb 2019

spot in 11/22/63 where you can travel in time.

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