No, the worst was telephone salespeople; without Caller ID, you had to answer every phone call, so you didn’t miss somebody you WANTED to talk to. Seconded only by having to answer the phone and finding out it was the person you did NOT want to talk to! I was waiting for my Mom to call, after my Dad’s surgery and to distract myself, kept a running tab of calls; I got 28 calls from salespeople!
I remember having two landlines at one time with different numbers. One was for the dial up modem. A family member thought having THAT number was an extra way to get a hold me until they realized it was busy most of the time!
Had a party line in college and one kid on the line would pick up her phone, not hear a dialtone and scream, “MOMMY THE PHONE IS BROKE.” into the phone. Happened about once a week, maybe more often, but I didn’t use the phone much myself.
Your a plugger if you remember party lines when anyone could join the conversation.. This new “call waiting” thing was just called bad manners and interrupting back in the day.
Templo S.U.D. about 4 years ago
when everyone had landlines — before mobile phones — right?
Caldonia about 4 years ago
You’d think Earl’s bum leg could’ve told him the temperature.
WLG12037 about 4 years ago
Then there were those telephonic nightmares known as party lines…
Breadboard about 4 years ago
That is from the time period when all you did was talk on the phone ;-)
LadyPeterW about 4 years ago
No, the worst was telephone salespeople; without Caller ID, you had to answer every phone call, so you didn’t miss somebody you WANTED to talk to. Seconded only by having to answer the phone and finding out it was the person you did NOT want to talk to! I was waiting for my Mom to call, after my Dad’s surgery and to distract myself, kept a running tab of calls; I got 28 calls from salespeople!
nyssawho13 about 4 years ago
I remember having two landlines at one time with different numbers. One was for the dial up modem. A family member thought having THAT number was an extra way to get a hold me until they realized it was busy most of the time!
danholt about 4 years ago
Aren’t you also a Plugger if you can remember calling to check the time and temp?
VICTOR PROULX about 4 years ago
We knew our own phone number, we new our friends and family members phone numbers. We were walking computers.
david_42 about 4 years ago
Had a party line in college and one kid on the line would pick up her phone, not hear a dialtone and scream, “MOMMY THE PHONE IS BROKE.” into the phone. Happened about once a week, maybe more often, but I didn’t use the phone much myself.
Nubmaeme about 4 years ago
Plugger household here! We all still have the same phone number on a corded phone with an answering machine.
Alberta Oil Premium Member about 4 years ago
Your a plugger if you remember party lines when anyone could join the conversation.. This new “call waiting” thing was just called bad manners and interrupting back in the day.
the lost wizard about 4 years ago
Nowadays a lot of people don’t even remember their own number.
KEA about 4 years ago
I remember, but now there’s one person in the house (me) and two phone numbers.
mistercatworks about 4 years ago
We all had the same phone.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 about 4 years ago
I remember when several different houses had the same number with just different rings.
cwg about 4 years ago
Two in one, who checks Time & Temp over a landline anymore?