I don’t even know what a party line is
But it sounds kinky
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But it sounds kinky
It was anything but . . .it was a shared phone line between a cluster of houses. I remember - you used to pick up the phone to phone someone and they'd be the one of your neighbours chatting away to someone on their call. Protocol was you hung up and tried a bit later. The mischievous lad that I was used to listen in for a while but soon get bored.
What, that's crazy
I’m glad technology has advanced!
Never used a party line but I do remember making calls from phone boxes - shoving coins in when the pips went…
I had 10 days of that experience when visiting family friends in New Brunswick (Canada not New Jersey) and they lived in a rural area that had the party line. Me not knowing that each house had a specific ring I would just answer the phone. After a few times making the mistake of picking up the phone I just gave up and let it ring.
Well, you know what they say; "Technology has pushed us further apart."What, that's crazy
Sometimes you'd lift the reciever and there would be such and such from over the road and you'd have a chat for a few minutes, pass the time of day, etc.
It's a pity we don't seem to do that anymore . . .
Is a party line something a little blue?
You make a very good point there, I miss the days when we would run door to door for hours just to talk with buddies.
WhatsApp and Snapchat just aren’t quite the same, it’s almost like I feel a bit sorry for today’s generation.
Just that.
I'm over 50 and I've seen how technology has set us free in many respects - it wasn't all good back in the dark - pre-mobile/ Internet/ Global Outlook days, but the cost has been (and there's always a cost) that it has progressively islotaed us as individuals. Apart from Forums like this where we feel we are amongst good friends.
It's the Bible that has the booze inside and the World Books has the weed.Did it open and have booze inside?
You can blame Pika for starting this Old Geezers thread and Feefo how did you do on the list.
Have a flashback of your good school times:
Maybe conspiracy but I guess @Karbon74 and his fellow gen Z friends just wanted to make us feel oldWhat is this thread?
