Among Friends

[wilma]

[wilma]

[elizabethl123]

IM SO OLD I REMEMBER MY DAD PUT A PHONE IN  WHY LOL NO ONE WE KNEW HAD A PHONE  AND IF ANYONE WANTED TO MAKE A CALL HE CHARGED THEM 10 CENTS    IM 91 SO THATS OLD

[Silver Lining]

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@reiki604 wrote:

I'm glad I was young and stupid before there was an internet!

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Me, too. 

[Zhills]

"Hello - Duffy's Tavern where the elite meet to eat, Archie the manager speakin', Duffy ain't here. – Oh, hello Duffy." 

[50Mickey]

And the wax lips and vampire teeth that came out around Halloween. Also the blue bubble gum balls called sputniks that came out after the Soviets launched the first satellites.

[50Mickey]

In the "olden days" we collected empty coke bottles and walked to the  small mom  and pop store to turn them in for money so that we could buy candy. 

[PA Mom-mom]

@wilma  Our phone was in the downstairs hallway. Important phone numbers were written on the wall. Every time we painted, we had to re-copy the phone numbers. The phone book was stuck in the banister going upstairs. When I wanted to talk to my friends, I would stretch the phone cord so I could go inside the cellar door and sit on the top step. Our party line included one world class gossip.

[ScarletDove]

And here are a couple more...

I remember when the test pattern came on TV at midnight! 

I remember when stores closed at 5pm, and no stores open

      on Sunday due to blue laws!

I remember when our phone had a party line!

[haddon9]

I can remember waiting until 11 pm to get better long distance rates.