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‎11-08-2020 04:49 AM
I remember calling but I can't think of the number.
Oh how I wish I could recall the number 🙀
‎11-08-2020 05:50 AM
Years ago, when I worked, I was the switchboard operator/receptionist at a small local business. I remember, many times, calling and just listening to the time to make it look like I was busy. Lol!
‎11-08-2020 06:54 AM
What a great question, had not thought of this for years, yes, i do remember.
‎11-08-2020 07:02 AM
Yes. Our 'time and temp' was sponsored by a local bank. Before they gave the time and temp, there was a long commercial about services at that bank. I hated to call because of the long commercial.
I was thinking about party lines a few days ago. Sometimes we kids would just pick up the phone to listen to others' conversations for something to do. That wasn't good....
‎11-08-2020 07:41 AM
Yes! It was one of our local banks that offered that service, we used it a lot.
‎11-08-2020 07:48 AM
Bad memory !!!!!
it was summertime and my two younger sisters and I were home alone while both parents worked. I was "in charge" and when they got out of line, I would pretend I was calling Mom on them.
Really was calling Time & Temperature on the rotary dial but they thought it was Mom on the line.
It worked well until a month later when the telephone bill came and parents wanted to know why so many charges for Time.......when we had clocks that worked !!!!!
‎11-08-2020 08:01 AM
@lynnie61 It still exist in our area difference being now we dial the area code , so in our area it is 419-936-12-12. About 15 or so years ago I was upset that we didn't have it any longer and tried with adding the area code and it worked. And on the week-end it gives a commercial about some product and scriptor from the Bible.
‎11-08-2020 08:03 AM
‎11-08-2020 08:04 AM
@Pearlee I still remember the number, too. PArkway 1700. Hahaha We would call when we were really bored, after we'd been "stringing" people.
‎11-08-2020 10:37 AM
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