Old Phone
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LMichaels
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
Uh hhelloo Sarah? Get me Barn down at the diner
Brad Olson
TVWBB Diamond Member
I was living in Bolingbrook when I had the 312 number. I moved to Hillside in late '86 and might've had a 708 number, but can't remember for sure. When I started dating my now-wife in '88 she lived in LaGrange Park and was in the 708 area. In fact, I still remember her number from back then.So was that 312 land before it was relegated only to the Chicago inner city? I recall them coming out with area codes and at the time 312 stretched all the way to 815 land. recalling my 1st apartment in Addison IL and had a 312 there. Then it got changed and for the life of me I don't know to what
LMichaels
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
708! THAT is what my number got changed to IIRC. I've been living in 815 land since 1988. So have not kept up with all the area code changes. Although now they're adding another one out these parts "779"
Peter Gallagher
TVWBB Guru
we have a couple that are operational - one in the garage and one in the shop - the one in the shop really is more of decoration at this point- It does ring and is operational.. it just sort of a pain to use...
old yeller in the garage:
Woody in the shop:
old yeller in the garage:
Woody in the shop:
Keith Jenkins
TVWBB Fan
Anyone recall when local telephone exchanges went by names, such as "Blackburn", or "Liberty"?
I vaguely recall growing up that our home telephone number started with "BlackbuRn-7"-, or abbreviated "BR 7-"; the letters B and R corresponding to the numbers 2 and 5, respectively.
I also recall my Dad placing long distance calls to his parents, and part of the conversation with the long distance operator consisted of the area code, followed by the word "LIberty" (LI being the digits 5 & 4) followed by the remaining digits of my grandparents' phone number.
You couldn't direct-dial a long distance call in those days (early 1960's.
I looked these exchange names, and it seems that they were standardized by Ma Bell using the letters on the telephone dials in the 1950's, and phased out by the mid-1960's.
For more info, see this Wikipedia article:
en.wikipedia.org
I vaguely recall growing up that our home telephone number started with "BlackbuRn-7"-, or abbreviated "BR 7-"; the letters B and R corresponding to the numbers 2 and 5, respectively.
I also recall my Dad placing long distance calls to his parents, and part of the conversation with the long distance operator consisted of the area code, followed by the word "LIberty" (LI being the digits 5 & 4) followed by the remaining digits of my grandparents' phone number.
You couldn't direct-dial a long distance call in those days (early 1960's.
I looked these exchange names, and it seems that they were standardized by Ma Bell using the letters on the telephone dials in the 1950's, and phased out by the mid-1960's.
For more info, see this Wikipedia article:
Telephone exchange names - Wikipedia
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Wilmer Cogburn
TVWBB Super Fan
I remember when we dialed WE6-1212 for the weather in northern VA in the late 1960's.
Brad Olson
TVWBB Diamond Member
"Call National 2-9000, National 2-9000!"Yep AV(enue) 4737 later on a number 2 got added after the AV. I think that was when it was no longer a party line and my sister and I could no longer listen in on people
Name the company, Larry.
LMichaels
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
I can't. Sorry."Call National 2-9000, National 2-9000!"
Name the company, Larry.
Chad-Burnt to a T
TVWBB Super Fan
So what was the best upgrade, call waiting or caller ID?
CallerID, by far, IMO. "Do I know you, or wanna talk to you? Na......."
I picked up a POTS phone system for the land line a few years ago. If CallerID works, and you're in the directory, your call rings through. If CallerID works, not in the directory, you get asked to record your name and press a particular button. No CallerID? Straight to VM. It's cut scam calls down to zero.
Brad Olson
TVWBB Diamond Member
Keith Jenkins
TVWBB Fan
May I ask what phone system you have that screens calls by this method? I have a few call blocking devices. However, those devices rely only on blocking by calling numbers or calling names of the caller id that are already programmed into them with no option for the caller to be directed to voicemail.
Keith Jenkins
TVWBB Fan
In the Cleveland, Ohio area, we had a home improvement company called simply "The Home Corporation" that used the jingle "Garfield 1 23 23" when I was growing up back in the 1960s.
They are still in business, their website is garfield12323.com these days, and still use that same telephone number!
At least, I think that's the way it works. Short story is that it just plain works for us.