[Mgs] That was festive!

David Breneman david_breneman at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 15 09:48:10 MST 2012


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> But WHEN..............
> 
> <<  On 1/14/2012 12:19 PM, David Breneman wrote:
>              We had a
20-party line and didn't get TouchTone
>              until the early 90s. >>
> 
> did you  get a Private Line,  Dave ?!?!?

My parents finally got a
private line in the late 70s when
someone new moved into the neighborhood who
left his phone
off the hook when he went to bed!  (By then it was about a
six
party line)  My mom was frequently on call for the local
blood bank and had to
drive to a pay phone to return pages.
I think my dad got a lawyer to send a
firmly worded letter
to the phone company and they gave my parents a private
line
within a couple weeks, and WITHOUT charging the per-mile
rate from the
switch.


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