Reminiscing....come take a stroll down memory lane!

[David In Indy]

Did anyone else play this game when they were a kid in the 1960's?

[Shasta542]

The first part of our phone number was Pershing 7 -- Which meant that the first 2 numbers were 7 and 3 for the P and the E. Sometimes we just gave our number as P.E.7-2231. Later on it just changed to 737-2231. And I think we had to call 0 and tell the operator which number we were going to call if it was a long distance number, and she would connect us. Wow! It has been a long time since I thought about that---thanks for jogging that sleeping part of my brain! Long distance calls were limited too; they were expensive.


Ours looked liked this---in beige.

[David In Indy]

How many of you remember the clackers?

How many times did you knock yourself upside your head with one of them? 

[David In Indy]

The first part of our phone number was Pershing 7 -- Which meant that the first 2 numbers were 7 and 3 for the P and the E. Sometimes we just gave our number as P.E.7-2231. Later on it just changed to 737-2231. And I think we had to call 0 and tell the operator which number we were going to call if it was a long distance number, and she would connect us. Wow! It has been a long time since I thought about that---thanks for jogging that sleeping part of my brain! Long distance calls were limited too; they were expensive.

Same thing with us Shasta. Our phone exchange was Lincoln 5, which meant it was actually 545. We also had to use the long distance operator when making a long distance call. If I remember correctly, my grandmother's phone number was Bramble 7-2121 ring 2, because she had a party line. Remember those? 

[Shasta542]

How many of you remember the clackers?

How many times did you knock yourself upside your head with one of them?

OUCH!!!!

 

...or smashed a finger between them. I loved the sound those things made, David. Not so much now. 

We lived out in the country where 2 or 3 families shared a "party line" and when you picked up your phone, you could hear other people talking. When the phone rang, you had to listen to the rings to see whether it was yours or someone else's. Ours was 1 long and 2 shorts or something like that.  By the time I got to be 11 or 12, the country had private lines. YAY.

[David In Indy]

I think my grandma's phone was two short bursts. We used to eavesdrop on other calls too! She would get so mad at us if she caught us doing it.

"HANG THAT RECEIVER UP!"   

Boy, those were the days! 

[dot-matrix]

Did anyone else play this game when they were a kid in the 1960's?

Oh my brother had Green Ghost!  We loved that game!  We also loved Mousetrap and Go to the Head of the Class.




But my all time best loved game, along with all my Beatles Bubble Gum Cards was this one....

[David In Indy]

Oh my brother had Green Ghost!  We loved that game!  We also loved Mousetrap and Go to the Head of the Class.




But my all time best loved game, along with all my Beatles Bubble Gum Cards was this one....

I played Mousetrap too. I loved that game!! 

[dot-matrix]

We had a party line too until I was 9.  Our ring was three short bursts.  We also had a real live operator at our telephone exchange.   My Grandmother use to make her tea in the afternoon and sit on the sofa with her hand over the mouth piece and just listen to other people's conversations    drove my Mom nuts!

[Shasta542]

We had a party line too until I was 9.  Our ring was three short bursts.  We also had a real live operator at our telephone exchange.   My Grandmother use to make her tea in the afternoon and sit on the sofa with her hand over the mouth piece and just listen to other people's conversations    drove my Mom nuts!

   

 My gran wouldn't let me listen (if she knew), but sometimes when the other people talked a long, long time, she would tell them  if she needed to use the phone for something.