I was a farm kid, lived way out in BFE. Nearest neighbor, if they were home, was more than a mile away. Communication was via notes left on the kitchen table. “Went to town for parts... etc.” Party line phone (gasp, people could listen in).
Everyone had more patience back then. Got bit by a rattlesnake when I was a kid. Nobody home. I called the bar at the closest town (15 miles away), somebody tracked down my parents. From: Jaime Solorza Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 9:06 AM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Good riddance payphones: NYC's free gigabit Wi-Fi kiosks go live | Network World We had our own can telephone network when we were kids with kite string,buttons and soup cans....Quaker Oats cardboard ones work well.... On Feb 20, 2016 8:14 AM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote: I remember when my kids were young and would walk the 4 blocks to town we would just make sure they had change for the payphone. It’s kind of sad that now you have to get 10 year olds a cellphone. Of course now the neighbors would probably report you to the police for letting your kids walk to town or the park on their own. From: Jaime Solorza Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 8:55 AM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] Good riddance payphones: NYC's free gigabit Wi-Fi kiosks go live | Network World http://www.networkworld.com/article/3034517/mobile-wireless/good-riddance-payphones-nycs-free-gigabit-wi-fi-kiosks-go-live.html
