What kind of rattler On Feb 20, 2016 9:18 AM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, February 20, 2016 9:06 AM > *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]> > *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 <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Saturday, February 20, 2016 8:55 AM >> *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]> >> *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 >> >
