I can remember my grandparents using terms like Murray-5 as a prefix to a telephone number. I also used telephone handsets and batteries when I was stringing communication cables back in the day. No cell phones back then. And better than walkie-talkies because you didn’t have to push-to-talk.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Candee Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 7:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? Me too! Oh, wait - I still have that number.... On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: +1 I remember those days, can still remember our home number! Jon > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? > Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:46:50 +0000 > > Why, when I was a kid, I'd lift the receiver and wait for the operator to ask > for the number to call. That number had letters in it! (Of course, this was > possible only if none of the neighbors happened to be using the party line at > the moment.) > > -- > richard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > On Behalf Of Ben Scott > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 12:23 PM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Daniel Chenault > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Why, when I was a kid in the then-new interwebz we had dig. You kids > > with your fancy-schmancy browser-based search engines... We didn't > > have no stinkin' browser! And we LIKED it cu we didn't know any better! > > You kids get off my lawn! > > You had an Internet connection? Luxury! Why, when I was kid, I was dialing > into BBSes and downloading files with XMODEM! ;-) > > -- Ben > > > > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from > The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and > is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain > legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the > intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, > and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently > delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof.
