On 27 Aug 2005 at 9:30, Dr. Bob Wildblood wrote: > At 11 > (1950) I moved to Rahway, NJ where the number was RAhway 7-3979 > until it changed when I was 14 (just starting high school in 1953) to > 729-3979.
This is interesting The website I referred to in my post said that seven digit calling was first introduced in 1958 in Wichita Falls, which is two years after Miller's paper appeared. This makes the claim that Miller's paper was responsible for the change at least possible. But if seven-digit calling was actually introduced in Rahway in 1953, then the Miller story becomes unlikely. Bob--I know that 14-year-olds such as you once were have other stuff on their minds besides documenting their phone numbers for posterity. But given the truism about the fallibility of retrospective memory, is there any way you could support your memory? For example, a 1953 report card with your phone number? Or perhaps the local phone company could confirm that they switched in 1953? This reminds me of an old joke about one of our less-admired politicians. Interviewer (to the Right Honourable Joe Clark): Mr Clark, can you recall the best three years of your life? Clark: Yes, certainly! Grade seven. Stephen -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax:(819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
