Well, the Mayberry phone system may have been a little later than some
others in converting to dial, just like my hometown up in central Virginia.
When I
came to NC in 1963 I made a collect call to let my parents know I had made it
all right, so I picked up the phone and told the operator I needed to make a
collect call, gave her the town, and the number which was 7-5. She said,
"7-5 what?" I said, "that's it....just 7-5."
She finally got the town and told the operator to "dial 7-5" to which she
got the reply, "I can't dial it but I can ring it!" So, she rang it, and I
got
thru!
They were the good old days, where you had party lines with weird numbers
like 32W11 and 48J2, etc. You could keep up with all the neighbors if you had
a
party line since it was "open line" to whoever was on that line! So, Andy
was right on time with the phone operator and no dials on the phones!
And, since this was a sit-com, or situation comedy, I guess they could have
anybody do anything they wanted any way they wanted, as long as it was funny
with a good story behind it!
Pass the snake oil, I got a pain in my knee!
Welford theCameraNuttt!!
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