Picture of the day
BUT for now:
This generation,
if they even thought about it, could not imagine NOT having a phone. I see toddlers with phones,
they are probably not used as phones but could be. LOL
Early 1950s A year before my dad left Valdese, NC we went from our 4 digit phone # and an operator who always said, “Number Please” when you picked up your phone to a ‘rotary’ phone. You no longer heard an operator, you heard a steady buzz, which I learned, was a dial tone, meaning, “dial the dadgummed number please!!”
Oh,wow! When
we moved to Belmont, we had a prefix! Our phone # was TAlmage5-2366 meaning to call us you dialed the T
and the A then 5-2366.
When we had the rotary
phone anything outside your four digit number area was long distance and you dialed
the ‘0’ for operator assistance. When did that you were about to raise your phone bill
because long distance cost extra even if it was just 10 miles.
Then even
with the TA-5-2366 going outside your area, you still had to dial ‘0’ for long
distance.
Then the
biggie, 3 digit area codes. We were
assigned 704 and our phone # was now, 704 825 2366. It was amazing, if you had
kin in Georgia and you knew their area code, you could call them without an
operator. BUT the bill still went up for long distance.
I won’t even
comment on the $$$ cost of a bag phone, I bought 2 for the company. Son Mark
loved talking on the phone as he drove, until we got the phone bill LOL.
BUT NOW,
WOW! The new innovation? The Cell phone?
It is no longer just a phone but a computer in your hand. I am NOT efficient AT
ALL in using one. Much due to my hearing
and the other in my ignorance. i.e. someone can say ‘Will you look at this!’
then hand me the phone, I touch the wrong thing and what I was supposed to see
is NOT there. OUCH>
I’m reminded
of a song with the words ‘When will they ever learn?’ I change the word they to
‘I’?
WHEN WILL I EVER
LEARN????
Nite
Shipslog
PS.
Thanks for stopping by the
Shipslog. I tried to call you all but
the lines were busy…. So now I can test when I learn to type with my thumbs….. ;-)
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7 comments:
Someone handed me their cell-phone and said, "Will you look at this?" I accidentally pressed the wrong button and took a photo of my nose!
God bless.
Oh yes, phones have changed considerably over the years, I remember when we had a party line and 3 or more people shared the same line. We had to wait for someone else to finish their call before we could use the line. I do love my cell phone! It does everything from text messages, photos, to free long distance phone calls. I'm thankful it is easy and inexpensive to keep in touch with family and friends.
I have one of your second picture phones. It sits ourt for decoration. :)
What an entertaining look back, Jack! I remember my mother kept a little hourglass next to our phone to make sure we didn't go over 3 minutes when calling her folks in Minnesota. Gosh, how far we've come!
Jack, my grandmother had one - Fleetwood six and I forgot the rest. I loved it. You are right about the cell phone. Too many changes and updates to fast. It makes my head spin!
We still have a land line because for some reason it makes the bill cheaper but we never use it. It hangs on the wall and I'm not sure it even works! Maybe I'll try it out and then take it down! I think my cell phone is glued to me now. (except when I lose it and Jack has to call me to listen to the sound and then find it! Ha!)
I grew up with the 5 digit phone number and the whole state had the same area code. Take care, Sheila Y
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