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"ronbon" <n877@msn.com> wrote in message
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> n5hsr wrote:[color=green]
>> Hey Scott,
>>
>> Have you ever seen a phone with a crank on it? My aunt in Chauncey used
>> to
>> have one until 1969 when they added the little Chauncey exchange to the
>> Claremont (dial) exchange. It looked a lot like a regular Automatic
>> Electric phone, but it had a crank where the dial would be.
>>
>> The advertising for the Jitterbug cell phone reminds me of that. They
>> have
>> simplified the phone down to just dialing, and in one case, not even
>> that.
>> What's next, a crank on a cell phone?
>>
>> --
>> Charles of Schaumburg[/color]
>
> When I was a mere lad in the 1940's we had a phone with no dial. A two
> party line. If the aother party was using the phone you could listen
> in. They could listen to you if you were on the line. When you picked
> up the phone you would hear "operator" you would tell her what number
> you wanted. Our number was "East Boston 7 0407M. Never forgot it.
> Ron
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Well, my aunt had Chauncy 11F13 until 1969, then she was 869-2490 until
Uncle Russell died.

Charles of Schaumburg