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Originally Posted by KC911
...and on a "party line" with a nosy 'ole biddy as a neighbor (who like to listen in)  |
I grew up in a household that had the local telephone exchange switchboard. A couple of party lines had over 12 phones each, because they went 'way the heck and gone' up the mountain. A phone number might be listed in the book as 25-22: So when someone asked for that number, you would jack into the 25 line, and use the toggle to ring two long and two short.By age ten, I was entrusted with putting calls through. On Sunday mornings, when the folks went to church, I was the operator 'on duty'.
Talk about an early immersion in Customer Service!
"Number, please?"
Best
Les