Baby Boomers

ShazzieB

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436. I don't remember those at all.

Sat Jul 2, 2022, 11:43 PM

Jul 2022

What I do remember is phones being hardwired straight into the house/building. No changing or rearranging without the phone company sending someone out to do it.

If you needed to replace a phone or change to a different type of phone, you had to get it from your local phone company, and someone had to come out and install it.

If you lived in a small town, all the latest styles weren't necessarily available, and you had to setle for whatever they had.

No matter what kind of of phone you got, it remained the property of the phone company.

When it became possible to buy a phone in a store, you couldn't do it without first having a plug-in wall jack installed, unless you lived in a place that was new enough to have them already installed. (Which we didn't.)

I was so happy when we finally moved to a newer place and could buy a phone of our choice, bring it home, and plug it in.

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Saturday morning tv shows nocoincidences Sep 2017 #366

I remember all of what you all remember riverbendviewgal Sep 2017 #368

This message was self-deleted by its author Fresh_Start Sep 2017 #376

Let's see... Snackshack Sep 2017 #377

Horny toads yesphan Sep 2017 #378

How about 3 on the column? sdfernando Sep 2017 #379

Atari 2600 . stonecutter357 Sep 2017 #380

Explaining to my 14 yr old what a pager was and the codes we would use dewsgirl Sep 2017 #381

For the women in the group... llmart Sep 2017 #384

Howdy Doody and Mousketeers RandomAccess Dec 2017 #387

CARBON PAPER !!!!!! And Mimeograph machines RandomAccess Dec 2017 #388

Baseball Cards in bubble gum RandomAccess Dec 2017 #389

13 years old: SCantiGOP May 2018 #391

There was such a thing as a tv repairman who actually came to your house. Thomas Hurt May 2018 #401

Pushing the red dot on oleo margarine to spread the coloring through the package. wasupaloopa May 2018 #402

Telephone party lines wasupaloopa May 2018 #403

Getting a clock radio with green stamps redstateblues May 2018 #406

Juke boxes wryter2000 May 2018 #407

Gallon of gas 25 cents, when getting filled windows washed... pbmus May 2018 #408

Drive-in movie theatres. Nt lostnfound May 2018 #409

gas & markers used to smell good. CHRISTMAS TUNES WERE PLAYED ON CHRISMAST EVE & CHRISTMAS. pansypoo53219 May 2018 #410

Doctor making house call when my sister wnylib Nov 2019 #415

Horse-drawn junk carts in the alley. Talitha Dec 2019 #416

not being able to talk to my grandparents for years at a time Skittles May 2020 #418

I teach college students, so there are MANY things... Sparkly Jun 2020 #419

Wearing a sugar cube corsage for Sweet 16. Totally Tunsie Jul 2020 #421

Opening the vent window if you were lucky enough to sit in the front seat of the car phylny Jul 2020 #422

I remember... 634-5789 Jul 2020 #423

Broke a bone by dropping the yellow pages on my foot Mersky Jul 2020 #425

It was always a HUGE deal when the new Sears catalog arrived! TrumpVirus Sep 2020 #426

Free stuff from gas stations (other than Green Stamps) Auggie Oct 2020 #427

Pressing sheets on a clothes mangle wringer. Joinfortmill Jan 2022 #433

These phone plugs: El Supremo Feb 2022 #434

I don't remember those at all. ShazzieB Jul 2022 #436

Anxiously Waiting Bones1 Jun 2022 #435

As A Freshman RobinA Jun 2023 #442

3.2 Beer Voice79 Jun 2023 #443

There's got to be a party game in here somewhere... Sparkly Jul 2023 #445