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billt

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Re: Proof America Is Dumbing Down
« Reply #20 on: August 21, 2013, 05:06:34 PM »
Quote from: Solus on August 21, 2013, 04:11:03 PM
The first phone number I remember was Grovehill 61520  ...or GR6-1520.  It was my grandparents number in Chicago

My first phone number as a kid, (1956), was Locust 65578, (LO6-5578). We lived in Mundelein, Illinois. Northwest of Chicago.
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Re: Proof America Is Dumbing Down
« Reply #21 on: August 22, 2013, 02:10:41 AM »
YUkon 34212
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Re: Proof America Is Dumbing Down
« Reply #22 on: August 22, 2013, 02:24:46 PM »
So, I'm not the only one who remembers "Party lines".
How about "Zippy" Zipcode ?  ;D
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Re: Proof America Is Dumbing Down
« Reply #23 on: August 22, 2013, 02:27:10 PM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on August 22, 2013, 02:24:46 PM
So, I'm not the only one who remembers "Party lines".
How about "Zippy" Zipcode ?  ;D

Grandpa & Grandma - Two Short
Emily and Uncle Alfred - One Short and One Long
Marie and Christine (the home place) - Two Long
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Re: Proof America Is Dumbing Down
« Reply #24 on: August 22, 2013, 02:51:47 PM »
What the heck are all you old fogies talking about?
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Re: Proof America Is Dumbing Down
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billt

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Re: Proof America Is Dumbing Down
« Reply #25 on: August 22, 2013, 03:08:08 PM »
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Re: Proof America Is Dumbing Down
« Reply #26 on: August 22, 2013, 03:14:54 PM »
billt has it.  Remember the commercials during Red Skelton reminding us to use the code.
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Re: Proof America Is Dumbing Down
« Reply #27 on: August 22, 2013, 03:44:35 PM »
Mr. Zip...that was back in 1963...when the cost of a first class stamp was a nickle.
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Re: Proof America Is Dumbing Down
« Reply #28 on: August 22, 2013, 04:39:28 PM »
I like the way Solus bates the hook.
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Re: Proof America Is Dumbing Down
« Reply #29 on: August 22, 2013, 04:53:30 PM »
First address in California:

623 S. Westmoreland Avenue
Los Angeles, 4, California

DUnkirk 9-1134 was our phone number.

Prior, living in Illinois, we were 2 longs and a short on a party line.

What a weird twist this thread has taken.

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