[usn ret]

Another one "Kilroy was here".
Google it to get the story. Kilroy is/was a real person..........Cliff

[subeeds]

Tareyton cigarette slogan "I'd rathr fight than switch". I think it was Tareyton. I know the last Halloween I went trick or treating, it was a last minute thing, and I had no costume. That commercial came on TV and that's what I went with-with my moms' mascara making my black eye. LOL! As for TV-remember when the remote control was you or a sibling walking over to the TV and changing the channel?

[Sagitta]

I'm a decade or two younger then the rest of the crowd here, so for me its things like Jolt Cola, CB radios, and payphones.

I had to explain to some of the teens at work that a wise investment is to buy a cheap corded landline phone for when the power goes out just in case the cell phones die as well. They were wondering why until I told them that they're generally the last things to go out even in a power outage and could wind up saving their necks some day if they needed to communicate with the outside world and couldn't charge their cell phone.

[hollywoodfred]

I'm a decade or two younger then the rest of the crowd here, so for me its things like Jolt Cola, CB radios, and payphones.

I had to explain to some of the teens at work that a wise investment is to buy a cheap corded landline phone for when the power goes out just in case the cell phones die as well. They were wondering why until I told them that they're generally the last things to go out even in a power outage and could wind up saving their necks some day if they needed to communicate with the outside world and couldn't charge their cell phone.

This reminded me of all the regional phone companies - before and after the AT&T breakup. Locally we had Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone of Maryland which became Bell Atlantic and is now Verizon.

And yes, we keep a land line for the exact reason Sagitta points out.

[Docrwm]

I'm a decade or two younger then the rest of the crowd here, so for me its things like Jolt Cola, CB radios, and payphones.

I had to explain to some of the teens at work that a wise investment is to buy a cheap corded landline phone for when the power goes out just in case the cell phones die as well. They were wondering why until I told them that they're generally the last things to go out even in a power outage and could wind up saving their necks some day if they needed to communicate with the outside world and couldn't charge their cell phone.

Solar chargers - chemical reaction chargers - good old hand crank chargers, these are just a few of the things that make me not need to rely on a land line any more.

[boriscleto]

Speaking of Old Milwaukee...



It just doesn't get any better than this...

[Rupert]

It just doesn't get any better than this...

Looks like a 4 day weekend ahead.

[Ratmagiclady]

This reminded me of all the regional phone companies - before and after the AT&T breakup. Locally we had Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone of Maryland which became Bell Atlantic and is now Verizon.

And yes, we keep a land line for the exact reason Sagitta points out.

It's something I'd have if I could afford the extra bill, myself.

[hollywoodfred]

It's something I'd have if I could afford the extra bill, myself.

I was able to get a pretty low monthly bill by eliminately long distance service and getting just the basics. IIRC, eliminate long distance almost cut the bill in half. YMMV.

[ChrisPlatt]

When we moved into our new place the Verizon rep told me my only option was their Internet phone service.
I miss the security of my POTS line.

Chris

[hollywoodfred]

When we moved into our new place the Verizon rep told me my only option was their Internet phone service.
I miss the security of my POTS line.

Chris

I'm in the boonies (practically) and not sure if Verizon even has internet phone serveice here. Sorry, what's POTS?

[boriscleto]

Sorry, what's POTS?

Plain Old Telephone Service

[Rupert]

Hard to imagine now, but my Mom was once an operator in a small town where they had those switchboards. I recall my great granny had a crank phone on the wall.......times have changed!
Regards!

[boriscleto]

Hard to imagine now, but my Mom was once an operator in a small town where they had those switchboards. I recall my great granny had a crank phone on the wall.......times have changed!
Regards!

My Great Grandparents had the only phone in the neighborhood. People would come from the other farms to make calls, until my GG put out a toll box...

[Rupert]

Just wondering? ......Does anyone recall those little small round boxes of Spanish peanuts that contained money in with the peanuts? They were a nickel a box when I was a little guy...and often had as much as a quarter or a dollar bill in them. That was a big prize back then!
My cousin claimed he found a $20 bill in one, but it coincided with his sisters loss of her little snap-lock coin purse.....with $20 in it......so I was always skeptical!

Regards!