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Poster:	cosmico	Date:	November 22, 2010 02:57:54pm
Forum:	classic_tv	Subject:	Re: Not that anyone cares.....

I never experienced having to call an operator and ask for a number (let alone ringing up Junior Samples at BR-549), but as late as the 1970s my grandmother living in a small country village had to do that sometimes, if she couldn't get the number by dialing. She also was on a party line, and had to tap the dial phone cradle a few times to get the operator.

Or I'd go to the general store and put in a dime to use the pay phone. And pick up a comic book for 12 cents, a bottle of soda for a nickel and a Milkshake candy bar for another nickel. Ah...I'm getting nostalgic for the early '60s! :)

We just accepted it as the way things were done, like having to move the rabbit ears to get a better TV picture, walk to the store to get the newspaper every day, cook dinner on a stove top or in a real oven instead of a microwave, and wind up our watches. Or movie cameras. :)

My friend Quigs knows what I'm talking about. :)