standard, stick, and rotary party lines
#102
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: south oregon coast
Posts: 103
thanks for all the memories that this strand brought about, i have experienced a lot of them. most fun i had though, was trying to explain rotary dial telephones and records to 2nd graders. they actually knew tapes, including 8track, but not the records, or the record player....
#106
Originally Posted by BettyBoop70
I have a 1995 Nissan pickup with a 5 speed stick shift. I like the stick a lot better than an automatic. They do still make them.
#107
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 718
Oh I remember my grandmas number, the ring, the operator (Thelma)and the other 5 families that were on her line. I also remember, my grandpa worked for the highway dept, and he always got called out for emergency runs..and if someone was on the party line..they got disconnected, so his call from the highway commisioner would come through. The other people were never warned..just poof..the call was done.
#108
Originally Posted by Toni-in-Texas
What about wringer washers and using bluing in the second rinse water?
#109
lol I still drive a stick which is a vanishing item in its self !LOL I learned on a column, then went to the floor stick or whatever it is called. But to trade it in, look out no one wants a stick and its a 6 speed !LOL
I found out that anymore its a "special order" to have a 4,5 or 6 speed!! My next Nissan will be an automatic I guess !LOL
I found out that anymore its a "special order" to have a 4,5 or 6 speed!! My next Nissan will be an automatic I guess !LOL
#110
I also learned to drive in a three on the tree pick up...That was in 1974, and I've driven a standard (column or floor) ever since. Drives the hubby crazy, because of course the re-sell value isn't as good.
I remember (and can actually still use) a mimeograph, remember fighting with carbon paper in typing class, and while we don't have a rotary phone any more, I do have an 8-track player that still works (and we've got a couple disco cassettes that play in it...)
I remember (and can actually still use) a mimeograph, remember fighting with carbon paper in typing class, and while we don't have a rotary phone any more, I do have an 8-track player that still works (and we've got a couple disco cassettes that play in it...)
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