On Mon, 5 Nov 2012 03:17:15 +0000 (UTC), gregz
wrote:

Wes Groleau wrote:
On 11-04-2012 21:57, The Daring Dufas wrote:
On the farm in the 60's we got phone service from a private little rural
phone company and we were on a party line. It was a hoot. ^_^

On my parents' farm in the 1980s they had a party line.


I remember in the 50's party lines were common in the suburbs. You had to
count the rings. Then quietly pick up handset and listen in.

Greg

In '57 we moved to the INdianapolis suburbs. When my mother signed up
for a phone, she was told she could have a party line with no one else
on it. I guess they had planned for when there were more people in
the area. So she saved money and it was like a private line for 9
years. till we moved.