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On the cell phone the weather and ads could get in the way of making emergency calls. Some features are interesting love. BC-A, Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on April 19, 2012 at 6:37 AM
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Isn't the evolution of phones fascinating!
posted by
Nita09
on April 19, 2012 at 5:04 AM
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This was a great post, it put me in mind of our old party line and witing for whoever to get off so I could call my girl friend. Can you imagine us putting up with that now?
posted by
UtahJay
on April 18, 2012 at 10:42 PM
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Kabuiepie-;)
Justi is right love, we are just as proud to have you. We had one of those crank telephones too, but I can't remember our rings though. Great post love.
posted by
WileyJohn
on April 18, 2012 at 8:54 PM
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Honey I know how that telephone service went from a to z it seems. I am not surprised that Wiley fixed it. I got my oven repeared this week.... not the service man, no George replaced the thingy and it works. Aren't we happy we have them. I have a secret, they are just as proud they have us....
posted by
Justi
on April 18, 2012 at 8:15 PM
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We had one of those on the farm too. My grandmother (and she'd slap me silly for writing this) used to stand there and listen in - and shush us if we even lifted our eyebrows!! Great post, sweet Kabu! I'm not surprised that Wiley fixed your problem either. That's just Wiley!!!
posted by
adnohr
on April 18, 2012 at 7:58 PM
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Oh, I remember those party lines! I also remember the really long cords. Thought I was so cool when I could wander around the kitchen while talking on the phone.
posted by
tamijo
on April 18, 2012 at 7:28 PM
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yes the telephone was a great invention, and I am still around who remembers the party line, that has a whole new meaning these days.
posted by
Lanetay
on April 18, 2012 at 5:10 PM
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I remember when I was young and at school they brought out the black one to teach us how to use it! It seemed so foreign to me since we did not have one in the house! I think I was 18 before we got one! Love how Wiley showed them what real ingenuity can accomplish! BRAVO! sam 
posted by
sam444
on April 18, 2012 at 4:26 PM
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Hopefully we won't have to go all the way back to tin cans and a line of string!
posted by
JimmyA
on April 18, 2012 at 1:39 PM
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You are such a very sweet person dear... you light up the path you walk on...dear wiley is as sweet too... well, those memories we all have..enough to make us treasure life as it goes.
posted by
JKosef
on April 18, 2012 at 12:13 PM
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Your memories are sweet. I remember party lines and Grandma telling me that others should be careful of sharing their business on a phone. Good for Wiley! 
posted by
BrightIrish
on April 18, 2012 at 10:59 AM
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I find myself wondering what my older relatives would have thought about the Internet...So far my landline has been old reliable since I moved.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on April 18, 2012 at 9:44 AM
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Telephones have indeed come a long way.Mobile phones have changed the world.
posted by
shamasehar
on April 18, 2012 at 9:23 AM
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Good old WiLEY, and just a word in your shell like, I told B.I I might have to kick your gnomes over, but I was just bragging, I think we all ought to go bit mad at time and shout at each other, it does not seem natural to be so polite, you can start if you like. Well I saw my psychiatrist friend yesterday and she wanted me to give her a dwarf pink. "Not on your nelly.' I told her, anyway I was not in a very good mood, that's the way we are out here.
TYP,
posted by
C_C_T
on April 18, 2012 at 9:11 AM
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I remember party lines and those little wooden cabinets...
In fact, in my 20s I worked as an operator for the private telephone exchange on campus. When callers dialed the main number, I would put the calls through by plugging a wire into the plug. This was the '60s, but the technology was right out of the '40s. Hard to think how changed it is, and how even faxes are now old school.
posted by
Pat_B
on April 18, 2012 at 7:53 AM
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Kabu
I'm not surprised Wiley fixed what theothers couldn't! And I love your memories of Oz...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 18, 2012 at 7:48 AM
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