tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post7433166372187963905..comments2024-02-24T02:36:37.956-06:00Comments on Dizzy's Wanderings & Wonderings: Vegetables and TelephonesDizzy-Dickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-65100886698940517842017-02-14T22:56:02.862-06:002017-02-14T22:56:02.862-06:00Come to think about it, I have no place to in my R...Come to think about it, I have no place to in my RV to plug a phone in. I just turned 74 today and I don't ever remember a time when we didn't have a phone, although the first one was a party line.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-83566279397178917002017-02-14T22:52:49.318-06:002017-02-14T22:52:49.318-06:00I doubt if you are, but the rotary phones are, but...I doubt if you are, but the rotary phones are, but they may come back as the new fad.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-46259283818086384882017-02-14T19:21:25.389-06:002017-02-14T19:21:25.389-06:00I worked part time for Southern Bell & Tel whi...I worked part time for Southern Bell & Tel while in high school as a long distance operator. It was the old fashioned switchboard. Guess the old black rotary phones and I are antiques.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11206501173181278380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-37411599173707867102017-02-14T13:26:20.812-06:002017-02-14T13:26:20.812-06:00I remember many years with out a phone, then rotar...I remember many years with out a phone, then rotary dials phone for years, a couple of cordless ones as well, Now the cell phones that work great . Still have a plug in phone but nowhere to plug in our Rv anymore.our awesome travelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13031755671050584629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-89394220766640214632017-02-14T09:47:15.067-06:002017-02-14T09:47:15.067-06:00Yep, I still have a phone that plugs into the wall...Yep, I still have a phone that plugs into the wall. I like it. It doesn't charge me anything to receive a call from anywhere unless the person reverses the charges. With the cell phone, if you go over your allotted minutes, you get charged a lot more.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-24762866246900055512017-02-14T09:44:07.211-06:002017-02-14T09:44:07.211-06:00Things sure have changed. I would go back to my c...Things sure have changed. I would go back to my childhood days in a heart beat.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-31387672092939088342017-02-14T09:41:59.766-06:002017-02-14T09:41:59.766-06:00I just have the old style flip phone with everythi...I just have the old style flip phone with everything turned off except talk. If you want to do more than talk, get a tablet or computer. Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-38538048993488800052017-02-14T06:59:40.317-06:002017-02-14T06:59:40.317-06:00The first phone I remember was the old black rotar...The first phone I remember was the old black rotary phone. When we moved into the "burbs" back in 1953 we had a beige wall phone with the "tail" that was a party line. Now we still have a landline with cord and a cell phone that isn't used much and doesn't do much either. Hahalinda mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08203742811516417039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-53982835938832108732017-02-14T06:08:25.457-06:002017-02-14T06:08:25.457-06:00Yes, it is amazing how far technology has brought ...Yes, it is amazing how far technology has brought us. I remember as a teenager getting our first phone, a party line of 8. Our number was 24R. Oh, how I must have aggravated the other seven into possible insanity trying to use their phone. I was bad! A piggy. I'd even eavesdrop on others. Pitiful! Today my phone may be used 3 times in a full month, while I wonder what is so important that some cell users will knock you down in the aisles while chit, chit, chattering. "Oh, sorry", they mumble. LOL :)) Ah, how life has changed over the past 60 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-38975150769629579102017-02-13T22:25:31.830-06:002017-02-13T22:25:31.830-06:00The best I've heard was way down in Kentucky. ...The best I've heard was way down in Kentucky. They had a telephone operator who often joined in the conversations! You sure had to be careful what you talked about.<br /><br />I think the first phone I remember was the little black telephone. In the country though, I remember the box on the wall. I wouldn't mind going back to rotary dialing or a non-digital phone. I have a real problem hearing well over a cell phone line, and they seem to break up every now and then whereas the old telephones did not. I have a Jitterbug phone and can't do all the fancy stuff on it except connect with someone and talk! Isn't that what phones are for?Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052445200220681513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-56599491774565436712017-02-13T20:10:28.828-06:002017-02-13T20:10:28.828-06:00And long distance operators, too. Yep, the good o...And long distance operators, too. Yep, the good old days.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-40928531744383226132017-02-13T17:31:12.957-06:002017-02-13T17:31:12.957-06:00As a retired telephone tech,I can remember all tho...As a retired telephone tech,I can remember all those phones and party lines that I installed on iron wires and glass insulators.Yankeeflyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07460837378837919603noreply@blogger.com