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Rep Retirement Lodge 106: My Team I Do Deeply Dig

Rep Retirement Lodge 106: My Team I Do Deeply Dig

  • I'm cheering for Michigan, of course

    Votes: 8 15.4%

  • My team - they're still in the game

    Votes: 20 38.5%

  • My team is out, so I'm cheering for my conference

    Votes: 7 13.5%

  • My team is out, so I'm cheering against my conference rival(s)

    Votes: 7 13.5%

  • I have divided loyalties, and am just planning to enjoy some more hockey

    Votes: 13 25.0%

  • I am boycotting the hockeys now

    Votes: 7 13.5%

  • John Wayne was tall

    Votes: 21 40.4%

  • Freddy hacked my TV and computer so I will watch nothing and like it

    Votes: 23 44.2%
  • Total voters
    52
  • Poll closed .
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Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 106: My Team I Do Deeply Dig

bigblue_dl said:
I don't know if this is the same "party lines" that you are referring to, but I specifically remember when I was younger that my grandparents would always listen to "party line" on the local radio station every Saturday morning. Party line was basically a radio version of the classified ads, if you needed to sell something, or if you're having a garage sale, you called the radio station and they put you on the radio to advertise it. I don't know why my grandparents listened to it, I'm pretty sure they never tried to buy anything from party line.
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There's a radio station in the UP in my home town that has a similar setup Monday through Saturday for three hours in the morning... "Telephone Time." Call in, say what you have for sale or are looking for, give out your number on the air, and people can contact you.

It's EXTREMELY popular in the community.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 106: My Team I Do Deeply Dig

bigblue_dl said:
I don't know if this is the same "party lines" that you are referring to, but I specifically remember when I was younger that my grandparents would always listen to "party line" on the local radio station every Saturday morning. Party line was basically a radio version of the classified ads, if you needed to sell something, or if you're having a garage sale, you called the radio station and they put you on the radio to advertise it. I don't know why my grandparents listened to it, I'm pretty sure they never tried to buy anything from party line.
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True Blue Fan said:
:D A party line is a phone line that is shared between multiple residences.
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The answer is B. :o
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 106: My Team I Do Deeply Dig

In other news, I got my first unsigned negative rep in years that was NOT from an SCSU fan. :D At least I assume it wasn't an SCSU fan as I just fixed a post for a UND fan and got a rep of "Personal insult" from someone that I assume was a UND fan. No need to refill as it was more popular with others who gave me positive for the same post.

:)
 
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leswp1 said:
I remember party lines.:eek:
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True Blue Fan said:
:D A party line is a phone line that is shared between multiple residences.
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Different rings for each residence, and you can be sure at least one person, or more, were listening to your calls.

The other thing from back then was a alpha prefix to all numbers. Ours was GReenwood 32691.
Telephony has come a LOooooooong way in my lifetime :cool:
 
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Hi Lodge.

I call my parents to check in on big trips for when I get home (and sometimes when I get there). If it's somewhere where a phone call may not be cheap (ie China) it's an e-mail. My mom worries and I understand. Even though I'm an adult living 500+ miles away, my parents still like to know what I'm up to.

Heck, on their big trips I usually request a phone call or e-mail to know they've made it home safe.

And on a few drives back to MI from MD, I've forgotten to call and get a worried call from my mother wondering if I made it back yet.



*sigh* work is overwhelming this week and I just want to play online and talk about the upcoming weekend of hockey.
 
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Jon said:
Something to add:



http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?t=85638&page=29
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Wow, what is he doing negging a post from that long ago?? running out of places to neg rep you:p

Gonzo said:
Different rings for each residence, and you can be sure at least one person, or more, were listening to your calls.

The other thing from back then was a alpha prefix to all numbers. Ours was GReenwood 32691.
Telephony has come a LOooooooong way in my lifetime :cool:
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I can't remember ours but I know we had one. Imagine- when we first had a cell it was as big as a brick
 
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Up until a couple/few years ago, our family camp still paid party line telephone rates, despite being the only residency on it. I can remember back in the 90's we would have to make sure the line was clear to call out.
 
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hockeyplayer1015 said:
Up until a couple/few years ago, our family camp still paid party line telephone rates, despite being the only residency on it. I can remember back in the 90's we would have to make sure the line was clear to call out.
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My grandparents used to have a party line in the late 50's and early 60's. Someone else on the line had nothing better to do than to sit and listen in on the incoming calls. My dad, who was about 10-11 at the time, would get on the phone and turn loose a string of 4-letter bombs. Imagine a 10-year old calling some old lady a "cocksucking whore" back in 1961, coming from a conservative Catholic family. The lady would get mad and come down and tell my grandmother. She'd get mad at him and my grandpa thought it was funnier than hell. Dad would do it until she quit listening in on all the calls. That sort of solved that problem.
 
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Gonzo said:
Different rings for each residence, and you can be sure at least one person, or more, were listening to your calls.

The other thing from back then was a alpha prefix to all numbers. Ours was GReenwood 32691.
Telephony has come a LOooooooong way in my lifetime :cool:
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Who knew growing up in Orono was so advanced:D . I knew of party lines but we never had one. No alpha prefix either. One ringy dingy, 2 ringy dingy:)
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 106: My Team I Do Deeply Dig

Gonzo said:
Different rings for each residence, and you can be sure at least one person, or more, were listening to your calls.

The other thing from back then was a alpha prefix to all numbers. Ours was GReenwood 32691.
Telephony has come a LOooooooong way in my lifetime :cool:
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That's exactly how I remember it. We didn't have a party line, but I knew many people who did.

I would give my old phone number with an alpha prefix, but I have used as a password (not on USCHO). :eek:
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 106: My Team I Do Deeply Dig

leswp1 said:
Wow, what is he doing negging a post from that long ago?? running out of places to neg rep you:p

I can't remember ours but I know we had one. Imagine- when we first had a cell it was as big as a brick
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A brick? Try a cinder block. My dad had the original "phone in a bag" where you had to attach the antenna to the window w/ suction cups, etc. ;)

I remember when that was finally traded in for a couple of hand-sized, but chunky Motorolas about 1994 or so.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
A brick? Try a cinder block. My dad had the original "phone in a bag" where you had to attach the antenna to the window w/ suction cups, etc. ;)

I remember when that was finally traded in for a couple of hand-sized, but chunky Motorolas about 1994 or so.
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I couldn't afford that one.
 
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