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oobu24:
Not that I miss old corded land line phones...as much as I dislike how I can hear so many conversations that I don't wanna hear! At the park out in nature, in the grocery store line, at the restaureant, at the movie theater, etc.
Is anyone here old enough to remember some land line phones having party lines....where you also could hear other people's conversations...and had to hang up and hope those people got off the phone so you could use it? I never liked that at all when I was just a wee lass.
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No Scarlett--do you remember the Pony Express too??
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The Pony Express was just a tad before my time, Erik.
But I do remember and miss watching the "Lassie" TV show where Lassie would bark a few times in rapid succession in front of her owner who would instantly know that there was a fire up at the old Wilson place. I miss seeing people with that kind of ability to understand dog language. And dogs that are all-knowing of course. I miss buying Mallo Cups because I used to save all of those cardboard coins inside the wrapper. What I was saving them for I never did discover but it was cool saving something back then while my brother saved baseball cards. I miss the original Batman TV series where every week we'd meet a new villain (I guess that sounds unusual for a girl but there it is). When that show started is when my family got our first color TV set and I felt like we were the luckiest people in the world to see that show in color. I miss "the wet look" for girls in the 60's. All of my friends and I had wet look coats in a variety of colors as I recall. I miss "The Twiggy Look". I miss fringe handbags, mini-skirts, frosted eyeshadow, wide belts ,fishnet stockings, hot pants, bell bottoms, love beads and choker collars. I miss hearing new Beatles songs released over the radio for the very first time as if I were discovering a treasure that would last forever all by myself. I miss repeatedly calling up Top 40 radio stations back in the 60's and requesting bubblegum songs from all my teen idols only to have this one particular DJ actually break one of the records on the air - that's how much he disliked it. I still remember hearing the "crack" sound. Who knows, maybe I had driven him over the edge with my requests. You just don't hear about things like that happening any more. And you never know exactly how much of David Cassidy one DJ can tolerate I guess!
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Erik in NJ:
No Scarlett--do you remember the Pony Express too??
Scarlett...Wouldn't one think that the 'All Knowing' evil eye and eyebrow...would already know that
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^^ "The Eye That Never Sleeps." - the motto for The Pinkerton Detective Agency
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The all-knowing evil eye and eyebrow is all-knowing about you, Steven, not about me. So, watch out, he's keeping his eye on you!
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I'm starting to sound as mystical as you, Steven. Should I be scared?
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Scarlett14:
The all-knowing evil eye and eyebrow is all-knowing about you, Steven, not about me. So, watch out, he's keeping his eye on you!
You got that right, Scarlett!
I got my eye on him !!
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hey_kittay:
^^ "The Eye That Never Sleeps." - the motto for The Pinkerton Detective Agency
I was once asked "How do you sleep?" And my reply was I always sleep with one eye open
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Scarlett14:
oobu24:
Not that I miss old corded land line phones...as much as I dislike how I can hear so many conversations that I don't wanna hear! At the park out in nature, in the grocery store line, at the restaureant, at the movie theater, etc.
Is anyone here old enough to remember some land line phones having party lines....where you also could hear other people's conversations...and had to hang up and hope those people got off the phone so you could use it? I never liked that at all when I was just a wee lass.
I remember the party lines where you could hear other people faintly in the background...My cousins lived on a farm at that time and they had the kind of phone that you had to crank the handle to generate an electric signal to contact a switchboard operator!
(This was at the time when Paul first met John!)
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I miss my old manual typewriter!
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no one one the party line ( well sung Joe )
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Bruce M.:
I miss my old manual typewriter!
I still use mine
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Scarlett14:
... But I do remember and miss watching the "Lassie" TV show where Lassie would bark a few times in rapid succession in front of her owner who would instantly know that there was a fire up at the old Wilson place. I miss seeing people with that kind of ability to understand dog language. And dogs that are all-knowing of course. ...
Funny that you should mention Lassie. My dog comes & bothers me at her dinnertime...every day & I often say..."What Lassie? Where is Timmy?" Cos she starts poking me...not barking just trying to get my attention. LOL.
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Erik in NJ:
... I also agree with oobu24 that cell phones are the best and worst things in the world! People have no manners any more and it drives me crazy! Oh I have a way of dealing with it oobu24...PM me if u wanna know more
I often want to stop & listen in on their conversations & ask questions...like... what did he say?
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Film cameras. I like digital, but there's something about the look of film.
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nowords:
no one one the party line ( well sung Joe )
we had a Party Line in our Log Cabin in Colorado Springs, up in the mountains with the Bears! they would come out at night and get into the Rubbish Bins. at the time! scare us to Death each time! and the Local Gossip line was the Party line! the latest news with all added attractions of Drama you could find. you know how all that went! nothing was safe, they all knew peoples Business. you would know everything as a kid about the Neighbors! by just picking up the Black Rotary Phone. the kind you would see in a "Thin Man" Movie. in this little Town of Green Mountain Falls Colorado! in 1959, or was it 59? where I heard my First Roy Orbison Single! our Summer Home as a kid. where I learned to Play me Mum's Pot and Pans! gee I sure miss those days! had no care in the world! and feeding the Chipmuncks too. they would come right up to you, when we went up the mountain. you could see life from another Perspective! so High up! I miss the Record Shop where I would go into a booth to listen to the latest song on the "TOP 45" chart! then would go home to watch it on TV, on American Bandstand! to see how they would rate the song on the Top 40 list. I miss Dick Clark too! and Allen Freed!!! he gave us Teen's the opportunity to set us free with "Rock and Roll" and somewhere, along the line, people forgot how to be kind, thoughtful and Grateful for all that the blessings we were given. and to one another. yes I had a rough go at it too. but they did the best they knew how to do! and now I am thankful and grateful for it all! so I miss that warmth of people at times. but now it is all G! Right. so I give a Hug of Love to you all tonight! Love ole me
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Long walks ..... after the long record setting snow and cold .... it turned to spring .... that was slightly delayed ..... and then it came .... I walked the path for a few good walks ..... cut a few walks short .... knowing that I would be back out there again as long as it was mostly good weather (and would layer up for colder days) .... I signed up for the company walking challenge (which is non competitive - but gets many talking and trying to get a lot of steps .... encouraging each other and motivating some to keep it going) .... now I break my toe ..... and have only done extreme minimum ....
I will have to keep the same idea of always trying to out do myself ... in other words ... more steps than I did before ..... so even with the broken toe ... if I do 1000 steps .... I will try to get 1001 and so on ..... ~sigh~
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^ I bet you'll do better than some without a broken toe.
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oobu24:
Not that I miss old corded land line phones...as much as I dislike how I can hear so many conversations that I don't wanna hear! At the park out in nature, in the grocery store line, at the restaureant, at the movie theater, etc.
I miss phone booths - a good way not to hear unwanted conversations .... maybe re-start the concept of booths in public areas in which cell phone users must occupy while in conversation.