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56. When we moved to the farm, it was 1960.

Thu Feb 1, 2024, 02:38 PM

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Our telephone was oak, with a speaker on a cord and the microphone was attached to the oak cabinet.
TW(ining)2-2541 and a 10 person party line. Our nosey neighbor, Mrs. Goldman, knew every detail of everyone's life that shared that party line. Finally got our own line in 1963.
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I still have a dial phone and use it every day to call people.. And it works like it always worked........AND.... Stuart G Feb 2024 #58

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