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In reply to the discussion: Remember then? What was yours? [View all]Aristus
(70,416 posts)60. I grew up on Army bases in the 1970's.
We didn't have the word-prefix for our phone numbers. But since the entire post could have phone service under one numeric prefix, we usually only had to dial the last number of the prefix, and then the final four digits.
For example, my family's old phone number was 624-6677. We just dialed 4-6677.
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When I was in elementary school we had five digit phone numbers and party lines.
hunter
Feb 2024
#20
I'll never tell. I still use it for passwords, pins, and combination locks.
Midnight Writer
Feb 2024
#32