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Phil Perry

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Yeah, the old Party Line, we were 2 short one long. For those that dont know what im talking about. Several properties on the one single line (party line). each property had its own signature ring controlled by turning the magneto handle. Many party lines would feed into a local exchange with an operator who could access the outside world for you.

 

 

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Yeah, the old Party Line, we were 2 short one long. For those that dont know what im talking about. Several properties on the one single line (party line). each property had its own signature ring controlled by turning the magneto handle. Many party lines would feed into a local exchange with an operator who could access the outside world for you.

Ours was "K" long short long

 

and seven shorts meant a fire alarm,

 

pick up the receiver

 

and find out where the fire is

 

grab your fire fighting gear and run.

 

 

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YOU had a PHONE !.

 

I was a married man with children before a phone appeared, Also emigrated from mother England.

 

First house for married life, No Toilet inside, No power points, & No phone.

 

Childhood house, No running water inside.

 

you guys are so lucky !.

 

Must live in a LUCKY country.

 

spacesailor

 

 

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Space, admittedly it was when I was a kid, but we had no electricity, dunny down the back (a hole in the ground, on a farm. Kids bathed in concrete wash troughs in the wash house (outside laundry), water heated in a copper over a wood fire. The only running water was a pipe from the rainwater tank.

 

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YOU had a PHONE !.I was a married man with children before a phone appeared, Also emigrated from mother England.

 

First house for married life, No Toilet inside, No power points, & No phone.

 

Childhood house, No running water inside.

 

you guys are so lucky !.

 

Must live in a LUCKY country.

 

spacesailor

No power points! How did you charge your iPad? spacer.png

 

 

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Earth?

 

What do you want an earth for?

 

These were very common. I still have one. Nowadays every appliance is double insulated so an earth is rather academic. Back when the double light adaptor was common it was a bigger safety issue because every appliance had a metal case for you to grasp. They were common because every room had a light fitting but no power point. Most homes had only one power outlet for the whole house. Our house had two. One was in the hallway, the other in the kitchen. There wasn't a power point for your radio.

 

 

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