SILLY SIGNS. . . . .LET'S START A THREAD ?

[red750]

Our first phone looked like this:

 

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[spacesailor]

Try this in your browser, and have a laugh.

 

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[Old Koreelah]

Our first phone looked like this:[ATTACH=full]3855[/ATTACH]

I still have ours:

 

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[Cosmick]

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.

 

 

[facthunter]

And listen to everyone manually . Today they can listen to everyone digitally. Fake pictures make out you said something you never did. Brave NEW World.. Truth harder to find than a giant diamond. Nev

 

 

[hihosland]

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.

 

 

[Marty_d]

Our first phone looked like this:[ATTACH=full]3855[/ATTACH]

It looks surprised.

 

 

[facthunter]

THAT rings a bell. Nev

 

 

[hihosland]

getting hung up on nostalgia?

 

 

[pmccarthy]

When the worst thing kids could do on line was talk to their friends for an hour.

 

 

[old man emu]

When the worst thing kids could do on line was talk to their friends for an hour.

Thankfully, there's now an App for that.

 

 

[Litespeed]

I remember the days when homes had a actual hallway. It had a little seat combo to take the phone and phone book. And a red dial phone.

 

It was great as mum had the thing welded to her ear and the family were far away out of earshot.

 

 

[old man emu]

Red dial phone !!!!????

 

If we could be so lucky. We had a black Bakelite lump on the three-legged hall table, right by the lounge room. No extension chord. Permission required for each phone call. Long Distance ? Forget it.

 

 

[red750]

We are a bunch of old pharts, aren't we?

 

 

[spacesailor]

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

 

 

[octave]

spacesailor, house? you were lucky to have ouse we lived int shoebox int middle of road!

 

 

[red750]

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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[spacesailor]

Yes But rural could be expected.

 

City living Is supposed to be civilised .

 

spacesailor

 

 

[PA.]

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?

 

 

[facthunter]

No Power Points? How did you get your message across? Nev

 

 

[nomadpete]

At least we weren't subjected to the great and mighty Micro$oft, back then

 

 

[spacesailor]

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Run your Radio-Rentals radio off the lighting circuit.( a radio without a tuner,)

 

[facthunter]

Does your body provide the earth? Nev

 

 

[nomadpete]

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.

 

 

[old man emu]

My Word! Micro$oft Excels at Access to Power Points.