tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post7223175194135045030..comments2024-03-22T18:13:10.026-06:00Comments on On the Alberta/Montana Border: Phun With PhonesDiane Stringam Tolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-48426936955885664602015-08-14T08:15:34.697-06:002015-08-14T08:15:34.697-06:00Is there anything your dad couldn't do?!Is there anything your dad couldn't do?!<br />Susan https://www.blogger.com/profile/15294204009310379754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-87272265229327601112015-08-12T08:40:11.786-06:002015-08-12T08:40:11.786-06:00Haskett's Casket Company. Love it! Sounds like...Haskett's Casket Company. Love it! Sounds like a great band name...Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-34114430449765249732015-08-12T08:39:26.547-06:002015-08-12T08:39:26.547-06:00I hate having to pay for something I don't eve...I hate having to pay for something I don't even use...<br />No, they never did pay line rental. I guess they figured they could use it because they hooked their line up to it. Yeah. It doesn't make sense to me, either.Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-88436509490850360622015-08-12T08:04:23.052-06:002015-08-12T08:04:23.052-06:00Great system! Can you imagine everyone's phone...Great system! Can you imagine everyone's phones going off now? Hmmm . . . I bet they could do it...Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-45283059591652341342015-08-12T08:03:44.953-06:002015-08-12T08:03:44.953-06:00I'd love to hear them, EC! :)I'd love to hear them, EC! :)Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-13579360904724658532015-08-12T08:03:23.697-06:002015-08-12T08:03:23.697-06:00I love creative answering! It got my brother in tr...I love creative answering! It got my brother in trouble...Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-51424504196283211622015-08-12T08:02:51.160-06:002015-08-12T08:02:51.160-06:00Aunt Mabel. Pff...
You're absolutely right! Po...Aunt Mabel. Pff...<br />You're absolutely right! Posting on the Party Line!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-26149490014688879442015-08-12T08:01:58.052-06:002015-08-12T08:01:58.052-06:00What? And everyone knows you're there? That...What? And everyone knows you're there? That's no fun...Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-64974000674755626452015-08-12T04:42:48.646-06:002015-08-12T04:42:48.646-06:00I remember the party line we had one until I was a...I remember the party line we had one until I was about 9. I used to listen to the neighbors all of the time and the prank call was the best! It's funny how the same things were said around here. I wonder who thought up the original prank call that is heard around the world! My maiden name is Haskett and we used to answer the phone "Haskett's casket company you kill 'em we chill 'em" boy did I get in trouble for that one!Renahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12296781992150172086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-61477544877430719922015-08-12T00:18:57.893-06:002015-08-12T00:18:57.893-06:00Very cheeky of the phone company to use your Dad&#...Very cheeky of the phone company to use your Dad's line to run their extensions. Did you charge them line rental? Out here, if you have a landline, our biggest company, Telstra, has the cheek to charge rental for the line, so even if you never use the phone, you still have to pay up. That's why I discontinued mine and now use just the mobile.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-12828240692021727682015-08-11T20:10:41.234-06:002015-08-11T20:10:41.234-06:00Yep, we had a party line for years, too. The thing...Yep, we had a party line for years, too. The thing I remember most about it was that if there was an emergency (usually a fire kind of emergency) the operator - who connected one "line" with another on ordinary days - plugged in all the connections and rang three long rings. It was the signal for everyone who heard it to pick up and find out where and how they could help. Actually not a bad system!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-59128471090962443522015-08-11T14:00:12.379-06:002015-08-11T14:00:12.379-06:00We never had a party line here, but we did get cro...We never had a party line here, but we did get crossed lines. Some interesting conversations there too...Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-51598943993565679472015-08-11T13:16:38.651-06:002015-08-11T13:16:38.651-06:00Yup...Moms advice was "don't say it if yo...Yup...Moms advice was "don't say it if you don't want it spread around the neighbourhood." Never did do the prank call thing but Dad sure had some interesting ways to answer the phone. "City morgue...you stab 'em we slab 'em." "Jim's Towing...'dems de brakes."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-23749021835661480732015-08-11T11:37:01.417-06:002015-08-11T11:37:01.417-06:00McIntyres farm was the same party line but my aunt...McIntyres farm was the same party line but my aunt Mable frowned on me listening. It was one of the forunners to FacebookDr Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16960184921736848313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-60264196765000947982015-08-11T10:38:20.148-06:002015-08-11T10:38:20.148-06:00Nowadays, the only time you get a 'party' ...Nowadays, the only time you get a 'party' line is if you have speaker phone capability and conference call hookups...Caitlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126017949452417615noreply@blogger.com