To: US Navy Vet
Ah, the rotary phone! When the length of time to make a call depended on the numbers you dialed. I still remember my best friend’s phone number was 357-8887. It took forever to call him.
54 posted on
06/07/2012 12:16:49 PM PDT by
henkster
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To: henkster
Ah, the rotary phone! When the length of time to make a call depended on the numbers you dialed. I still remember my best friend’s phone number was 357-8887. It took forever to call him. The original area codes (with 1 or 0 in the middle digit) were assigned based on population/importance of the city. Thus New York got the one with the fewest clicks: 212. LA and Chicago had 213 and 312 for 6 clicks each.
whirrrr - click - whirrrrrrrr - click - click - click - click - click...
58 posted on
06/07/2012 12:37:49 PM PDT by
KarlInOhio
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