Garfield1 2323

[Pop Daddy]

what is it way back in the day, people gave phone numbers like that, I dony get it, wasnt it easier to just remeber the number? did you just make up a word to go with the letter by the number?

 

[DISUNC]

My phone number growing up was INgersol 2-5984!
My Mom's best friend was BUckminister 7- 7118!

40 years later I STILL remember these #'s!

These all changed in the late 60's....dont ask me what my phone # is today.

 

[Pop Daddy]

My phone number growing up was INgersol 2-5984!
My Mom's best friend was BUckminister 7- 7118!

40 years later I STILL remember these #'s!

These all changed in the late 60's....dont ask me what my phone # is today.

anit that weird, why did they do that, do you know?

 

[DISUNC]

anit that weird, why did they do that, do you know?

Back in the day...with the old switchboard operators the ALPHA characters were used (instead of the numbers) to determine what area/local phone center you are from. There was no instant call tracking or tracing then. So if you called to have your Phone line serviced and said you number is IN2-5984, they knew where dispatch the "IN" Service calls too.

If you said your # was 462-5984...the "46" could be anywhere. Once things were automated there was no longer a need for the Alpha part.

 

[Chipperdini]

Garfield1 2323

You are evil.

 

[Pop Daddy]

Back in the day...with the old switchboard operators the ALPHA characters were used (instead of the numbers) to determine what area/local phone center you are from. There was no instant call tracking or tracing then. So if you called to have your Phone line serviced and said you number is IN2-5984, they knew where dispatch the "IN" Service calls too.

If you said your # was 462-5984...the "46" could be anywhere. Once things were automated there was no longer a need for the Alpha part.

i never knew why they did that Im glad your as old as dirt to clarify this stuff for us

 

[Pop Daddy]

You are evil.

put it back in your head, didnt I , I knew someone local that would ring a bell

 

[Cantw8]

I used to be Leigh high bla bla bla....then it got shorten to LEI bla bla bla. I guess it was a step above a friggin party line I'm guessing this thread will bring out all the old heads

 

[DISUNC]

i never knew why they did that Im glad your as old as dirt to clarify this stuff for us

In College I did a paper on how the Business Standards/Acumen/Procedure designed by the Telegraph/Telephone companies in the 1800's lead to and made possible the logic used in todays computers.

BTW the 1800 Phone & Telegraph guys got it from the ancient Greeks & Romans.

I will test you later on this!

 

[DISUNC]

I used to be Leigh high bla bla bla....then it got shorten to LEI bla bla bla. I guess it was a step above a friggin party line I'm guessing this thread will bring out all the old heads

Are you from Allentown PA????

 

[Cantw8]

In College I did a paper on how the Business Standards/Acumen/Procedure designed by the Telegraph/Telephone companies in the 1800's lead to and made possible the logic used in todays computers.

BTW the 1800 Phone & Telegraph guys got it from the ancient Greeks & Romans.

I will test you later on this!

what a dork

 

[Chipperdini]

put it back in your head, didnt I , I knew someone local that would ring a bell

Garfield1 2323, Garfield1 2323!

I bet you owned that car with the evil license plate number too: FBZ 292.

 

[Cantw8]

Are you from Allentown PA????

No, Dear..that used to be a phone number from Delaware County, Pa But I'm not far from Allentown, ya want to meet up at Dorney Park You , me and Angel

 

[Pop Daddy]

Garfield1 2323, Garfield1 2323!

I bet you owned that car with the evil license plate number too: FBZ 292.

, how about "one man sleeps why the other man drives on that non stop Lawsons run", you might not remember that one

 

[Chipperdini]

, how about "one man sleeps why the other man drives on that non stop Lawsons run", you might not remember that one

Not sure about that one. I think I vaguely remember Lawsons, though. Convenience store chain, yes?

 

[Pop Daddy]

Not sure about that one. I think I vaguely remember Lawsons, though. Convenience store chain, yes?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7r6A6YQdtI

 

[DISUNC]

what a dork

Sad but true!

No, Dear..that used to be a phone number from Delaware County, Pa But I'm not far from Allentown, ya want to meet up at Dorney Park You , me and Angel

Sounds like a plan too me. I am 1/2 hr north of Dorney.
We had a meet there last year!

 

[KSchwagg86]

I've never heard of this! Must be cause I'm too young

 

[Chipperdini]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7r6A6YQdtI

Thanks for the link. I'm old enough to have seen it, but I don't recall it. I didn't watch much TV, though.

 

[Robmom]

I do remember when I was little that our phone number was SH - whatever the rest of the number. I remember from The Honeymooners, that their phone number started with, Bensonhurst.