Oh how I miss landline phones. 100% better than these complicated so called smart phones. People use to actually talk to each other. now they won't lay em down. even sleep with them!
Hey, Elijah13, did you mean to say DON'T "put the key in someone else's pocket"?
manatee
Aug 28, 2019
My brother worked for the phone company. Between him and his friends, a lot of us had the clear dialer disk (with the finger holes in it) as keychains. Hard to lose, easy to hold, and room for lots of keys and doodads.
elijah13
Aug 28, 2019
I think it was so you could share it. Not sure however. Looking now to see what this storm is going to do. Looks like it is going to go thru lots of Florida. I'm preparing NOW for it.
manatee
Aug 28, 2019
Oh no...I pray we don't need shelters in our county.
CatLadyOKC
Aug 29, 2019
Watching your area, glad to see you are preparing to it!!!
elijah13
Aug 29, 2019
Manatee, where are you?
manatee
Aug 29, 2019
Gainesville. We had a lot of shelters during Irma, including several pet-friendly. I work for the County, and shelter duty wore me out.
manatee
Aug 29, 2019
But if you need a shelter and we have them, you are welcome here! We didn't turn anyone away in Irma. There were some bedraggled souls who were running out of gas in their cars...made it all worth it really.
elijah13
Aug 30, 2019
Have survived a few of them with no house damage either. My niece was just here and we put the finishing touches on it. I just plan to stay home until the lights come back on--I'm sure they will go off but have 6 lights to use. I'll just be hot. You stay safe also. Not sure where this thing is really going to hit land.
manatee
Aug 30, 2019
A sturdy house that has proven itself is a wonderful place to be. Do I remember correctly that you are in the Tampa area? I hope she changes tracks. And I hope there are none after her. I'll be fine in a county shelter, and if I'm home and it gets unsafe for my little tin can, my landlord brings me into his home...gee I hope he stays thru this one too. :)
elijah13
Aug 30, 2019
I live in Winter Springs--between Orlando and Sanford. We are in the path when it turns North!
I was totally surprised to receive a pink Princess phone for Christmas when I was 13. We'd just purchased the farm and moved into the house. My dad said I needed my privacy to talk on the phone since I was a teenager!
lilbc77
Aug 26, 2019
Oh, lucky you!
aknan
Aug 28, 2019
The down side was we were on a party line (any one else remember those? ) and all calls were limited to 15 minutes, max!
lilbc77
Aug 29, 2019
Yes, I remember party lines. I didn't know the calls were limited. I wasn't allowed to use the phone at that point. When I got older, by that time the party line was no longer. However I still had to limit the length of my calls.
aknan
Aug 29, 2019
My Dad set the limits and strictly monitored us! It wasn't the phone company's rule.
Put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket.
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