Originally Posted by Gramie bj
Do you remember counting the ringing of the phone and waiting to see if it was for you? ours was 2 long and 1 short there were 6 familys on that line, Every one knew who was getting a call and there was always someone listening in. LOL Noboday had secrets then. (early fifty's)
I don't remember that but I do remember that if you wanted to call someone that shared the party line you had to dial 25 then their 7 digit number then hold down the disconnect button until your phone rang back !!