lorenzo Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 5 hours ago, jeeper61 said: Yes they had to stop the incominhg calls to pay phones to stop the drug dealers form running their business out of them Now they just use burnner phones. wife said anyone they picked up with more then one phone was always a dealer, always!!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardporter1 Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 I worked for a guy who had all the pay phones at Philadelphia airport. He would empty them 3 times a week had a 3/4 ton suburban to haul it away. He had a real nice house, cars etc. I think it was a rather lucrative business. Fortunatey he paid me with a check not quarters 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerFixEmUp Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 The ultimate for convenience. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy WP Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 2 hours ago, sandhiller said: I'm sure you remember these Nick Every year Mother gets the new one by her phone, I get the old one🤠 Yeah, we don’t get anything like that down here. Yellow pages phone books maybe, and most of that stuff is Wichita or KC. Shoot, grandma used to have a book with all the Cherry county license plate numbers and who they belonged to. They must’ve done away with that in the mid seventies? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy WP Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 55 minutes ago, lorenzo said: Now they just use burnner phones. wife said anyone they picked up with more then one phone was always a dealer, always!!! I know a guy that has 2 or 3 phones. Partly because you need Verizon, AT&T, and Nex-Tech, all depending on what part of Nebraska you’re in. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Add to the pressure of being a teen and calling a girl, potentially having to go through her dad and then have your neighbors listening in on every word 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHhogfarmer Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Thank you for the info @lorenzo. I for one knew what it was although I firmly believe if my generation and the one before me were like previous generations of either talking in person or a phone call to communicate, we would be far better off in many ways. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtfireman85 Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 7 hours ago, iowaboy1965 said: Yes we had a party line until I was in highschool or maybe shortly after I graduated. The old neighbor lady was either on the phone when you needed to make a call or listening in every couple min to see if she could make a call. I’ve got a great party line story, but i can’t do it on a cell phone 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray54 Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 I had never thought about the timeline of phone development before this. But what is still out in the stick in Californy the locals started a phone company in the 1920's. It stayed the same until the Bell company bought it in 1959. Still the crank on phone until 1960 when Bell had put up new lines. But everything was 8 parties on a line until the 70's. Then they reduced it to only 4 on a line. In the early 80's we all got a private line. But I am still waiting for cell service at my house. The way ATT has left us 2 weeks at a time without service twice in the last year, it is time make the jump to a smart phone and a Wi-Fi connection. Gee a 100 years of phone with a wire. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandhiller Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 5 hours ago, ray54 said: it is time make the jump to a smart phone and a Wi-Fi connection. I was getting ready to leave for the smoker today when my cell phone rang.......in the house😳 Never had that happen before. I looked at it and it said "wi fi call" I answered it and talked to the person. I have no idea how it happened or how to make it do it again. I have a new phone after losing my old one raking hay over labor day weekend. It would be nice to get cell calls at the house so if you figure it out Ray, please let me know how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captian Kirk Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 In the newer phones, there is an option to turn on wifi calls. We have to do that here with ours. It's in the settings menu under phone on Apple. Android should be similar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captian Kirk Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Apparently Elon musk is now developing cell phones that will work with his starlink satellites. From what I've read, it's in the works now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stronger800 Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 There is a cell phone dead zone probably 2 miles wide near me. We have just over half a mile road frontage in front of the barn that has very good cell phone coverage. It is not uncommon at all to see cars stop along the side of the road because they see the bars light up on their phone and they stop to make calls or text while they have service. It is also not uncommon for me at all to stop what I am doing, or stop a Tractor and start walking towards the car, assuming that they have stopped to see me and need something. I get close enough to see they’re on their phone, and go huh, . I should have known better. Literally happened yesterday, I was raking and my mother called to say there was a red Jeep on the far end of the field that appeared to be waiting for me, I said no he’s not. It’s from out of state and he’s on his phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 I have all but stopped, live a mile and a half from a provincial park that has little cell service, they would drive up the hill and pull over in an unsafe area of the roadway, for one most thought some freak was approaching them and I don't need to get hurt or killed attempting to help someone that doesn't want it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray54 Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 😉 Double edged knife Jeff. I would need a pocket spy, I have been told. We up graded to how ever many ggggg's a phone must have last year. My wife said I did not need more than the cheapest of phones. My son went smart phone at that time, and I think like others said have the right app and it works. He can sit here in the house and make phone calls or text. Besides I would have to learn texting. 😵 I don't know if I have enough brain cells left to do that. I started learning to type about 20 years ago and have not really got that down yet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve C. Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 We were on a party line in the late seventies. Don't remember for sure, but I think we got a private line in the early eighties, before we left the farm. One lady down the road was known to lurk once in a while - the old quiet click. The town we live in now still has a pay phone on the corner of the court house. Still see people use it once in a while. And, we still have a land line. We get internet from the local phone company anyway, and it's nice to have a backup number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandhiller Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 19 hours ago, Captian Kirk said: In the newer phones, there is an option to turn on wifi calls. We have to do that here with ours. It's in the settings menu under phone on Apple. Android should be similar. 5 hours ago, ray54 said: 😉 Double edged knife Jeff. I would need a pocket spy, I have been told. We up graded to how ever many ggggg's a phone must have last year. My wife said I did not need more than the cheapest of phones. My son went smart phone at that time, and I think like others said have the right app and it works. He can sit here in the house and make phone calls or text. Besides I would have to learn texting. 😵 I don't know if I have enough brain cells left to do that. I started learning to type about 20 years ago and have not really got that down yet. Darn cellular phone rang in the house again today and wife answered it. Luckily it was the fire chief😅 I called him back on wifi 🤔 I did some digging in settings and saw Wi-Fi calling was turned on 👍 I guess I'm hip and with it now Ray🤠 And as far as typing, don't ever do the speech to text thing........it will get you in deep doodoo fast😳😬 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Englander Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 We had a two party line into the '60s when it finally went private. The bookie in the pool room sat by the pay phone and did all his business on it. He must have fed it a lot of dimes during the day. We had a trick to get a call with just a penny by sliding a strip of shirt cardboard in one slot then dropping a penny in another. The trick to get a private line was to say you were an oil burner service man on call. I had a drunk Scotsman approach me one night in JFK airport. He was barely able to stand, slurring his words and screaming at me that he wanted a phone box except it didn't sound anything like phone box. He screamed louder a phone box you daft 'ucker! I finally determined what he wanted and pointed to a bank of at least 20 payphones on the wall. It was a good laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikem Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Party lines------the ORIGINAL, "Social Media"...🤫 Mike 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binderoid Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 On 9/16/2023 at 6:22 PM, FarmerFixEmUp said: The ultimate for convenience. Funny how you remember certain things. The last time I used one of these was July of ‘89 while stranded in New Haven Conn , trying to call my dad for the key code from my spare key set for my ‘88 F150. 10:00 Saturday morning and the dealership closes at 12. Girlfriend lost them in the sand at the ocean beach. I don’t know which was more infuriating… the Harley with drag pipes gunning his engine right next to me, or my dad laughing his azz off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawleigh99 Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 We had semi decent cell service here until Verizon decided to go 5G in March. They put 5G on 4G towers and now there are gaping dead spots all over. Just awful! I want my 4G back! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jass1660 Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 They made faster data but horrible cell service with 5G. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray54 Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Going back to the title how many under 40 know where on the term shoe phone comes from? The local radio show used this as the trivia question of the day this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikem Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 1 hour ago, ray54 said: Going back to the title how many under 40 know where on the term shoe phone comes from? The local radio show used this as the trivia question of the day this morning. https://www.google.com/search?q=get+smart+shoe+phone+ringtone&sca_esv=566478814&ei=QRIJZbiJJ7CA0PEPj7W64AU&oq=get+smart+shoe+phone&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFGdldCBzbWFydCBzaG9lIHBob25lKgIIBTIIEAAYigUYkQIyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIGEAAYFhgeMggQABiKBRiGAzIIEAAYigUYhgMyCBAAGIoFGIYDSJRjUPQKWPEucAF4AZABAJgBkAGgAbYJqgEDNC43uAEByAEA-AEBwgIKEAAYRxjWBBiwA8ICChAAGIoFGLADGEPCAg4QABjkAhjWBBiwA9gBAcICEBAuGIoFGMgDGLADGEPYAQLCAg0QLhiKBRixAxiDARhDwgINEAAYigUYsQMYgwEYQ8ICChAuGIoFGLEDGEPCAgcQLhiKBRhDwgIOEC4YgwEY1AIYsQMYgATCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICBxAAGIoFGEPCAgUQLhiABMICKxAuGIoFGLEDGIMBGEMYlwUY3AQY3gQY4AQY9AMY8QMY9QMY9gMY9wPYAQPCAjIQLhiDARjUAhixAxiABBiXBRjcBBjeBBjgBBj0AxjxAxj1Axj2Axj3Axj4Axj5A9gBA8ICERAuGIoFGLEDGIMBGNQCGJECwgI1EC4YigUYsQMYgwEY1AIYkQIYlwUY3AQY3gQY4AQY9AMY8QMY9QMY9gMY9wMY-AMY-QPYAQPCAggQABgWGB4YCuIDBBgAIEGIBgGQBhO6BgYIARABGAm6BgYIAhABGAi6BgYIAxABGBQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:056daef9,vid:hHrnLOb1hTA,st:0 This what you are thinking about? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray54 Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Yes that was it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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