You know you're old when...

[King_Leonard]

You can remember turning off the shower cuz you thought you heard the phone ringing.

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by ShapeShifter

If you remember seeing these in homes to refrigerate foods....then you regularly saw the iceman delivering blocks of ice door to door.

I had one of those in a rental up in NWA a little over 50 years ago. It was left over from when the space had been a store.

[ShapeShifter]

Originally Posted by dradernh

I had one of those in a rental up in NWA a little over 50 years ago. It was left over from when the space had been a store.

We had an icebox that was used into the late 50's. Had to have some rewiring done in order to use the new electric refrigerator, because mom also got a huge separate freezer for the enclosed back porch. I hated that beast of a freezer, it was too coffinlike and gave me the heebie jeebies.

Hear some iceboxes are now considered collectors items.

[Esteban]

You know what this is. And you remember when phone numbers started with 2 letters.

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by ShapeShifter

We had an icebox that was used into the late 50's. Had to have some rewiring done in order to use the new electric refrigerator, because mom also got a huge separate freezer for the enclosed back porch. I hated that beast of a freezer, it was too coffinlike and gave me the heebie jeebies.

Hear some iceboxes are now considered collectors items.

That icebox in Fayetteville was pretty darn nice. It was made of quarter-sawn white oak(!), and the hardware made the coolest sound when closing a door.

Originally Posted by Esteban

You know what this is. And you remember when phone numbers started with 2 letters.

BA(yview) 1-3871 - my mom's number for 45 years. The day I can't remember it will be the day I get checked-in somewhere for the duration.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Esteban

You know what this is. And you remember when phone numbers started with 2 letters.

"The number to call is BR-549."

Name that show.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by dradernh

BA(yview) 1-3871 - my mom's number for 45 years. The day I can't remember it will be the day I get checked-in somewhere for the duration.

That's a pretty good memory you have there.

All I can remember from my first phone number was it started with DU(nkirk) in L.A.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

"The number to call is BR-549."

Name that show.

Don't know that number.

How about this one? Murray Hill 5-9975

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by M_Six

"The number to call is BR-549."

Name that show.

Had to look that one up, too. You guys!

Hee Haw, though, right?

Originally Posted by Esteban

Don't know that number.

How about this one? Murray Hill 5-9975

I didn't watch enough of Lucy and Ricky to remember their number. I had to look it up.

BE(achwood) 4-5789 was always my fave number.

[Llarry]

Originally Posted by M_Six

"The number to call is BR-549."

Name that show.

Hee-Haw

[SpeedBuggy]

[QUOTE="M_Six;31056954"]"The number to call is BR-549."

Name that show.

Hee- Haw

[SpeedBuggy]

Originally Posted by Esteban

You know what this is. And you remember when phone numbers started with 2 letters.

Yeah, and no area code needed as part of dialing sequence.

If you wanted to dial long distance, it was operator assisted.

[ezaircon4jc]

Mine growing up was OX(bow)6-2842; and we had a party-line. It could be fun eaves-dropping on others' phone calls.

[SpeedBuggy]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

Mine growing up was OX(bow)6-2842; and we had a party-line. It could be fun eaves-dropping on others' phone calls.

Had to think about it for a few minutes, ours was EX5-0911 and was a party line also.

Neighbors always had dirt on Neighbors

[M_Six]

We were ED-7-1912. ED stood for Edgewater.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

Mine growing up was OX(bow)6-2842; and we had a party-line. It could be fun eaves-dropping on others' phone calls.

We had a party line and yeah it could be fun, or annoying if you wanted to make a call.

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by Esteban

We had a party line and yeah it could be fun, or annoying if you wanted to make a call.

Yes, they could be both, couldn't they. We'd listen-in as little kids but never really knew what the adults were talking about.

I just did a quick search and was surprised to see that the last party lines went out of service in 1991 in Woodbury, CT. There must be a story of some sort there.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by dradernh

Yes, they could be both, couldn't they. We'd listen-in as little kids but never really knew what the adults were talking about.

I just did a quick search and was surprised to see that the last party lines went out of service in 1991 in Woodbury, CT. There must be a story of some sort there.

Probably better you didn’t know. Lol

1991, huh. That’s the year I moved into my present home. Didn’t know they went on so long. Interesting.

[Pauly Wauly]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Me neither. I searched for amber, yellow, and night driving glasses

Hi cmyx6go, check out the Serengeti glasses if you have a chance and see if they work for you.
These ones are daytime driving sunglasses, but where I bought them (Costco), they also had Serengeti clear lenses glasses for nighttime driving.

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by Pauly Wauly

Hi cmyx6go, check out the Serengeti glasses if you have a chance and see if they work for you.
These ones are daytime driving sunglasses, but where I bought them (Costco), they also had Serengeti clear lenses glasses for nighttime driving.

You remembered LOL. Thank you. I'll check them out.

[Llarry]

I'm impressed that all you posters remembered the prefixes for your phone numbers. Mine are erased from my memory. On the other hand, we were always moving when I was a kid, so were having to learn the new number.

[Boomer 2019]

HI 37068. It started out as a party line, but when that ended my parents got to keep the same #. You would think that would be cool, but it came with a downside. Friends and relatives of all the other members of the party line who had their # changed continued to call the # for a looong time.