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Off The Water
Short Stories and Humor
The Spoiled Under 30 Crowd
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<blockquote data-quote="DocWatson" data-source="post: 153470" data-attributes="member: 112"><p>Ahhhh... Georgia on my mind. I was in Atlanta at Oglethorpe University '67-'70. Back then, when you<em>"direct dialed"</em> a long distance call, the operator (they were live people & very common then) came on and asked what number you were calling from (they only knew the area code and the first 3 digits of the phone number). As college students, we figured out pretty quickly that we could give the phone number of any large corporation in the area and they would be billed. :wink: It took the phone company an entire school year to figure that one out. [-X </p><p></p><p>I'd heard that some areas of Georgia, and other low population areas of the more rural states, were still a bit behind the curve when it comes to phone service. But I didn't know party lines were still the only option as late as the '90s. :shock:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DocWatson, post: 153470, member: 112"] Ahhhh... Georgia on my mind. I was in Atlanta at Oglethorpe University '67-'70. Back then, when you[i]"direct dialed"[/i] a long distance call, the operator (they were live people & very common then) came on and asked what number you were calling from (they only knew the area code and the first 3 digits of the phone number). As college students, we figured out pretty quickly that we could give the phone number of any large corporation in the area and they would be billed. :wink: It took the phone company an entire school year to figure that one out. [-X I'd heard that some areas of Georgia, and other low population areas of the more rural states, were still a bit behind the curve when it comes to phone service. But I didn't know party lines were still the only option as late as the '90s. :shock: [/QUOTE]
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