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If you ever had a traditional dial phone at home....

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spark240spark240 Frets: 2016
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Did you answer it and say the number ?

I seem to recall when we first had a home phone ( party line with next door....much fun) when it rang...my parents would pick it up and say 5256...(it was only 4 digits back then.)


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  • CoffeeAndTVCoffeeAndTV Frets: 378
    My dad still does, he announces the town and then the four digit number… 
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  • boogiemanboogieman Frets: 11742
    edited October 2023
    We had one, we always just said the last four digits. The format was originally the name of the local exchange (Dollis Hill/ DOL in our case) followed by the numbers. It switched to all numbers in the late 60s I think? My mum still had the same number up till last year. 
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  • munckeemunckee Frets: 11457
    My mum used to say the town name and phone number in an artificially posh voice. 
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  • JerkMoansJerkMoans Frets: 8372
    My stepmother still does.  "Sheffield xxxx"
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  • SnagsSnags Frets: 4987
    Yes. Town and number. Including when it went to 6 digits. 
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  • JerkMoansJerkMoans Frets: 8372
    edited October 2023
    JerkMoans said:
    My stepmother still does.  "Sheffield xxxx"
    Which might be interpreted as some weirdly S Yorks porny thing. Which is a bit odd expressionless 
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  • StratavariousStratavarious Frets: 3112
    Eons ago… yes
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  • DominicDominic Frets: 15285
    Yes , we just used to say 3399 in our home but my Grandmother used to say Enterprise 2462 (their dial code was ENT ) 
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 15603
    Gosh long time ago yes “hello, 762790.” I guess it dates from people making a lot of miscalls. We were also one digit away from a carpet fitter so it helped reduce the number of enquiries about shagpiles.
    I haven’t had a landline now for, I don’t know, maybe ten years. 
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  • exocetexocet Frets: 1865
    My Dad still answers his phone with the original 3 digit number "541".

    I can remember answering with the town name followed by the revised (STD compliant) 6 digit number.

    My standards have slipped since then.
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  • Emp_FabEmp_Fab Frets: 23224
    Our number was 57630.  My dad always remembered it as 'Heinz at half past six'.

    We also had a Trimphone with the radioactive dial.
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  • KittyfriskKittyfrisk Frets: 16332
    I still have a GPO red type 706 that I love, but while I can answer it, sadly progress has rendered it unable to dial out from.
    No, I never announce the number on that or my new IP capable phone, usually just wait for the scammer to hang up.

    I simply can't describe how deliciously furiously thrilled I am when looking forward to losing all means of communication during the frequent rural power cuts, once they switch to Broadband/IP telephony to 'improve' my service... 
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  • blobbblobb Frets: 2600
    small Welsh village, all the numbers were sequential. we were 201, the garage next door was 200, the next house was 202 and so on.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    edited October 2023
    My parents still do.

    I can always tell when it's them calling me too... because the landline phone rings.

    I'm honestly not sure why I bother with it any more. I still actually have an old phone which doesn't need external power that I can plug into the master socket if there's a power failure, but when the exchanges go completely digital then that won't work and there will probably be no point at all.

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