tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post5439107321840538132..comments2024-02-18T06:21:45.375-06:00Comments on ~<i>The Three Prayers</i>: Talking Over the Busy SignalJanet Cupohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037555111680888247noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-67742320816740691762012-08-16T10:30:51.364-05:002012-08-16T10:30:51.364-05:00No, I hate talking on the phone.
AMDGNo, I hate talking on the phone. <br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-66554811485041649482012-08-16T10:21:20.181-05:002012-08-16T10:21:20.181-05:00Janet, you gave your number to random guys? Do yo...Janet, you gave your number to random guys? Do you still practice this today? We should talk.Dawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-15377506334218227142012-08-16T10:15:06.981-05:002012-08-16T10:15:06.981-05:00My grandmother just used the public phone box stan...My grandmother just used the public phone box standing by her front gate. Getting through to her relied largely on the kindness of passers-by. It wouldn't have worked in Belgium, where public phoneboxes don't take in-coming calls.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-40117943318353272622012-08-15T21:27:03.356-05:002012-08-15T21:27:03.356-05:00I'm going to guess that multi-user Skype is a ...I'm going to guess that multi-user Skype is a group who actually want to talk to each other, so this is different. Both those last two things were very definitely problems for us. You could sorta tell when somebody was listening. And sometimes people would deliberately harass you, because unless you knew their voices you had no way of knowing who they were. Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-28680142134546087752012-08-15T19:36:56.893-05:002012-08-15T19:36:56.893-05:00Well, I don't have a clue about multi-user sky...Well, I don't have a clue about multi-user skype, but if you had a party line, you shared the line with another household, maybe more. When you picked up the receiver to make a call, somebody at the other house might be having a long conversation with her neighbor about her sister-in-law or something like that. If you shared a line with someone who was inconsiderate and talked on the phone all the time, it could be a problem. And then I suppose the other people might listen in on your calls. <br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-45221557834578043972012-08-15T10:49:16.149-05:002012-08-15T10:49:16.149-05:00"party line" - is that like multi-user s..."party line" - is that like multi-user skype?Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-78408196384002078652012-08-15T08:10:36.433-05:002012-08-15T08:10:36.433-05:00Nope. That's a true story about the shirt.
M...Nope. That's a true story about the shirt. <br /><br />My grandmother had a party line, so I experienced it, but didn't have to personally put up with the un-partiness of it.<br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-72566796309992961082012-08-14T21:40:27.488-05:002012-08-14T21:40:27.488-05:00And you're not kidding about the shirt? Pretty...And you're not kidding about the shirt? Pretty amazing. Wonder how it got to the Beatles, or at least to the art director of that album.Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-69381942949200505152012-08-14T21:39:26.182-05:002012-08-14T21:39:26.182-05:00I never experienced this interesting phenomenon. I...I never experienced this interesting phenomenon. I did however experience a party line, which was no party at all. I suppose the term needs explaining to anyone under 50 or so, or maybe 60.Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-56326187281365843382012-08-14T14:23:11.125-05:002012-08-14T14:23:11.125-05:00Yes, and sometimes there would be several people b...Yes, and sometimes there would be several people because so many people were trying to call the radio station.<br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-14834158659182468462012-08-14T14:17:11.204-05:002012-08-14T14:17:11.204-05:00This would be if you both dialled the same number ...This would be if you both dialled the same number when it was busy?Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-65336334966025124142012-08-14T11:46:49.709-05:002012-08-14T11:46:49.709-05:00I remember this happening when I was in college. I...I remember this happening when I was in college. I don't remember how it happened or who I was calling. All I do remember was that one could hear lots of voices each fighting to be heard. The only clear vice I heard was that of the poor phone repairman saying: "Please hang up...Please hang up."Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-70381071504102340942012-08-14T08:03:41.044-05:002012-08-14T08:03:41.044-05:00Yes, we were all getting busy signals. We were 14-...Yes, we were all getting busy signals. We were 14-15, you know, stupid.<br /><br />AMDGJanet Cupohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037555111680888247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-13743135018599836062012-08-14T08:02:38.613-05:002012-08-14T08:02:38.613-05:00How strange. But who would you talk to over the bu...How strange. But who would you talk to over the busy signal? Someone else who was also getting a busy signal?Craighttp://cburrell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com