In rural Georgia the party line was our lot back in the early 1950s. When the phone rang, we counted. Our phone rang two times. Three for another and so forth. Today’s younger set sure missed out on some fun times. Well, that’s okay. Cell phones will teach them a few lessons.

Back in the day, calls didn’t drop, folks dropped; eavesdropped, that is. Phone privacy didn’t exist. Sarah, the switchboard operator on the Andy Griffith

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