Japanese crossword «Call»
| Size: 13x20 | Picture: | Difficulty: | Added: | 30.06.23 | Author: Maninblack |
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Very clever! Of all the phones on this site, I don't think I've ever seen one ringing!
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Remember the days before answering machines and call screening? Remember running to get this before it stopped ringing. Ah, the fun we old folks used to have.
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Ha ha! That's right! In this case, seems nobody is at home, or is still running. :D
I spent my youth in a very small town. There where few telephones in town and they were numbered from 1 onwards. A friend of mine‘s number was 11, so easy to recall that I still remember it half a century later. But the most striking souvenir I have from that time on this theme comes from the fact that the operators offic was located on the main street in town and they spent part of their time observing the population parading before their large window. So everytime I needed to locate one of my parents I simply would call them and they would tell me when and in which direction my parent was headed when he or she passed by their window. Apparently, the operators were also capable of hearing any conversations they‘d fancied. They were the precursors of the owners of Alexas and social networks. They heard eveything and it was up to them to decide what to do with all the information they gathered. Luckly for us back then, I think the operators were a force of good.
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My grandparents had a police scanner. I HAD a husband who had many run-ins with the law. Every time he got arrested, my grandmother would call my mother who would call me and tell me which jail he was in.
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Sorry, but I have to ask, are you talking about Mr Wonderful? I do know he was a young rebel, when long hair was a no-no.
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How did you know that about Mr. Wonderful? He isn't actually old enough for long hair to have been a no-no, it was just a no-no where he lived. And no, not him, that is why he is Mr. wonderful.
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You once told us that he used to hide his long hair under a cap when he was a pizza delivery boy.
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And congrats for getting yourself a Mr Wonderful, they are hard to find, catch and keep :o)
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Plus he is Johnny on the spot when it comes to taking out the trash and changing lightbulbs. :D
replyOOPS, I forgot about that. Now, I have to apologize to him, because I accused him of being the one to give out TMI on the Internet. (Only because he is very cautious and has pounded it into my head.)
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To other non English native speakers; TMI means „too much information“, according to Mr Google :o)
replyWow, Sandrabulando, I love that anecdote. I grew up with rotary dial phones, but not that level of involvement with the operators!
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At least, we could both dial, instead of asking an operator to make the connection. I feel very modern now.
replyAre you kidding? He wouldn't go away if I begged him too :D
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I spent a lot of time at my grandparents house when I was young, in a town called Bushnell, IL - population about 3500. This was the 1980s-90s, so we could still call any number within our own area code by just using the standard 7 digits. But I always loved that in Bushnell, not only did most homes still have rotary phones, but you only had to dial 5 digits for local numbers. The phone book was even printed with 5 digit phone numbers and the 2 preceding digits on the front cover.
I also found it odd the first time I saw a movie where a person tapped the receiver in an emergency, to reach the operator. Because on their phone system, if you hit the receiver a few times and then hang up, the phone would ring. When we kids were in the playroom my grandfather had built in the basement, and wanted to ask the grown-ups something, we'd get the phone to ring back and pick up our end once it stopped ringing - i.e. the upstairs line had been picked up.
replyI also found it odd the first time I saw a movie where a person tapped the receiver in an emergency, to reach the operator. Because on their phone system, if you hit the receiver a few times and then hang up, the phone would ring. When we kids were in the playroom my grandfather had built in the basement, and wanted to ask the grown-ups something, we'd get the phone to ring back and pick up our end once it stopped ringing - i.e. the upstairs line had been picked up.
very cool :D and folks over here became really nostalgic after finishing the picture xd
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When the phone was tied with a wire, humans were free...
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