Rural phone use instructions from a 1919 phone book.
Did any of you grow up with a "party lines" phone? This is back when phone lines were rented and shared with your neighbors. (Notice they are still referring to them as 'phones with the prevailing apostrophe.) I lived in a small town and did not share a line, but all of my family out in the rural areas did and I remember some of this stuff. Hard to believe it was less than 100 years from this to a smart phone.
@cpultz I did not have a party line -- but our early 90's dial-up modem had similar in house family rules... 1) Only connect the modem after first asking the family if they need the phone for the next hour. 2) When mom needs the phone she will disconnect you no matter how important your BBS or Library Card Catalog lookup session is to you 🤷
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