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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 09:33 PM Original message |
who remembers this concept? a "long distance" phone call? |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. These don't exist anymore? |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. I remember dialing direct for the first time back about 1981 or so. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. "Operator, I'd like to place a long-distance call, please." |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. And now we have things like Vonage and Skype that allow you to call |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I use the SHIT out of Skype |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. My mother would call her twin in Phoenix once per month |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. I remember the first time I made an overseas call. |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. I remember my family, living in California, calling our midwestern relatives maybe twice per year |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. i know... |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. I remember calling family overseas and having to really listen |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. like when they did remotes on television news shows from far away... |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. yup .. exactly! Welcome to DU!!! |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. thank |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. well, I can tell you that |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
15. It certainly seems to be something |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
16. I remember... |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 03:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. i guess it wasn't that long ago... |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
17. "Long Distance Call"- Muddy Waters |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 07:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. "Long Distance Information, |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
18. they do still exist, but they're cheap |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
19. Hey, I remember "Phone Phreaks" |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 03:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. How about this one? |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 03:32 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. At my house it was |
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