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11-15-2013 , 02:57 PM

#76

Phat Mack

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Originally Posted by gotf

and Jenny's number was 867-5309, but that's a whole 'nother song.

But the Marvelettes were at BEechwood 4-5789.

I had a couple of friends who were given pipes for their fourteenth birthdays, but were told they couldn't smoke cigs until they were sixteen -- and never during football season; it would cut their wind.

In 4th grade, my mom had no problem sending me to the store for a carton of Chesterfields. She put them in a dispenser on the kitchen wall.

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11-17-2013 , 03:54 PM

#77

A-Rod's Cousin

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You called the airline to book a plane ticket. They told you the price, you said sure, then gave them your CC number and they booked you the flight.

I can't remember what happened after that. I think you just showed up at the airport and checked in and were handed a plastic boarding pass.

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11-17-2013 , 04:10 PM

#78

crashjr

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You went to a travel agent who tried to upsell upsell upsell.

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11-17-2013 , 05:57 PM

#79

BigPoppa

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Originally Posted by A-Rod's Cousin

Also to find out the time or temperature you called a number on the phone whenever you wanted and some automated voice would come on "The time.... is one thirty-two, the temperature is......one hundred two."

555-1212

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11-17-2013 , 06:00 PM

#80

BigPoppa

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Coke came in big thick bottles, and you were expected to leave a deposit. Even if you got it from a machine, you were expected to either drink it there and leave the bottle or put a dime on top of the machine to cover the deposit.

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11-17-2013 , 06:06 PM

#81

Tom Ames

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Originally Posted by BigPoppa

And the bottom of the bottle had raised lettering denoting the location where it was originally bottled. I recall the deposit being 2c--I guess I must have ignored that after the amount went up.

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11-17-2013 , 06:13 PM

#82

crashjr

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Originally Posted by BigPoppa

555-1212

Ours was popcorn. After Tommy Tutone, 867-5309 worked too.

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Originally Posted by BigPoppa

Yup. When I traveled in central America if you bought a coke from a street vendor, s/he poured it into a plastic bag, stuck a straw in it, and sent you on your way.

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11-17-2013 , 07:42 PM

#83

A-Rod's Cousin

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Originally Posted by BigPoppa

555-1212

Yep that sounds right. That's what I thought it was but then I was like "wait - I thought no numbers began with 555..." but I'm almost certain now that this was the number we dialed.

I also remember in Spanish class the teacher saying "cinco cinco cinco uno dos uno dos".

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11-17-2013 , 07:48 PM

#84

50yearoldnit

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Originally Posted by BigPoppa

The barber shop I went to as a kid had one of those chest type coke machines. The cokes cost a nickle.

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11-18-2013 , 12:38 AM

#85

5 south

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Construction sites were playgrounds for us. Couldn't imagine a bunch of 10yo's running around construction sites these days.

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11-18-2013 , 12:59 AM

#86

BigPoppa

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Train tracks for us. There was a hole in the fence that let us squeeze through.

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11-18-2013 , 01:29 AM

#87

wet work

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42, the ice cream truck that came thru our neighborhood sold cigarettes lol, amongst other things.
my grandparents had weekly soda and fresh potato chips deliveries.
the 'gas man' would just walk in your basement at like dawn to read the meter.

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11-18-2013 , 01:51 AM

#88

Tom Ames

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I'm almost certain that 555-1212 (with or without an area code) was for directory assistance within your AC (if not dialed) or within the dialed AC.

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11-18-2013 , 02:27 AM

#89

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Originally Posted by Tom Ames

I'm almost certain that 555-1212 (with or without an area code) was for directory assistance within your AC (if not dialed) or within the dialed AC.

You're probably right.

Google just told me the time & temp number for Nashville (my hometown) is 259-2222, and that sounds very familiar.

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11-18-2013 , 02:41 AM

#90

daveT

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Throughout North America, 1-XXX-555-1212 will connect to directory assistance for the specified XXX area code, 1-800-555-1212 will connect to directory assistance for all 1-800 numbers and 1-800-555-1111 will connect to a Bell Canada operator.

In the 1970s dialing 555, at least in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, would bring one to a sort of party line known as "The Pipeline" whereby one could talk with others during the several-second intervals between a repeating recorded announcement to the effect that "The number you have dialed is not a working number. Please hang up and dial again." It was used similarly to later internet online chat rooms.[citation needed]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/555_%2...hone_number%29

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11-18-2013 , 02:56 AM

#91

A-Rod's Cousin

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Neighborhood bonfires in the street were normal 1-2 times a year.

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11-18-2013 , 04:15 AM

#92

wet work

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in bmore/dc area the weather # i remember we6-1212.. (936-1212)..there was also the time number...and this is going back but you could dial various numbers for the second four...it was normally(iforget) xxx-time. kinda hazy on some of that lol/..maybe time was ti4..definitely remember calling the weather number as a kid whenever there was a possible snowstorm hoping for the day off..

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11-18-2013 , 09:10 AM

#93

Kurn, son of Mogh

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Originally Posted by BigPoppa

The standard size was 6 oz.

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11-18-2013 , 12:11 PM

#94

50yearoldnit

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Originally Posted by Kurn, son of Mogh

The standard size was 6 oz.

And they sure were good.

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11-18-2013 , 01:12 PM

#95

Phat Mack

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Originally Posted by Kurn, son of Mogh

The standard size was 6 oz.

Pepsi put the move on them by having a 12 oz. King Size.

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11-18-2013 , 02:48 PM

#96

Tom Ames

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Originally Posted by Phat Mack

Pepsi put the move on them by having a 12 oz. King Size.

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The first move, IIRC, was by 7-Up with a 7 oz bottle, hence the name 7-Up. I think most soft drinks later went to 10 oz bottles.

I'm certain that Cokes sold 6 oz (and sometimes 6.5 oz) bottles for the same prices as their 10 oz bottles. I had a gf that would only drink the 6 oz Cokes as she swore they tasted better than the 10 oz Cokes.

I don't recall if it has already been mentioned in this thread, but prior to the introduction of pop-tops (particularly with beer), can openers, commonly referred to as "church keys", were necessary to open canned drinks. Incidentally, the early pull-off pop-tops were very rough on the thumb.