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General Discussion Thread 14.05.2025

Wednesday is knocking, and so is the SDC! :love: How’s your week coming along? I visited my three-year-old niece who was playing with her toy telephone which still had that rotary dial design. It brought me back to those days when I would phone a friend to talk about homework (or our childhood crushes). What was your first phone call like? Were you laughing nonstop over silly jokes, or whispering to keep your call a secret? We promise not to tell, so feel free to share your memories here.


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Mum & Dad with 5 daughters .....As kids we had our own phones, two tins with a long piece of string attached. We really thought that worked until we realized we yelled that loud into the tin, that you could hear clearly from the next room. As teenagers, we had to ask dad if we could use the phone and were always told to make it quick. If a boy rang any of us, well dad would tell them phone back another time. If you were lucky to chat to a boy at times, you had everyone listening in the lounge room where phone was connected. Some time later dad got an extension point in their bedroom, we thought we were rich people to have that. Only problem, it made listening in on our calls easier. Dad would often pick up on the other phone and interrupt saying to hang up, he was waiting on an important call. I do remember dad use to get a lot of phone calls. Back then you paid for every call you made and paid a lot extra for long distance (std) calls. The good old days.
 
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