Haines His Way

Hmmm, an edited transcript!

My exchanges (and actual telephone numbers) were in all the Kritzer books.  First TExas, which was changed to UPton, then VErmont, when we moved.  My father's restaurant was DUnkirk, the Santa Monica exchange was EXbrook, many of my friends in high school were WEbster, and Hollywood was, of course, HOllywood.

This is fun.  Keith was EXbrook in Santa Monica, then VErmont when they moved over by Hamilton High.

I remember the changes until we became VErmont & never changed.  Of course, like the restaurant, my Dad's number was DUnkirk.  It is the only phone number I still remember, which I'm sure has to do with him having the number for the first 45 years of my life.

We had a party line for many years. At that time I don't think a private line was an option.  Sometimes you'd pick the phone up to make a call and someone else was on. It was a big deal to finally get a private line.

We briefly had a party line, only briefly because doctors had to have a private line.  Later my father got his own phone number.  It was fun having one number for us kids and one for my parents.  Back then few people had such a thing.

So... Did the Exchanges eventually become the first two number of the three-digit prefix?  -And is that why there are letters associated with the "buttons"?

Yes to both questions  

SAFE TRAVEL VIBES DR JOSE!

So... Did the Exchanges eventually become the first two number of the three-digit prefix?  -And is that why there are letters associated with the "buttons"?

DR Jose - The beginning of our land-line number still corresponds to the letter exchange that Richard remembers from when he was a kid:  GArfield = 42

I used the letters on the phone buttons as recently as summer before last when we got a new phone system at work.  I was having trouble remembering my new extension, 4926, so created a mnemonic device.  Well, two, actually: on good days my number spells VOCI (which sounds like a musical term or something to me); on bad days, it spells UNAG.

DR Jose - The beginning of our land-line number still corresponds to the letter exchange that Richard remembers from when he was a kid:  GArfield = 42

I used the letters on the phone buttons as recently as summer before last when we got a new phone system at work.  I was having trouble remembering my new extension, 4926, so created a mnemonic device.  Well, two, actually: on good days my number spells VOCI (which sounds like a musical term or something to me); on bad days, it spells UNAG.

You can also play jingle bells with the buttons.

DR TCB that is not my Judy Garland check, it was being sold on EBAY ...

DR TCB that is not my Judy Garland check, it was being sold on EBAY ...

Okay, I was just wondering.  I think the Judy Garland signature that I have is on the back of a receipt.

When I was a youngster (circa 1975) I thought that SNL was all abot drugs. It wasn't until the late 1980s that I began to watch the show...around the time of Toonces the Driving Cat and Church Lady.

Shortly after those characters and actors left the show I stopped watching.

As for SNL, I was devoted to it for the first five years or so.  How long were the original "Not Ready for Prime Time" players a part of the show?
Here, immediately following SNL was Chiller Theater with Bill Cardille, which I always stayed up to watch.  When Cardille retired Chiller, and Eddie Murphy became eponymous with SNL, I turned elsewhere.
I caught a few episodes over the years, if the host or musical guest was someone I wanted to see.  David Duchovny was a grand host, as was Alec Baldwin.
I do remember watching quite a bit of SNL when Christine Ebersole and Robert Downey, Jr were part of the cast.  I was also accidentally watching when Barbra Streisand appeared on "Coffee Talk."
I didn't like Chris Farley, Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo or Kevin Neally and many others, so I really saw no reason to tune in.
Over the years, I also felt that the sketches went on far too long and often meandered to their close.

Mom could't remember what exchange we had in Medford, but she rememberd that her mom's in Portland was ALpine.

And the word of the day is: GEWGAW!

WAGWEG spelled backwards.

But you knew that already.

You can also play jingle bells with the buttons.

OH!  I did have one of those "Telephone Song Books" when I was growing up.  -And my first cellphone, actually had a "song" mode for the keypad which meant that it would "beep" in the pitches rather than just one standard tone/beep.

There are a group of ladies sitting next to me who are heading to NYC for some sort of gathering.  For some of them, it's their first trip to NYC, for others, their second or third.  They were discussing their dining and shopping options for the week.  Well, needless to say, I had to admit that I was sort of eavesdropping, and gave them a list of suggestions.