Happy Birthday to my brother Phil!
Stupid Nebraska and stupid phone companies and stupid hard-to-change habits.
A while back our state changed it’s phone call rules – adding a new area code (that I don’t know) and requiring you to dial the area code before the seven-digit number, but not a ‘1’ first. It’s like using your cell, but do you think I remember this when dialing from a real phone?
No.
Heavens, no.
First I dial the regular number, then am surprised to get the calm recording that tells me I’m an idiot. Then I can’t remember if you’re supposed to use a ‘1’ first or not, so I do, then hang up quickly when I remember you don’t.
Great. I don’t like talking on the phone anyway, and now I’m over-dialing to accomplish the task.
I miss you, olden days.
Brad says
I haven’t dialed from a landline phone in a long time… more than a year? …longer?
I’m sorry for your pain. The olden days do seem nice sometimes…
Gretchen says
I feel your pain. I am petrified to make phone calls here. Our phone number is 12 digits long, but some others are 9 digits, or 10, or 11 -- you never know. Calling another country adds more digits but drops the leading digit (usually.) If I dial a wrong number who knows what language will be spoke on the other end (including recordings -- then I have no idea why the call didn’t go through.) I hope I don’t have any emergencies because I can’t even figure out how to call my husband on his cell phone.
Rae says
I won’t be home tonight, Anna has to sing about the 6th commandment in the school musical. Call Friday.
Peggy says
I remember when we 1st went to having to dial the area code & I hated it too. But you will get used to it…eventually.
Lauren's mom says
I remember when my grandmother first got a “landline” phone. (I find that term amusing.) I still remember her phone number: 3-6854.
Christina says
Lloyd, do you remember when you had to dial a 2 in front of calls into Jefferson City, but not the area code? And we could call Aunt Lolly by just dialing the last 4 digits?
Lloyd says
I don’t think I ever called into Jeff. I do remember in kindergarten when they asked us what our phone numbers were. I didn’t know mine and Cousin Sam didn’t know his, but we knew each others.
Christina says
Silly Lloyd, you went to kindergarten in Chicago, not Missouri…..
Kristi says
I’m gonna need some kind of therapy for my fingers after dialing all these numbers.