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Exchanges had names all over the country I think. I sort of miss them as they were descriptive, colorful and most importantly helpful in knowing where somebody lived or where a business was. When someone's number began with MU (Murray Hill) or PL (Plaza) you knew where thy were in a way you don't know now with just the numbers. I remember when I was a kid my exchange was AU for Audobon. I still have relatives uptown whose numbers I remember only with the Audobon prefix and instinctively say Audobon x-xxxx, instead of saying 28x-xxxx.
And of course the big 1940s Glen Miller hit ( and no, I wasn't around then) was named "Pennsylvania 6-5000," which I believe is still the number for the Hotel Pennsylvania across from Madison Square Garden. Now its 736-5000. Try writing lyrics to that!
Was this just for NYC? I was born here but even to today my mother , who has family in Philadelphia only can recall their tele# by saying OR first and then the number I had no idea what she was talking about. Was this nationwide, a NYC thing, Philly too?
I lived for a number of years in Baltimore as a little girl and I don't remember there being letters at the beginning of the tel. phone the way it was for my grandparents' tel. number in Queens.
LOL --- Mr. NIGHTCRAWLER How about Drum roll Curb Ball -- Checkerd Cab that you could have fit you whole livingroom furniture in with the little pull down seat in the back.
LOL --- Mr. NIGHTCRAWLER How about Drum roll Curb Ball -- Checkerd Cab that you could have fit you whole livingroom furniture in with the little pull down seat in the back.
Heres a good one.
Back in the day, when we had the basic TV channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13. (and yet,there was always something to watch).
But anyway, late night around 4am ish, when the last TV program would be over the TV screen turned to something looking like a dart board with a circle and colored circles with a black center and a sound like a steady whooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....It stayed like that till 5am when the next TV show would come on.
Back in the day, when we had the basic TV channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13. (and yet,there was always something to watch).
But anyway, late night around 4am ish, when the last TV program would be over the TV screen turned to something looking like a dart board with a circle and colored circles with a black center and a sound like a steady whooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....It stayed like that till 5am when the next TV show would come on.
OK, kiddies, who else remembers that? 5 points
I remember it when the "art boar was ONLY black and white. Grew up with near NY and don't even remember ch. 5 or 13 -- maybe I never watched them. I do remember the tv went off after Million Dollar Movie ( music was the GWTW Tara Theme) -- used to watch those as I babysat!
How about this . The Indian would come on TV and say don't Polute with a tear in his eye.
10 points
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