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Posted 8 months ago
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I picked this old phone last year for $1 and yesterday I picked the extension Bell for $1 :) This was the same kind of phone I grew up with as a child and teenager on a 3 party line, I would pickup the phone and the girl down the street would be on it for an hour or more after school, you could listen to their conversation but they could tell when someone picked up the phone, she would say GET OFF JERK, I would say YOU GET OFF B^#!! Man I hated that party line! LOL
Model 500 TelephonesThe model 500 was the Bell System's mainstay telephone from the 1950s throu…
Thanks packrat-place, officialfuel and Signaholic!
Thanks Hedgewalker, walksoftly, BELLIN68, and ttomtucker for lookin and glad you love it!
My grandparents had a party line. It was really annoying. Love the phone.
Thanks crabbykins, glad this made you think of your Grandparents.
Thanks ttomtucker
Ahh yes ..remembering the party line, and how heavy those old black phones were.