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PJMcK

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8. We had landlines

Reply to Blues Heron (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:50 AM

Jan 2019

They weren't cheap either.

Some of us had to have more than one. I'm an independent businessman and used to work out of my home. Accordingly, we had a line for the family, a line for my business and another for my fax machine (remember those?).

The phone companies charged calls by distance and time. Those bills added up quickly.

That's how we existed before cell phones.

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