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moniss

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6. There's a great old movie

Reply to Ping Tung (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 7, 2025, 03:46 PM

Mar 7

about party lines, not one of the more well known movies, it was more on the B movie level and was comedy oriented. It may not have had Party Line etc. in the title but the gist of the movie was that people kept getting things mixed up. I've searched for it now but all the references are to other films. As I recall nobody in the film was recognizable by name. The movie was actually very accurate to how the old phone system worked and how people would "listen in" etc.

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Are you old enough to remember the term "Arms Race"? [View all] Demovictory9 Mar 7 OP

I was around just before it became general use. nt moniss Mar 7 #1

I think therevwill be a new arms race as countries react to Trumps craziness Demovictory9 Mar 7 #3

I agree and I think Europe has been left with the only choice being to go moniss Mar 7 #4

I'm old enough to remember crawling under my desk when the teacher said "Duck and Cover!" and party lines. Ping Tung Mar 7 #2

me, too. I'm 75. n/t KarenS Mar 7 #5

Do you remember Ron Cobb? Ping Tung Mar 7 #7

I'm pretty sure I have,,,, It's sad really. KarenS Mar 7 #12

There's a great old movie moniss Mar 7 #6

Mineshaft gaps, too! cloudbase Mar 7 #8

Whats that? Demovictory9 Mar 7 #9

It's a reference to a scene in Dr. Strangelove. cloudbase Mar 7 #10

Yes, and it was the Republicans pushing it. yardwork Mar 7 #11

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