How many of you remember calling a telephone number to get the time?

[ashling]

You would usually get an ad for a local bank or something else. I just went to dictionary.com to check a word (duh!) and the ad for Cheer Laundry Detergent almost hit me in the face (take a look) and it reminded me of the time and date phone line w/ the ad.
:rofl:

[tigereye]

1. here....

it wasn't really that long ago...

[Bertha Venation]

2. I do, but there were no ads.

At the tone, the time will be 4:20 PM. *beep*

[GoCubsGo]

3. Until you mentioned it...

I had completely forgotten about that. One used to be able to call a number for useless stuff, too, like horoscopes.

[HERVEPA]

4. TI 6-1212. Weather was WE 7-1212

[HopeHoops]

5. "At the tone, the time will be..."

I called it a lot in the 70's, usually after a power outage nuked all of the clocks in the house. I never got an ad when I called, but that was before the Reagan era.

[raccoon]

6. I. nt

[mochajava666]

7. I remember calling for the time. It was the only way

to reset your clocks when the power went out.

Didn't have ads, though.

I remember a Brady Bunch episode where Peter? called Russia to talk to their leader, but got the time in Russian with the beeps. I think there was a big phone bill because of that, too.

[bikebloke]

8. When I had to set the time.

There weren't any adverts though.

I still call the weather WE6-1212. Advert free as well.

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. Yep - and I only had to dial 5 digits to get it, too

and that literal dialing, btw

[mitchum]

10. Yes, Coca Cola sponsored the one that we used...

we always called it, "calling the Coca Cola lady for the time"

[likesmountains 52]

11. I call it every day, but mostly for the current temperature, not the time

[XemaSab]

12. The number was POPCORN!

I would get the message "At the tone, Pacific Standard Time will be 8:19 AM and 30 seconds. BEEP!"

[Heidi]

13. I do, but once my mom figured out I was doin' it, she decided

that if I could call the bank to get the time, I was old enough to have my own watch, learn to tell time and stop bothering the nice auto-time dealio at the bank.

[Captain Hilts]

14. I do. AND the weather. nt

[kimi]

15. I remember that!

And I heard a revenge story once where a cheating guy left town, his girlfriend came to his place, called the number for the time in Japan or somewhere, then left the phone off the hook for him to discover when he got home a week later.

I was always tempted to try that with someone.