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BigmanPigman

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31. My dad worked for Ma Bell for 30 years

Reply to some_of_us_are_sane (Reply #30)

Fri Sep 19, 2025, 09:41 PM

Sep 19

We never had a party line but we did get free long distance if we called him at work.

A family member used to harass my dad all the time, as if he determined how much your phone bill would be. Then after the Bell companies were broken up due to being a monopoly his phone bills increased. He never harassed my dad after that.

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My dad worked for Ma Bell for 30 years BigmanPigman Sep 19 #31

Sometimes it works out some_of_us_are_sane Sep 19 #34