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I had a "party line" growing up. This was in the 80s, long after most communities had moved on from the archaic system. How ours worked was that several neighbors shared a line, though we all had different number (five digits, though seven could also be used).
When the neighbor's number was called, our phone would ring, but only a quick chime. If we picked it up, we could listen in on the conversation. This was a mostly-unspoken pastime. Everyone did it, nobody said a word (directly).
If you needed to make a call and another party was using the line, you didn't get to make the call. Again, this was in the 80s. The 1980s.
This changed in February of 1988 when the local phone company made the big switch. It wasn't to touchtone (that would still be a few more years), but to mostly private lines.
The dial tone was softer, we had to dial all seven digits. It wasn't a full switch yet, you could still call other numbers on your party line, you just had to dial the number, wait for a tick, hang up and then wait and hopefully your neighbor would be there when you picked your phone up again.
At some point the party lines disappeared - probably in the early 90s. By that time, we had moved into a new house and a fully private line and a touchtone phone were standard. At one point in my teens, I even had my own number.
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'Exchange'
Camera: Ensign Ful-Vue
Film: Lomo 100
Process: ECN-2
Pennsylvania
July 2024
A CN foremen (or signal maintainer?) pauses to exchange a wave with 568, who is leaving Stratford on his way to serve the Agro-Mart at CN Kellys.
Another food exchange with the young. The fastest juvenile to react will get the bird. I love how parents make it difficult with each passing day for the practice. They also like to keep a distance in order to prevent a mid air collision with an over-zealous juvenile.... those young talons are lethal
Possibly a red winged blackbird (female) on the menu here
Magical moment in a mystical forest.
Food exchange from dad to mom Great Grey owl. Mom then delivered it to the only chick they had for that year.
Action photos and details here:
enitaimenipleis.blogspot.gr/2012/09/krek-exchange.html
Piece for Krek FMS,GIN from Manchester UK.
More of his work here: the-dead-bird.blogspot.gr/
photos by Vastaclothes
Greece
2012
These two began a most animated conversation as the older fellow was handing out pamphlets to passersby. In the background a group was playing classical music. It was a rather entertaining encounter.
This exchange was done on the rock instead of aerially. Female has just received a western tanager (f) from the male, which will be taken to the ravenous chicks.
Corn Exchange, Manchester is a grade II listed building in Manchester, England. The building was originally used as a corn exchange and was previously named the Corn & Produce Exchange, and subsequently The Triangle. Following the IRA bomb in 1996 it was renovated and was a modern shopping centre till July 2014. Wikipedia
Farmers Elevator & Exchange in Monroe City, Missouri. Photography by Notley Hawkins. Taken with a Canon EOS R5 camera with a Canon RF24-70mm F2.8 L IS USM lens at Ć’/8.0 with a 1/250-second exposure at ISO 50. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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Febrovery 2024 no.2
Rover School is in session...
In Basic Rover Operations 101, one of the first skills we must master is the use of the Grabber. This clawed implement provides a handy way to interact with the environment without needing to leave the comfort of your plush upholstered pilot's chair or risk contamination from unknown flora or fauna.
Here some PinkTron Exchange Students pass the test with a demonstration of their Grabber prowess. (Don't worry, the Daisy Gazer student volunteer was unharmed in the demonstration.)
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Footplate staff of 750 Hudswell Clarke "Waleswood" receive the token from Church Lane Crossing Signal Box to proceed up the single track to Rowsley South station. Steam Gala at Peak Rail, Derbyshire.
Another long exposure shot taken in Jersey City, this time looking at some of the buildings in Jersey City
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