Pete, that was exactly our experience with phones. Cool memory. For you youngins', long distance was a very big deal because it was so rare and so expensive. Every family had its procedure just like Pete's and mine.

Pete, do you remember this one? If someone was flying in and you were to pick them up at the airport they would call person to person and ask for themselves. You'd say no, they're not here right now. Then they'd say I'll call back at 2. That way you'd know they were arriving at 2.


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