Thursday Meme Drop
15 responses to “Thursday Meme Drop”
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Tom: you win the internet today. Bet it was a party line too.
I’ve rolled back to 4.Big jar of jawbreakers. Better hiding place than Orion’s belt.
They’re not big on assimilating into non-Muslim cultures either.
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Marbles, not jawbreakers.
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my phone journey started with 2, jumped to 4. good enough.
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MWC’s memes never disappoint.
Fun story: My grandad worked for Ma Bell in NYC for decades and when they relocated to rural SC, they got hooked up to a party line on the old country road. He was pissed.
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I was attempting to explain rotary phones and party lines, what we had when i was a kid to my kid the other day, man did she look confused
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theres a woman on our party line – a nosy thing
She picks up her receiver when she knows it’s my ring
Why don’t you mind your own business
Mind your own business
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My phone journey began with my Mom who worked for the phone company as a switchboard operator.
Our phone line at the time was a four party line. When we moved to our first and only home, we had a two party line for several years. The other party, an old woman, spent hours of every day on the line talking with the few friends she had left.
My cell journey began with 4. I used it for a long time. I didn’t switch to a smart phone until just a couple years ago and am on my second one. I’m NOT tethered to it. Location services is always off. Unless I’m home, the phone is always off.
Nice group of memes, as always.
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#61 Should depict that brother marrying “rep” from Minnesota. She’s on record as telling her supporters that she represents Somalian interests before American.
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#6 I don’t get. Yes, I have one in a drawer in my kitchen. I’ve probably had that one for 40+ years. Still works fine.
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It’s always exciting to see one of my memes on this site.
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I didn’t get to these until this AM…. so I will comment on _one_ only…
I don’t know why… but the marbles in a jar meme pulled on a VERY nebulous recollection from what I _THINK_ may have been either the Movie or the TV series “Please Don’t Eat The Daisies” where one of the youngsters had added their entire marble collection to the contents of the BRAND NEW and VERY NOVEL (for the time!) ELECTRIC “Dish Washing Machine” and fired it off…
See if you can’t conjure a graphic on THAT!
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Tom–You win!
steves–It’s for those who lost their marbles. Nope, they don’t.
Joe–I’m thinking about going back to that. And yes, rotary phones are confusing to those who don’t know.
WDS–Glad you enjoy! And yes, going to a party line would be annoying.
FLAtha–Problem with being bored and nosey at the same time.
Nemo–Very cool. I am unfortunately tethered quite closely to mine but need to try to break it. But yes, location services are always off. Glad you liked this batch!
Silliest–Indeed!
TN Budd–It’s just a cool kitchen tool. Most modern kitchens wouldn’t have one.
Sharps–Excellent one! Keep up the good work!
boneman–It would be as bad as putting them in the dryer…. 😉
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In England, back in ’59, the English Manor we rented (two G.I. families out of Bentwaters RAFB) had a DIRECT line to the switchboard. Our phone line did NOT have a dial, it was “drop signaling” (look it up!) and we had to tell the Operator whom we were trying to reach. BTW, I was 6 at the time and didn’t understand what was going on – I’m now a Network Engineer (retired) and would have LOVED to examine in detail the phone exchange!
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egorr–That’s really interesting! And yes, it would be great to be able to look at that system with the knowledge you have now.
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