I know about telephone party lines, 8 tracks and having the milk delivered 2the house

GlennDog

So we're all familiar with the 9, 10, 11 o'clock position on the vol control. But, what exactly does the digital display of +0.5 dB represent (except LOUD) . . . I had it cranked last night and mods are being carefully considered . . it's just not an "accurate" gage as the 1 o'clock position (i.e. "Stop, It's Too Loud! We don't Want To Damage Anything" setting)

just to clarify . . . - 0.5 dB is almost inaudible and + 5.5 dB . . well, I didn't go there (in a word or 2 Very Loud)

Your thoughts are always appreciated!

TY

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eeagle

I was amused at your subject line....gotta be an old **** to remember these things; must admit I never went down the road of 8 track though.

Haven't a clue why this was posted in Gatherings & Special Events though?

As to the volume control positions and the new digital db displays, I think they are all dependent on your input source, so are meaningless except to give you a personal reference.

evhudsons

We had milk delivery when I was around 5 to 6 years old, but no party phone lines that I know of. I love 8tracks, loved the look and feel of the cartridge and the ease of clicking into the slot for some instant tunes. I helped install an 8 track player in a friends car in high school, probably one of the last car 8 track players left. I also remember that tv's were often built into furniture to blend into the living room, which is an effect I am trying to replicate now. I'm about to try and build into a bookshelf in the living room a wood electronic rack to hold all my black boxes, and get rid of the tv as I primarily use a projector anyway. Gone are the days of turning on a tv and watching with a simple click, and gone are the days the volume control was uniformly meant to go from lowest to highest in a easy to understand for everyone format.

I love your subject line too, classic!

txcoastal1

Lived out in the country with my aunt for the summer and had to wait to use the party line phone...weird because now I know why the town gossip spread so fast

Drove around with dad in his Lincoln town car listening to Richard Pryor on 8-track

Had one of these for an 8-track players in blue...thought I was kool

As Archie Bunker would say "Those were the days"

chumlie

Remember it well. We had a mllkman and a breadman. My Father had 6 little remotes to change the 3 channels and volume. Didn't get that cutting edge technology for 8-tracks till i was in highschool. I don't look at the db. Loud is loud. You'll know the differance. I'm pretty sure you already have it figured out.

F1nut

This thread needs to be moved.

headrott

F1nut wrote: »

This thread needs to be moved.

Come on Jesse you are being a nastagia party pooper!:eek::cheesygrin:

headrott

headrott wrote: »

Come on Jesse you are being a nastagia party pooper!:eek::cheesygrin:

Wow! And I need to check my spelling better!:cheesygrin: It should be nostalgia.

George Grand

F1nut wrote: »

This thread needs to be moved.

It needs to be shot into space with post whores strapped to the boosters.

mhardy6647

George Grand wrote: »

It needs to be shot into space with post whores strapped to the boosters.

Lord, Mr. Ford... that man has a way with words.

jgwinett

txcoastal1 wrote: »

Lived out in the country with my aunt for the summer and had to wait to use the party line phone...weird because now I know why the town gossip spread so fast

Drove around with dad in his Lincoln town car listening to Richard Pryor on 8-track

Had one of these for an 8-track players in blue...thought I was kool

As Archie Bunker would say "Those were the days"

Had this one, mine was blue and I wore that thing out.

Mikey081057

There was even another (proprietary) cartridge tape format that I remember... My Neighbor had one, and the tapes were smaller than an 8 track. It was called Playtape.... and played on it's own player.

http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/playtape_2_track_1200.html

Anybody seen this before?

Mikey081057

I had one of these:

Jimbo18

We had a party line and an operator. Our phone number was 2013R. You picked up the phone, told the operator what number you want and she rang it for you. The phone had a dial on it, we just didn't have any reason to use one.

Mikey081057

Jimbo18 wrote: »

We had a party line and an operator. Our phone number was 2013R. You picked up the phone, told the operator what number you want and she rang it for you. The phone had a dial on it, we just didn't have any reason to use one.

I saw that on the Andy Griffith show

decal

Mikey081057 wrote: »

I had one of these:

Didn't everyone?

rooftop59

I'm sorry but what the h3ll is a party line???

Zeros

rooftop59 wrote: »

I'm sorry but what the h3ll is a party line???

Basically a conference call on a shared phone line.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_line_(telephony)

Mikey081057

Zeros wrote: »

Basically a conference call.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_line_(telephony)

It was a legal wiretap on your neighbor before the NSA

Zeros

Mikey081057 wrote: »

It was a legal wiretap on your neighbor before the NSA

Or illegal if you were the cops:

"In June 1968, the conviction of three Winter Park, Florida men on bookmaking charges was overturned as police had used a party line telephone in a rented house on the same line as the suspects to unlawfully intercept their communications"

Sci-fi Polk Guy

I remember when I was a little boy, we used to go visit my grandmother in rural South Carolina. She had an outhouse, a wood burning stove, and a hand pump that used to have a quart jar of water beside it to prime it. And, she had chickens in her yard. And, she didn't even have a phone.

Jimbo18

My parents' party line saved us about $2.00 a month over the cost of a private line. What a pain in the butt. When it rang, it rang in both houses and you had to know the sound of your ring. And if you wanted to make a call, you picked up the phone and if you heard someone talking, you had to quietly hang up and wait and try again later.

Unfortunately, $2.00 mattered in those days.