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Comments: For a history of phone prefixes: http://www.privateline.com/TelephoneHistory3A/numbers.html FWIW, Wichita Falls was the first city to drop the named prefixes.
Comments: Since the advent of cellphones I can't remember any phone numbers. Some guy asked me what my son's number was the other day and I told him, "4". It's four on my speed dial. I'm gonna be in trouble at the jail when I have to make my one call. I won't know the number unless they give me my phone back!
Comments: DRexell 4-3337 here. That was for the one black phone that sat on the little table in the hall. The table had a chair attached, and a place for phone books and a note pad. Funny how much easier phone numbers were to remember back then.
Comments: Lynell, I had Emerson, didn't get it on my list but I had not thought of Fleetwood. Katleen it must have been in the 60's but I am not sure when. Our house on Opal was originally DRexell 4-3862 but it was changed to FRanklin 4-3862 in the 1950's.
Comments: Hey Martha do you remember what year the prefixes were dropped and why? They seem so cool. I remember the movie "BUtterfield 8."
Comments: Hi, Martha. Glad you're putting your recovery time to good use. How 'bout EMerson and FLeetwood?
Comments: Glad we are talking nonsense again. With too much time on my hands I have been trying to remember the old telephone exchanges in Dallas. So far I have AXtel, BElmont, BRoadway, DIamond, Drexell, FEderal, FRanklin, HAmilton, LAkewood, MElrose, RIverside, TAylor and WHitehall. Any more?
Comments: If I may also ring in (DING!) on the shorts length issue, recently I went shopping for a denim skirt. I asked a lady at Stein Mart where they were. She directed me to a rack of micro-mini Daisy Duke-length skirts. Y'all will be happy to know that I kept on looking and will not show up in at a SOC event wearing a teeny denim skirt.
Comments: Cynthia, I agree. I seldom do self-checkout. Maybe for one or two items, but anything more is too complicated. My grocery store peeve is having to unload my own basket onto a belt. With my goofy wrists, I have trouble putting heavy things into the basket in the first place. It's hard to watch the checker, which I always do, if I'm unloading. Then there are the checkers/sackers who have never bought groceries so they put the bananas in the bag underneath the milk. Albertson's also has the bell for happy customers. DING DING DING.
Comments: Barry, there are NO appropriate shorts for me at our local retail outlets. All are way too long. Plus, I take exception to your formula for determining the correct length [length equals waist measurement minus 12 inches]. As an example let's say we have two good lookin' guys who each stand 5'7" tall. Guy "A" we will call "Tom Cruise" and Guy "B" we will call Johnny-J. Let us suppose that Tom has a 36" waistline and J-J has a 44" waistline, even though both are the same height. Using the Gibbs Shorts Length Formula, Tom's shorts will be 24" long, while J-J's shorts will be 32" long. If the two are standing side-by-side on the red carpet which of them will look the dorkiest? Guy B will - as his shorts will nearly touch his ankles. Seems to me the formula should be based more on the distance from the individual's waistline to the ground; as opposed to some function of the distance around his middle. ps - I hope Joan's wrist is not giving her too much discomfort.
Comments: Could it be yet another...rendition of....Pavlov's Dog...? I'm going to look for the Bell at our Memphis' Kroger's.... 
Comments: That is funny John. They really need a bell for the self check out to show how poorly it works instead. Maybe if they heard that bell enough they could get things working bettter - you think? I try to avoid the self check but since they insist on taking away jobs and making us check ourselves out or stand in a long line for the few people they have on duty. Ugh - lose either way.
Comments: My local Kroger's grocery store has instituted an irritating new concept. At each cash register there is a bell like you'd see at a hotel counter. The idea is that if the customer feels he/she has received "excellent service", they are encouraged to ring the bell. To my surprise some folks actually do ring that bell. I find it annoying and ridiculous. Should we not expect and be entitled to excellent service without having to perform like a circus seal? Perhaps it is a management tool of some sort? Does someone stand around with a clicker and keep count of the number of rings each cashier receives? Is there a bonus in place for whichever register keeps the bell a-ringin'? I'll be glad when Dru is back on her feet and able to make the grocery runs.
Comments: Everybody loves these kind of Posts. It keeps them entertained...! They are probably saying...Read SOC63, they are on another....wild and crazy discussion... Namaste all you people...out there.. Have a wonderful,( and as we use to say in the public schools), a wacky Wednesday...! Betty Gibbs has posted some good old Deb pictures with lots of comments on FB..
Comments: If you hit the 'enter' button too soon...It posts nothing...!  Barry...I'm wa-a-a-ay beyond your help....Too much left brain...thinking...  Whole Brain thinking is what we want....! 
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Comments: Ginger: Even with my keen perception of the universe, I think you are beyond help.
Comments: Charlotte, cruise over to whadamson63.com.. There's this guy named Billy Jack Barrett that leased/owned a ranch in Colo... He had all those characters visiting on his ranch, plus Pat Brady..in the 70's... I'm sorry the museum is closing.. Maybe some filthy- rich person will step up to the plate and ....buy them...! Barry, we don't all possess your perception of the Universe... Thank you very much.. I like Pelosi....! You just don't like her because she's a woman and she doesn't know her place...! Get over it...!
Comments: Before I make all the un-like-minded SOC graduates mad, I will get off my political soapbox. I just hope the subject does not revert to hospitals, undergarments, illnesses and Hands Across the Sand. We need more JS humor and serious questions such as proper mens' shorts length. John, you did find some appropriate shorts?
Comments: Well said, Barry! I continue to be amazed at how we vilify the oil industry, yet we (collectively) refuse to take independent action to reduce our dependancy on oil. Kathleen, MOST of what you touch, eat, and use in your daily activities is derived in part from oil. Will you give up all plastics? Will you eat only home-grown food so transportation of those goods is not an issue? Electric cars are available...do you have one? Will you turn off your HVAC units? Are you riding a bike (which utilizes oil in production)? Will you agree to dispense with unions so our production cost and wages will be competitive with the Chinese? Willing to give up your toiletries (and their containers) which are oil derivatives? Ever heard of a solar or wind-powered car? Want some wind turbines or nuclear reactor in your neighborhood? Bottom line is, you can't have it both ways!
Comments: Ginger: Do you want me to send you my "Fire Pelosi" sticker? It would make a nice addition to your sticker deprived car!
Comments: Kathleen, Kathleen: Where have you been? The oil industry is one of the most regulated industries in the world. They have to get permits to explore, to drill, to transport, to refine. When was the last new refinery built? They are not only regulated by the Federal govt, but by the state govt, as well. On Obama's watch, the enforcement of the many regulations became even more sloppy than under Bush. Most of the people appointed by Obama are totally inept at the jobs they are supposed to be doing. Ken Salazer, Secretary of the Interior Department, is just one such person. He has ultimate responsibility for such things as oil well safety, yet he has no experience in the area. For some time now, numerous scientists and conservation groups have been asking for his resignation. The Minerals Management Service has been the agency in the Interior Department directly responsible for monitoring oil well safety, yet Salazar has been trying to split it into 3 agencies: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and The Office of Natural Resources Revenue. Talk about the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing. Got a problem? Establish more agencies and committees. And, be sure to appoint people that have no experience in the area to be monitored. There was a big article in the Fort Worth Star Telegram today about all the damage that the production of bio-fuels has done to the environment and to the economy, yet the govt is pushing for even more ethanol production. The headline was something like "Oil is really the Green Alternative". I'm sure you can get the article on-line if you are interested.
Comments: I just read that Trigger, Nellybelle, Buttermilk and Bullet will be auctioned off at Christies on July 14..............Roy Roger's museum closed last year. Unbelievable that no museum will take these relics. wish I had a trillion dollars.....soooo sad!
Comments: Uh, oh! I think I heard something about "seize the power", or words to that effect, in the Cap and Tax rally talk tonight. Gosh, got me pumped! I'm always up for more of that power seizing.....or not.
Comments: Barry, I think the oil companies have been doing exactly what they do with very little government intervention especially under W. You can blame Chaney and Bush for companies like BP being so cheap and not installing the necessary safety equipment. Other countries insist an alternative wells. BP was to cheap to fix a drill that might have prevented this oil spill. They neglected safety according to the men of their own company. As for the government never fixing anything, I think Obama was left more than his share of problems thanks to the last administration. We all should pray that he makes the right decisions and quit criticizing him. He is the President of the whole country and he needs our support.
Comments: It doesn't have to! Let the oil companies do what they do without a lot of govt interference and taxes and we would have all the oil we need for years to come. I know we have to find alternatives, but let the free market work and they will be found. The govt has never fixed or produced anything.
Comments: Barry, In some countries they use solar power especially in Germany. It seems like Texas has a lot more sun and wind than Germany. I don't know why we couldn't drive electric cars. I understand GM could have produced them years ago, but was stopped by the oil companies. We need to develop bullet trains and more public transportation. I agree oil is convenient, but if we didn't have this energy source, we would most certainly develop an alternative. We are country that uses 20% of the world's oil production. We are going to have to change. This type of consumption is breaking us financially.
Comments: No just 2 on the back and 2 clear decals on the front right windshield are enough for me.. If, of course, you have bought shares in the oil industry, you would be a diehard about that.. I've heard China is going to start developing clean energy sources..Probably just to beat the US at it, and get more of our money...
Comments: Kathleen: About 50 miles. That far out from the Texas coast, the water is only about 200 feet deep. You have to go out well over 100 miles to 5000 foot deep water from Texas. I've fished out 125 miles and it was 3400 feet deep.
Comments: Instead of Joining Hands Across the Sand, they need to get their hands in the sand and help clean up the beaches. All those that propose a greener environment have yet to come up with a viable alternative to petroleum. This is not a political statement, but a common sense statement. I guess we could use coal. No, too dirty. Or how about natural gas? No, too dangerous and you have to drill for it. How about nuclear? No, too dangerous and waste storage problem. We're using ethanol, even though it reduces fuel mileage, damages fuel systems and drives up food prices. On a positive note, if we quit drilling for oil, Ginger would have more space on her car for "cause" stickers. It would be a static display, so she could completely cover it with stickers. |
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