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Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 10 Feb 18

When I was a young teen, many, many, did I say many years ago we had a party line. For those who weren't around then, a party line is when two households share a phone line. Who one house hold is on the phone the other one can't...

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This New Age We Live In

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 28 Apr 16

It might seem strange to some of you who have only been around only a couple decades that there was a time when you could only do one thing with a phone - talk on it. You couldn't text anyone. You couldn't carry it around in...

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Do you vote along your party lines?

WoazMM @WoazMM (38) • United States 31 Aug 08

Do you vote Democrat if you are a Democrat; Republican if you are a Republican. I am a registered Independent, so I vote based on a candidate's ideology, judgement, and integrity rather than their party. If you vote alongside...

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Does anyone have a phone that has a party line?

Feona1962 @Feona1962 (7526) • United States 29 Feb 08

I was reading a book and they mentioned party line on the phone..They couldn't talk about private information for fear of others listening in..Now when I was growing up my step aunt had a party line and she listened in on...

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Connie1013 @Connie1013 (1098) • United States 13 Mar 07

Do any of you remember Party Line phones? If you don't know, they are phones that are connected to more than one house (like 3). They were used in houses that were far aprt to connect everyone with a out going line. Each house...

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Did you ever have a party line on your phone?

samsonskola @samsonskola (3357) • United States 6 Feb 07

I remember having a party line on the phone at home. It used to make me so mad. EVERY time i really wanted to make a call, there was someone on there. I will admit i foolishly listened in on conversations from time to time...

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Do You Cross Party Lines When Voting?

Ethan72282 @Ethan72282 (112) • United States 25 Oct 06

This is primarily for Americans because of the 2 party system that we have. Personally, I'm probably going to vote just about straight ticket Democrat with one exception. My neighbor, who I don't really know, is a Republican...

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