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Back in the days before caller ID there was also this neat thing called COD-cash on delivery. It was in the 80's and infomercials hadnt taken off yet. Three things happened. There was a Santa hotline that was like the old 900 numbers and you could call and get a message from Santa. I ran the phone bill up by like 30$ and my mom was mad. Then I saw these mens and ladies watched from Seiko with a "real diamond" chip in them. They were only 19.95$ COD- I ordered them for my mother for Christmas when I was like 11- luckily she refused delivery. The last time I messed with the phone I ordered a delux record/tape set of "Boxcar Willie" and had it shipped to my friends house as a joke. I do not even know who that is and have never listened to his music but saw it on TV. She asked me about it and her Dad was mad but to this day I have never fessed up.
Does anyone remember emergency breakthroughs? When the line was busy at your friends' number you could dial zero and ask the operator to break into a call and inform the party that there was an emergency and they had to get off the phone? Us kids abused that. I also remember three way calling and talking about my friend with a boy so she could hear. Those were the days....
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