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   SchmoozeMinkey said, 2 months ago

   I see a cardboard box residence in your future, Holly.

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   KingRat said, 2 months ago

   one of the high schools near me started putting the problem kids in classes that started at noon and all of the kids improved by at least a point in their GPA.

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   ejcapulet said, 2 months ago

   I wonder if an hour of detention after school for a week might and no more cell phone might get her on the right track.

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   Dora Dingle said, 2 months ago

   Back when I was in elementary school, cell phones were still in their infancy…and were then a luxary.

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   JDG said, 2 months ago

   When I was in elementary school, dial phones were in their infancy and you gave your number to the operator.
   Am I old or am I old!

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   durtclaw said, 2 months ago

   Hand crank phones and party lines. Long and short rings. Every one on the line at the same time. No secrets.

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   sarge112751 said, 2 months ago

   Yep! — I remember having to ASK the operator for ENterprise-245.

   (THAT, friends, is OLD!)

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   prasrinivara said, 2 months ago

   Midnight? On school nights, I was told to hit sack by 22:00 all the way to 12th grade.

   Val’s got you there Holly–you need to do your HW early (see Calvin for pointers), then you will be able to hit sack early–problem easy to solve!

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   Macushlalondra said, 2 months ago

   Good grief Val, doesn’t she have an official bedtime? My bedtime was 9:00 until 6th grade and 10:00 after that. Only for something special was I allowed to stay up til 11:00 on a school night.

   King Rat, how late did the kids who started at noon have to stay? Til around 7:00 or 8:00 PM??

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    Lewreader said, 2 months ago

    I read suggestions that they delay the school day for teenagers because they need more sleep. Would you make that suggestion to my boss? The tonight show is so addictive. Perhaps I could get government help.

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    Ushindi said, 2 months ago

    It was a shame they had to get rid of the old exchange names, the FIresides, TUxedos, CEntrals, WEsterns, BRoadways…..the list goes on and on, a completely different age.

    (And, of course, the very famous “PEnnsylvania 6-5000)

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    rricchhterr said, 2 months ago

    when l was elementary school microwaves were but a gleem

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    Just plain Steve said, 2 months ago

    when l was elementary school gleems hadn’t been invented :O)

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    kab2rb said, 2 months ago

    When I was in gradeschool we had partlines and dialup like wh3 so forth. My mom who is 84 can still remember the old phone #’s. No cell phones either. Bedtime 9pm was hard but gradeschool started at 9am ended at 4pm.

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    Fairportfan said, 2 months ago

    WO3-4194

    The number we had fifty years ago in SImpsonville SC - on a four-place party line. From Home Telephone Co of Simpsonville.

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    Wolfdreamer250 said, 2 months ago

    Until I was 18 my bedtime was nine o’clock on weekdays and 10oclock on weekends. I didn’t mind too much as I had 0 period and had to be up by 5am.