BarnBuster
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me tooThat's a great story. Made me tear up reading it.
me tooThat's a great story. Made me tear up reading it.
i have many more......That's a great story. Made me tear up reading it.
No, this was 1973, old tech to you youngsters. It was a one way phone, only incoming with no dial. They call, tell me who they wanted to speak to and I'd tell them to call back during the hours. I'd log it so whoever it pertained to would know the next day. For the times, the pay was very good(minimum was no more than $2/hr) I got $5. If I had sufficient homework, I was ok; but if all I had to do was TV/radio, then it became unbearable. I was a young guy used to moving and activity; I was stuck there, couldn't leave during my shift.The boredom is already getting to me. Online for two hours today and I still haven't had my first chat yet. I took this so I could burn off a few hours of boredom per day, if this continues for the rest of the week, I don't think I'm going back next week.
At least I'm doing this at home. I did the office/cubicle thing for a few years and hated every second of it. They wanted me to do this Monday thru Friday but Fridays are mine and I refuse to work them. I can't believe you lasted six weeks with only four calls. Did you know the number of the phone you were answering? Probably could have figured out who owned the line from that.
NNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!...lol.red skin peaches anyone??
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oh come on, you know u want some....NNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!...lol.
Sorry to hear about Grandma - I've lost both of mine as well but our memories of them live on.She was something. She was a canner, a hunter, a fisherwoman, a gardener.....and most didn't know this till i found out....slight of a pot head.....and she also grew her own, grandpa knew...no one else in the family didn't know.....i would help her in gardens during the spring and early summers......is how i found out......i was grandma...this plant is throwing any fruit or veggies want me to pull it......she would run over and say "NOOOOO!!!"....i didn't know at the time....by the time i hit late in high school is when i found out......surprised my grandma when i told i knew what it was...she said "SHhhhhhhhh" and winked at me...
she will live on in my memories and in the way i do things.....and now in my life i've lost all of mine.....Sorry to hear about Grandma - I've lost both of mine as well but our memories of them live on.
Me 3! Great story bud! Thank you for sharing! I feel mushy inside now. Lolme too
thank you...Me 3! Great story bud! Thank you for sharing! I feel mushy inside now. Lol
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Did u catch any yet? I’m eating salmon today , and also floating around stoned and drunk but in the pool, Good ole summer fun. hope you catch a few and be sure to throw up a picture or two Areo. Enjoy yourself ! cheers!No salmon yet but it’s all good
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And no one else out here except an osprey. I love it when the salmon opener is on a tuesday. Now we just need the fishies to cooperate
They had phones in 1973? lol I kid. We learned about phone phreaking in the 60's and 70's during programming theory in high school. It would have been nice to know about these techniques so you could drill into their system. I'm thinking mob or some other criminal enterprise. Why pay you so much above minimum wage to accept clandestine phone calls unless your ignorance was a benefit to them.No, this was 1973, old tech to you youngsters. It was a one way phone, only incoming with no dial. They call, tell me who they wanted to speak to and I'd tell them to call back during the hours. I'd log it so whoever it pertained to would know the next day. For the times, the pay was very good(minimum was no more than $2/hr) I got $5. If I had sufficient homework, I was ok; but if all I had to do was TV/radio, then it became unbearable. I was a young guy used to moving and activity; I was stuck there, couldn't leave during my shift.
That's the same thing i tell the crew when they get their annual 2 weeks off the farm.....You guys are nuts. A sinecure is a total gift, a paid block of time to pursue your own interests - Learn some languages, master a musical instrument, work out, study your fav subjects, take online courses, read literary classics that you missed. If worse comes to worse, vape a thc cart and catch up on the hundreds of cable and netflix series. I don't get how boredom is a factor when there's SO much to do...
shit that looks good, is that yogurt in the bottom?I have some, and blackberries.View attachment 4366006
They had phones in 1973?..
French Vanilla ice cream.shit that looks good, is that yogurt in the bottom?