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Teleguy61 said:
"The music business is a plastic money trench..."
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Oh, you can put money in there?
 
AcornHouse said:
When I went to college in Indiana, I was about 40 minutes away from Terre Haute. Some of the elders may remember that town from the Columbia House ads for 10 records for a penny.
Well, they would have a warehouse sale every year. It was a good deal to make the trek down the road and grab anything that looked interesting. I think they went for a buck and album in the early 80s.
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We used to prank neighbors by ordering the Columbia House 10 albums for a penny thing to them….in the name of their kids, dogs, etc. 😂
 
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There's a local family barber shop in town that focuses on men and childrens' haircuts. Part of their draw is they have free popcorn, soda, and a kids' play area. The other part of their shtick is that after haircuts, they give everyone a free shoulder massage using the modern version of these. My boys and I loved it!

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In the UK they advertise the price of “Petrol” in gallons and the pumps work in liters. It’s a bit like having one foot in a dinghy and one on the landing doing the splits 😂
 
DINGHY - reminds me of a song - judging by voice those girls must have been beautiful . . . 😁

"The cutest little dinghy in the navy" 🎼
 
Rocky said:
When you don't want someone to use one.
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I put a tiny padlock on a rotary phone once while I was in college. The phone was in my name (so I was legally responsible for the bill) and I had a roommate whose girlfriend lived 400 miles away. He would sit on the phone (long-distance call) with her for literally hours and had run up a bill that amounted to $300 or so (a lot of money in 1968: about $2,780.70 in 2025 dollars). I told him I'd remove the padlock when he reimbursed me for his bill.

She turkey-dropped (dumped) him that Thanksgiving, but he did eventually pay the bill off in installments. By then he'd moved out, so the padlock had stayed on for the duration of the time he lived there. I was probably lucky to get it back, but I did know his new address, so...

They had been highschool boyfriend/girlfriend and those puppy love relationships rarely survived one party going off to college or a stint in the service.
 
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I plan to cancel my landline tomorrow and then this old rotary will likely have made its last call. My dad had it on his desk as far back as I remember and it fits right in on my old desk here. I love the sound it makes when it rings but I don't pick it up anymore; it's all junk calls on that number now.

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Minnesota Flats said:
I put a tiny padlock on a rotary phone once while I was in college. The phone was in my name (so I was legally responsible for the bill) and I had a roommate whose girlfriend lived 400 miles away. He would sit on the phone (long-distance call) with her for literally hours and had run up a bill that amounted to $300 or so (a lot of money in 1968: about $2,780.70 in 2025 dollars). I told him I'd remove the padlock when he reimbursed me for his bill.

She turkey-dropped (dumped) him that Thanksgiving, but he did eventually pay the bill off in installments. By then he'd moved out, so the padlock had stayed on for the duration of the time he lived there. I was probably lucky to get it back, but I did know his new address, so...

They had been highschool boyfriend/girlfriend and those puppy love relationships rarely survived one party going off to college or a stint in the service.
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Once upon a time in the 80s, back when you had to choose a long distance provider, we chose ITT.

About six months in, after never receiving a bill, and knowing we would never be able to pay those six months without a payment plan, the gloves were off. We called everybody we knew for hours at a time. This went on for another six months.

Then one day, we couldn't make long distance calls anymore. We chose another provider, and we regularly received (and paid) the associated bills.

Never did get a bill from ITT.
 
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