WO9-8989 was Talk shows through the ages

A. Joseph Ross joe@attorneyross.com
Thu Aug 30 01:44:52 EDT 2007


On 29 Aug 2007 at 12:05, Dan.Strassberg wrote:

> Sounds like the Pediatrician either got the former famous number by
> luck of the draw or selected it from a list of available
> numbers--undoubtedly long after Ken Mayer's demise. Unlikely that
> anyone is in the doctor's office really late on weekend nights when
> nostalgia buffs--ones who presumably listen to George Noory at the
> same hour during the week--might try dialing the 969 number looking
> for a connection to Kenny from beyond the grave :>)  Note, however,
> that since the advent of all of the new area codes in Greater Boston,
> you must preface the 969 with 617. In Mayer's day, that was not
> necessary if you were calling from eastern Mass.

For at least some of Mayer's day, area codes hadn't been invented 
yet. 

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