Fw: 87.9 in Nashua NH

[Paul Hopfgarten]

> Back in 1978, I was working in Taunton MA and they still had FIVE DIGIT in
> city Telephone Calls (822, 823, 824 were the exchanges for Taunton at that 
> time....so to call say 823-9647 within Taunton...you could simply dial 
> 3-9647!)
>
> Of course, many people still had rotary dial phones back then.......
>
> -Paul
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sean Smyth" <sean.smyth@yahoo.com>
> To: "Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@derrynh.net>; 
> <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:41 PM
> Subject: Re: 87.9 in Nashua NH
>
>
>> On Wed, 2/9/11, Paul Hopfgarten <paul@derrynh.net> wrote:
>>> I don't think the 20 somethings have the area code/location
>>> mindset of us Baby Boomers (I'm still getting use to 774,
>>> 339, 859 overlays in gtr Boston...heck I still think of the
>>> eastern 2/3s of MA as all 617....I had the 617 AC my entire
>>> life until I moved to the 603 in 1990...)
>>
>> Absolutely not, especially since the idea of long distance is pretty much 
>> a thing of the past. Ten-digit dialing seems pretty mandatory in the U.S.
>>
>> As an aside, I'm 32, and I can't remember making more than a handful of 
>> calls on a traditional land line in the past year -- never mind using a 
>> pay phone ...
>>
>>
>>
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