late 1960s babylon "hot line" landline kids connecting

West Babylon NY

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When I was in WB junior HS (way before even cell phones) we all had rotary (dial) phones. Late 60s, we old folkses now, heh. If you did not hang the phone up, there would come a screeching sound to alert you that the phone was "off the hook". Then, after the screeching stopped, there would be about a minute of open line. Anyone (seemed all we teeners at the time) could talk. Open Line. Artie Hi-Hi, Silent Stef, Mad Ivan... We all old folkses now, if we even are... Any remember this?