The farm was a few miles north of New Windsor, in western Illinios,
half way between Moline and Galesburg, not far from the Mississippi
river. Not exacrly the middle of nowhere, but 20 miles away from
sizeable cities in any direction. Growing up around farm machinery
did a lot for my mechanical aptitude and my hands on approach to the
MGA (which was my first car).
Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
http://MGAguru.com
At 12:37 PM 1/16/2012 -0500, Sarah Carr (Carr&Edwards) wrote:
>Loved the stories! Where did you grow up? (We had a party line
>when I was young, but no such helpful local operator.........)
>....
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Barney Gaylord" <barneymg at mgaguru.com>
>To: <mgs at autox.team.net>
>Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 10:23 AM
>....
>>Yup, been there. With the panel board switching system you had
>>call forwarding, three way or conference calling, voice messaging,
>>certain secretarial services, and very efficient emergency
>>communications services.
>>....
>>My dad cried when they installed the dial system in 1968, and all
>>of the special services disappeared. .... I still keep the old
>>battery powered crank phone as a momento.
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