Party Line

We got a telephone and it was crazy, there were to other houses on the same line. You had to listen to the rings to know if the call was for your number. Our's was 2 quick rings a pause then 2 more. It would keep going like that until someone answered it. You could listen to the other people on the party line when they got a call and you never knew if someone was listening in on you. One man on the party line was a fisherman and he would get calls at 4am to go to work, but he was a heavy sleeper and it would keep on ringing.