Yeah, I liked the old days... and the only "free" long distance calls were 1-800. There was a bit of a downside, though -- I could never remember if Philadelphia was 215 or 205 -- and several times when I tried to call my boyfriend, I did it wrong and disturbed a nice lady down in Arkansas...
You're not the only one, Pam. I was trying to call my mom in Southern Illinois one time about 9 am Eastern. Now, the area code there is 618, but our old street address in Illinois was 619 S. Jackson, so I would occasionally get them confused. I tried calling my mom, and woke up some poor guy in California at 6am PST, which is the 619 area code.
Thanks, James, it's been awhile since I've lived in a rural area. And Tank, got two examples for you. The song Jenny (867-530 niiiiiiiiiiine) and Bruce Almighty. Yes, that's a recent movie, and people still called the phone number listed of God even though it was a movie. But FoLCs are smarter, right?
