Dialing up some phone history

Dialing up some phone history

When I was growing up on the farm, my parents never had a landline phone until I was in junior high. The reason being is Dad disliked talking on the phone and didn’t want to have that expense. He thought we could get along just fine without one. Susan Davis (Courtesy photo) This is rather ironic since my uncle (Dad’s brother) worked for a phone company for years. When a landline wasn’t working correctly, it was his job to go to the home or busin…