"calling around" started in 1999? I assure you that's how it was for decades prior to 1999 ;-) We just had to sit by the single rotary phone in the kitchen wit

"calling around" started in 1999? I assure you that's how it was for decades prior to 1999 ;-) We just had to sit by the single rotary phone in the kitchen with a 8ft curly cord that was so tangled, it was really only 4ft. Had to deal with lots of busy signals because even once call-waiting was invented, it cost $3 per month and no parent raised during the Great Depression could imagine committing to that expense!