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Did everyone have a Time Lady? Often at phone number 853-1212 (or any last 4). They took her out to pasture some years ago. At the tone, the Pacific Daylight T
by andirk 4y ago
Did everyone have a Time Lady? Often at phone number 853-1212 (or any last 4). They took her out to pasture some years ago.
At the tone, the Pacific Daylight Time will be...
- Aloha 4y agoFound the person who grew up in (probably southern) California.
- andirk 4y agoBingo. I miss her along with 411 and calling my parents with the collect call name "QualcommStadiumGameOverPickMeUp"
- Aloha 4y agoI really miss payphones and the death of the not always connected world.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoThis was all over the US, but the number may have been different.
- Aloha 4y ago853-1212 was specifically Southern California.
- bigiain 4y agoWe used to get “At the third stroke, the time will be three fifty five and fifty seconds. <bong> <bong> <bong>“
- djcapelis 4y agoIn Northern California we dialed POPCORN: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/State-May-Pull-Plug-On-Calling-POPCORN-2792027.php https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/State-May-Pull-Plug-On-C...
- midasuni 4y agoIn the U.K. you dial 123 for the speaking clock
- cookie_monsta 4y agoThe Australian one (1194) got shut down a while ago too but someone kept it going online. I'm pretty sure that's the original guy's voice https://1194online.com/ https://1194online.com/
- dugmartin 4y agoGrowing up in Illinois in the '70s that was the "time and temperature" number. It was also the fake number you gave out if people asked and you didn't want them to get your real number.