Quote Originally Posted by Sad Eyed Lady View Post
I think when Mrs-M started this thread it said something about dialing a rotary phone. Last night while lying awake in bed I thought of how when we used to make a long distance call we had to go through an operator, and also there was the option of a person-to-person call. Wasn't there some other things we could designate? Please help me out with this if you remember operator assisted calls. Oh yes, you could call collect and hope the person on the other end would accept the charges!
I remember that the operator would "break into" your call if you told them it was an emergency and the other person's phone was busy.