Who remembers listening in on the party line? We had an old spinster that lived down the road that shared our line with us. I used to *love* hearing her conversations, even if she had nothing interesting to say! There was a 1950's display at The Henry Ford Museum where you could listen in on the party line... I did it in the nineties! Of course, our party line was one of the very last in Michigan... so we were just behind on the times!