Patrick (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} thpdg) wrote,@ 2009-02-11 00:36:00 |
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KLondike 5-1212
I just found out that I share the bulk of my phone number with Andy's Tent rentals in Minnesota and with a singles club in Fort Meyer Florida. I don't know if I should feel flattered or not.
Before 1975, AT&T didn't believe that people could remember 7 digits of a phone number. They created a system of neighborhood names, followed by 5 numbers so that it would roll off the tongue easier. The neighborhood KLondike didn't exist in any area system, hence today's imaginary 555 city code used in movies and TV. Except, of course, 555-1212 which is 411 in a lot of areas.
"Yes, operator, may I please have HUdson 2-2000...thank you. It's the headshop?...ok, yes, that's fine...thank you."
I just found out that I share the bulk of my phone number with Andy's Tent rentals in Minnesota and with a singles club in Fort Meyer Florida. I don't know if I should feel flattered or not.
Before 1975, AT&T didn't believe that people could remember 7 digits of a phone number. They created a system of neighborhood names, followed by 5 numbers so that it would roll off the tongue easier. The neighborhood KLondike didn't exist in any area system, hence today's imaginary 555 city code used in movies and TV. Except, of course, 555-1212 which is 411 in a lot of areas.
"Yes, operator, may I please have HUdson 2-2000...thank you. It's the headshop?...ok, yes, that's fine...thank you."
