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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, so many!

My grandparents often made a three hour drive to visit us. My grandmother always wrote out a note and pinned (with a straight pin) it to the rear passenger seat:

“We are Lyle and Lily Larlo, ages 76 and 77, on our way to visit our daughter Jane at 123 Main St, Rico Suave, CA. Her phone number is (123)456-7890.”

Also, before my grandparents would leave their house, my GF would call the State Police barracks adjacent to a steep mountain pass to ask for a weather report. This was a common customer question as the location was prone to becoming impassable during high winds, snow or rain. If the trooper at dispatch gave the all-clear, they’d leave.

But, they’d call our house phone and let it ring 4 times and hang up - our signal that they were leaving and so we could start timing their arrival.

We’d do the opposite when we’d arrive safely home - let their house phone ring 4x and hang up. No long distance charge this way.[/quote]
How would the family know not to pick up the phone if your grandparents were calling to let it ring 4 times? [/quote]

Pre-answering machine days the phone would just ring and ring. So they would likely let it ring four times. If it rang a fifth they would answer.[/quote]

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