BY OLIVENE GODFREY
REFLECTIONS ON LOCAL PHONE SERVICE NOW AND IN PAST & NEW STUDY SAYS DIET SODAS MAKE YOU FAT & AUGUST FOGS AND OTHER WEATHER STUFF
Recently, we had a problem with our phone service. There was a noise on our phone line and this was the first problem of any kind that we had with our phone service since we moved in our house 27 years ago. During the Blizzard of '93, when we were stranded with two feet of snow and no heat, power or water, our phones still worked and was our only contact with the rest of the world for four or five days.
A courteous, nice repairman came out promptly when I reported our problem and he seemed pleased when I told him he was the first repairman to come out to the house since we had lived here. When he left, I reflected for a while on the changes in the phone service in northwest Georgia since I moved to Georgia about 1940 with my family from Chattanooga, TN. My daddy was a Methodist preacher and we lived in parsonages in three different northwest Georgia towns during the 1940s.
In one of the towns which at that time was little more than a village only three residents had phone service to my knowledge. None of the three towns where we lived had dial service.
When we wanted to make a call, we lifted the receiver and
an operator would answer with, "Number please.", and we would tell her the number. Often, she would chat a while with us before ringing the party we were calling. Most of us were on a party line, which was a shared telephone line. And, some people were known to listen in on other people's phone conversations.
I was never sure why , but the phone service in two of the towns where we lived would stop working if we had a heavy rainfall.
Then, I remember how excited we were when dial phone service was installed. And, we were pleased later when direct long distance service became a reality for us.
ABOUT THOSE DIET DRINKS--- I had a tizzy just about when I read in USA Weekend magazine recently that a new study shows low calorie soft drinks can pour on pounds. When I was diagnosed with Diabetes Type 2 last year, I went on a diet, and I cut out Classic Coke which I dearly loved. To my surprise, I soon learned to like Diet Coke and I have lost 30 pounds the past year. So what gives with the study with the surprising results. In conclusion, the article said that one theory is that because the soda is calorie-free we feel we can eat foods more liberally. And, we have all observed people drinking a diet drink and eating a candy bar or other fattening foods.
So it pays to be careful what you eat with your diet drink.
Old Timers in these parts used to say that we would have a snowfall in the upcoming winter for every August fog we had.
We will have a lot of snowfalls this winter if that is true as we have had fogs here almost every morning this month.
We have had rain showers and storms almost every day and we are growing weary of so much rain and dampness.
The squirrels in our yard have stopped playing and resting and are busy gathering nuts and acorns from our trees as they prepare for the winter that will be here too soon for me.
See you next time.
REFLECTIONS ON LOCAL PHONE SERVICE NOW AND IN PAST & NEW STUDY SAYS DIET SODAS MAKE YOU FAT & AUGUST FOGS AND OTHER WEATHER STUFF
Recently, we had a problem with our phone service. There was a noise on our phone line and this was the first problem of any kind that we had with our phone service since we moved in our house 27 years ago. During the Blizzard of '93, when we were stranded with two feet of snow and no heat, power or water, our phones still worked and was our only contact with the rest of the world for four or five days.
A courteous, nice repairman came out promptly when I reported our problem and he seemed pleased when I told him he was the first repairman to come out to the house since we had lived here. When he left, I reflected for a while on the changes in the phone service in northwest Georgia since I moved to Georgia about 1940 with my family from Chattanooga, TN. My daddy was a Methodist preacher and we lived in parsonages in three different northwest Georgia towns during the 1940s.
In one of the towns which at that time was little more than a village only three residents had phone service to my knowledge. None of the three towns where we lived had dial service.
When we wanted to make a call, we lifted the receiver and
an operator would answer with, "Number please.", and we would tell her the number. Often, she would chat a while with us before ringing the party we were calling. Most of us were on a party line, which was a shared telephone line. And, some people were known to listen in on other people's phone conversations.
I was never sure why , but the phone service in two of the towns where we lived would stop working if we had a heavy rainfall.
Then, I remember how excited we were when dial phone service was installed. And, we were pleased later when direct long distance service became a reality for us.
ABOUT THOSE DIET DRINKS--- I had a tizzy just about when I read in USA Weekend magazine recently that a new study shows low calorie soft drinks can pour on pounds. When I was diagnosed with Diabetes Type 2 last year, I went on a diet, and I cut out Classic Coke which I dearly loved. To my surprise, I soon learned to like Diet Coke and I have lost 30 pounds the past year. So what gives with the study with the surprising results. In conclusion, the article said that one theory is that because the soda is calorie-free we feel we can eat foods more liberally. And, we have all observed people drinking a diet drink and eating a candy bar or other fattening foods.
So it pays to be careful what you eat with your diet drink.
Old Timers in these parts used to say that we would have a snowfall in the upcoming winter for every August fog we had.
We will have a lot of snowfalls this winter if that is true as we have had fogs here almost every morning this month.
We have had rain showers and storms almost every day and we are growing weary of so much rain and dampness.
The squirrels in our yard have stopped playing and resting and are busy gathering nuts and acorns from our trees as they prepare for the winter that will be here too soon for me.
See you next time.
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