That guy was an innovator, and he must have made a fortune off of those patents. Then to live to 98 years old, talk about a long life, and he achieved so many impressive things in his years working with the telephone company. There wouldn't have been the old public pay phones if he hadn't come up with the idea!
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And party lines! I remember that we had a party line when I was very small up until the time that my father wanted to use the phone and a neighbor was talking and wouldn't yield to him. I think we had a private line installed the next day!