tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245713210697867499.post6715415956128743133..comments2023-03-24T05:50:29.791-04:00Comments on deborah wiles: field notes: 3 days, danny dunn to the rescueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245713210697867499.post-16235585524196702352009-09-09T19:31:50.201-04:002009-09-09T19:31:50.201-04:00I have now listened to this Allan Sherman song. HA...I have now listened to this Allan Sherman song. HA! And I laughed so hard, so many years ago, to "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah..." or however you spell it. <br /><br />I got lots of mail about telephone exchanges, which I passed on to Scholastic. Let's see what they say. I maintain I never used them, although they may well have been in use in D.C. in the early sixties. Thanks for chiming in.Debbie Wileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16785048910673370370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245713210697867499.post-31508311066674244542009-08-26T17:20:10.881-04:002009-08-26T17:20:10.881-04:00Danny Dunn! I love them and own all of them. I mus...Danny Dunn! I love them and own all of them. I must have reread them dozens of times as I moved from school to school to school in those turbulent family years of the mid-60s.<br /><br />I remember exchanges! They were more metropolitan than rural (Klondike 4, Waverly 8, eventually shortened to KL4 and WA8)--my Maine relatives were still ringing up the operator to call outside of their locale.<br /><br />I remember noticing phones as a young child, right around the time of your book, and noticing the exchange writing on the dial.<br /><br />For a wonderful commentary, look at Allan Sherman's song "The Let's All Call Up AT&T and Protest to the President March."Walter's Giant Blog of Books, Theatre, and Whatever the hell else I come up with...https://www.blogger.com/profile/07686659718630391311noreply@blogger.com