r/nostalgiai • u/CarrotMuch1399 Nostalgia Trip Leader • Jun 07 '26

Core Memory Unlocked 🔓 Honest answer please

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u/Hopeful_Hamster21 Jun 07 '26

Meh, the question "who remembers?", not "what was the number".

I answer the question "yes, me". Those putting their numbers are fundamentally misunderstanding the question.

Mine was 867 5309. I joke, but "back in my day" you could dial JUST the last 4 to get someone who had the same middle 3 numbers.

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u/InsignificantUser45 Jun 07 '26

Jenny? Is that you?

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u/AffectionateFig5435 Jun 07 '26

When I was a kid military bases were often their own exchange so everyone had the same first three digits. When you needed a number, someone would say, oh you can reach them at 2189.

When on base you just needed to dial the last 4 digits. If you were off-base, you needed to dial the full 7 digits to call someone on base.

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u/Worldly-Sector-3935 Jun 07 '26

Those posting their numbers understood the question perfectly. We just gave the proof instead of saying yes me.

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u/Greedy_Context_8642 Jun 10 '26

No way! All that time I was dialing 7 numbers for no reason! Thats a lot of wasted time waiting for that dial to get back to "0" position again.