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re: OT: Vanishing South Georgia
Posted on 7/4/14 at 4:16 pm to Jefferson Dawg
Posted on 7/4/14 at 4:16 pm to Jefferson Dawg
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What does everyone consider north or south Georgia? Where do you imagine the boundaries?
I spent a lot of time in the mtns....so North Ga to me is North of Athens...Cartersville...etc. IE mountains and foothills. From Macon to there is central GA and south of Macon and below is South GA.
I know it'll piss a bunch of folks off...but IMO once you cross the gnat line its time to roll up the windows and pump the AC until you see the ocean.
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Posted on 7/4/14 at 4:18 pm to dallasga6
yeah, saprolite is actually pretty easy to get a well into compared to most geology in the country, its just that sand is the easiest.
Posted on 7/4/14 at 4:18 pm to K9
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i have a 912 number, so i like that theory as well.
I remember when it was just 404 & 912...no 706...
Posted on 7/4/14 at 4:19 pm to K9
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yeah, saprolite is actually pretty easy to get a well into compared to most geology in the country
Yup...thats exactly what I try to tell everyone too...
This post was edited on 7/4/14 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 7/4/14 at 4:21 pm to dallasga6
I think you got it backwards, 706 & 912, I think. 404 was added for the perimeter only in it's inception, i think?
You're right, it was 404.
You're right, it was 404.
This post was edited on 7/4/14 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 7/4/14 at 4:25 pm to rb
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I think you got it backwards, 706 & 912, I think. 404 was added for the perimeter only in it's inception, i think?
Nope... 404 was 1st then 706 was added for OTP minus Cobb, Douglas & a few other counties, then 770 was added when all OTP were knocked off 404...
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404 was one of the original area codes established in 1947, and originally covered the entire state of Georgia. On July 1, 1954, area code 912 was assigned to southern and central Georgia. Area code 404 was retained for the northern half of the state, from the Tennessee and North Carolina borders as far south as Columbus and Augusta.
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On May 3, 1992, area code 706 was created for most of the state north and east of metro Atlanta.
This post was edited on 7/4/14 at 4:30 pm
Posted on 7/4/14 at 4:28 pm to Jefferson Dawg
Very cool link. Thanks for sharing 
Posted on 7/4/14 at 4:28 pm to dallasga6
I remember when only two existed. If a man gave my granddaddy a number to contact that wasn't 912 , he'd assume the caller was a yankee.
Posted on 7/4/14 at 4:28 pm to dallasga6
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I remember when it was just 404 & 912...no 706...
I remember when you made a local call on what is now called a "land line", you just dialed the seven digits.
But, if you did that in atlanta, you got a busy signal.......until someone told you that you had to dial the area code there to make local calls. Very confusing.
Now you just tap a button.
Posted on 7/4/14 at 4:31 pm to Jefferson Dawg
I can also remember picking up to rotary dial out and listening to the neighbors conversation.
Posted on 7/4/14 at 4:33 pm to Jefferson Dawg
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I remember when you made a local call on what is now called a "land line", you just dialed the seven digits.
We were on a party line until prolly the mid 70's... 5 houses each with a different ring ours was 1 long & 2 short rings...
Posted on 7/4/14 at 4:52 pm to dallasga6
"Hey there Mabel. Dallasga6 here. How's Frank? Good....good. Glad to here it. Would you mind patching me over to RB? Thanks. Take care now."
Posted on 7/4/14 at 5:22 pm to Jefferson Dawg
Her name was Miss Ellen...
Posted on 7/4/14 at 6:45 pm to dallasga6
quote:Eh, what's a party line?
We were on a party line until prolly the mid 70's... 5 houses each with a different ring ours was 1 long & 2 short rings...
Posted on 7/4/14 at 6:58 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
Posted on 7/4/14 at 7:13 pm to dallasga6
Interesting. When did you finally get rid of it?
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