{"id":7320,"date":"2005-03-31T07:22:55","date_gmt":"2005-03-31T14:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/03\/31\/one-ringy-dingy-3.html"},"modified":"2005-03-31T07:22:55","modified_gmt":"2005-03-31T14:22:55","slug":"one_ringy_dingy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/03\/31\/one_ringy_dingy.html","title":{"rendered":"One ringy-dingy &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/dialing.jpg\" width=160 height=120 class=\"right\" \/>Faboo 1927 silent film short instructing the residents of Fresno on what to do after the impending cut-over of the local phone system to (gasp!) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/movies\/details-db.php?collection=prelinger&#038;collectionid=20046\" target=\"_blank\">dial phones<\/a>.  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