Someone in rasfw pointed out that the reason Matt hides his phone rather than turning it off is because when the book was written, The Phone Company did not provide for the ability to turn off a phone. You could opt not to have one but if you did have one, the bell would be active at all times (and since phones were wired into the walls, you could not unplug them). As I further seem to recall, Heinlein wanted a phone he could turn off but TPC was very firm about not allowing that. I *think* the compromise was being allowed to have a phone in the garage that was on all the time and one in the house that wasn't.
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timeasmymeasure
As I recall
Date: 2010-05-03 04:45 pm (UTC)