View Full Version : Do you remember your old phone numbers?


Janice
11-22-2008, 07:59 PM
I remember my phone number from when I was a teen, which was a few years ago, lol. My husband and I live in a home for the first 11 years of our marriage, and I remember that number. I've forgotten all the other numbers. I have to think twice to remember my current number now. :lol:

TJL
11-22-2008, 08:37 PM
Good question janice.

The # of the house I grew up in where my Mom and Dad lived up until two years ago will probably be forever burned in my brain. As far as I know they had that number for over 30 years!
We also had a second line in the house for the "kids" room, I still remember that one.

I could not tell you my parent's new number off the top of my head. I just punch up "mom and dad" on the cell phone now.

That pretty much goes for any phone number now.

;)

TripperFan
11-22-2008, 08:42 PM
I still remember my childhood one better than any other for some odd reason:

(416) 242-4705 Give 'em a call and tell them TripperFan says Howdy! ;)

I'm sure they'll really appreciate it! :lol:

dawsongirl
11-22-2008, 09:19 PM
I remember the one we had from 1983-2004. Any before that I doubt I even knew.

Purffin
11-22-2008, 09:54 PM
I remember our phone number from when i was in elementary it was 232-2983 i don't remember the area code......that was like 17 yrs ago. LOL. I think it was the first number i had to remember maybe that's why.

Ohio8
11-22-2008, 10:07 PM
Yes.

James
11-22-2008, 10:18 PM
Yes. I remember the phone number from our last house which was 1990-1999. I also remember other people's current phone numbers. My mother calls me a walking address/phone book. :lol:

Family Ties Forever, I used to be like this when I was growing up! I'd memorize not only the phone numbers of all my school friends, but also their street addresses (I'd wonder where the house is, mentally locate it on a map, and that would, for whatever reason, burn it into my memory! Oddly enough, I found a job with the U. S. Postal Service!) and birthdays (I used to read the "Garfield" comic strip religiously, and I'd think of a past strip that came out on their birthday, and that would burn it into my memory!).

Oh, and as to how I memorized phone numbers, since I was into math I liked to factor the number, and that had an effect on it being burned into my memory.

Scoobiedoo30
11-22-2008, 10:20 PM
yes

treky
11-22-2008, 10:52 PM
I still remember the phone number we had when I was living at home (I just moved out 9 years ago).

TripperFan
11-22-2008, 11:07 PM
In the early 80's I worked for a retail card shop chain. At the time, there were 23 stores in the chain. I had all the addresses, phone numbers and manager's names memorized. Stayed with me for years too - up until about 2000.

InspectorExstead
11-22-2008, 11:27 PM
nope. our house phone number has been the same for about 10 years because we were able to keep it when we moved. phone numbers before that i can't remember.

BarneyFife
11-23-2008, 12:54 AM
I remember an old cell phone number i had a few years back. Thats it.

catlover79
11-23-2008, 01:32 AM
Nope! Not counting my cell phone, I've only used our family home number, which we've had for over 27 years. I don't remember our last one, seeing as I was still pretty little. :lol:

Fleet
11-23-2008, 05:01 AM
I don't remember it, but I have a phone book from 1967 and looked it up! :D

ekkostar
11-23-2008, 10:36 AM
My mother just canceled my grandmother's old house phone number in the midst of trying to get the house sold. I'll always remember it because you cannot forget numbers like that. I'm having trouble remembering the number of the phone number we had living in the trailer park when I was a kid, though. I'm sure I'll accidentally dial it one day trying to call another number.

gidgetgrape
11-23-2008, 01:05 PM
I remember my best friend (a girl named Ben) from the third grade's phone number! I haven't seen her since I was in the 9th grade.

PunkyP0WER
11-23-2008, 02:46 PM
875-3946 was my phone number in my 2nd childhood house andmy grandfathers was 527-6714. my number in my first childhood house was given to an electronics store after we moved.

MickeyMac
11-23-2008, 03:13 PM
One of the phone numbers we had when I was a kid that I still remember was 616-344-0799

Now our area code s 269

TheHappyBurgerMeister
11-23-2008, 06:42 PM
I can remember my land line number because it's still the same one after 25 years (my whole life, so far). Even though we've moved twice our number has stayed the same (stayed in the same city though). Probably even longer than that- I guess as long as my parents have been living in this town. The only other different number I've had that I don't have anymore is when I was living in the dorm at college and yes, I remember it. My cell phone number has always been the same, too.

Stormtracker TF
11-23-2008, 07:07 PM
I remember it, but only because it was the only phone number we had in my lifetime before we got our current one. :lol:

ZeldaGilroy
11-23-2008, 09:02 PM
When I was a kid, our phone number was 234-5678. Plus our street number was 2345. It's hard to forget something as easy as that! :)

Dude111
05-14-2023, 07:32 AM
The first # I remember was one we had since I was 5...... I dont remember the one before that...

We have had 2 since then.........

Janice Johnson
05-16-2023, 07:47 AM
I remember my old number from like 1998 because that's the number I use to get discounts at CVS Pharmacy! :crazy::lol::D;)

stevea
05-16-2023, 07:56 AM
First two houses growing up--no.

Next - 654-4126

Next - 283-4481

Next - 882-2121

Still have a landline.

Dude111
05-16-2023, 01:16 PM
It would be interesting calling those Stevie and see who has them now :)

Caroline13
05-16-2023, 02:25 PM
My long life, I've had some numbers. My current number on my landline is the same for over 25 yrs, and everyone who knows me, they know my number...It's very easy number.

Our first two party phone growing up, our number was 66-R.. Those days of talking to people ....they are few and far between.

Yong Fang
05-17-2023, 03:09 AM
I know the telephone number of the house we lived as a child and moved away in 1982. Why is a mystery of the mind since it is worthless information.

Dude111
05-17-2023, 06:13 PM
Ah man!!