What about "duds" - as in "get your duds on". I also remember our first telephone - ca. 1959 - and the phone number Valley 7-3754. Oakvill had two exchanges, Valley and Victor. I also remember when they stopped using named exchanges and our number became plain old 827-3754.
When we moved from Oakville to Elmvale in 1969, Bell had not yet reached the area, and our phone # was 190 ring 31. When you wanted to make an outgoing call, you went through the operator, who asked "number, please". If you were on the phone and someone else on your line picked it up, you were supposed to say "using" and the other person was SUPPOSED to get off the line. I recall one winter day when a school bus and two cars collided on the road outside our house. I was on the phone to call the police and ambulance, and the local gossip picked up and demanded to know all the details!
