Two Long and a Short.

looks good. I like the name, of course you have to be an old coot to know what it means :-))

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I am 45 what does it mean?

It’s not Morse code.

-- "Not skilled enough to wipe jam on toast!"

That looks great. I also like that it isn’t the standard bowl, etc. (not that those aren’t also nice), just good to see something different.

I don’t know what the name means either.

-- Alan, Prince George

That is pretty cool!

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com

Great job!

I’m glad that I’m not old enough to remember them.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

Nice job Brian. It looks like a fun project.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

It means that his phone number is 21 My grandfathers was (line)48 – (ring) 11—and that was in the 1960’s

-- Fred, Springfield, Ma

Turned out very nice. Two longs and a short, man your showing your age now. Gotta love those party lines….

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

This phone has a dial, thus is not a true two longs and a short. Old wall-mounted phones were party-line phones with a crank on the side panel. There could be any number of subscribers on one line, and if your house was two longs and a short, you would answer after the calling party turned the crank at least 3 times for a long, and one time for a short. Everyone on the line could hear the cranks, and many would pick up their receiver and eaves-drop (or listen in) to the conservation. Obviously the entire community know everyone’s business when this system was used. Each of the subscribers had their own combination of rings, and would answer accordingly. Primative, but effective!

-- Joe,Texas,www.woodworkerJoe.com

I think it would make a really cool lamp! The hand-set could hold the light, and if it is detachable you have a spot light.

Nice job!

Any chance you would be willing to share the web site?

-- Rich, WNY, www.nyrockingchairs.com

Sorry guys…I guess I forgot to put the address for the site in: here ya go.

When I was a kid in the 50’s..we were still on a party line…... However by then everyone had the same ring, but you could still listen in on your neighbour. :-)

Thanks for the comments, .

-- Brian, Ontario Canada,

Ahh, the memories… our number used to be ‘two long, two short’, and that would have been around 1965… there was no need for ‘texting’ then, it was just a matter of listening in… guess that’s why they called it a ‘party’ line :)

Great job! Best of luck in the contest!

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Your imagination will turn the club on their ears. GREAT WORK ! (Lose any wallets lately?)

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

Great looking piece. Of course we are our worse critics. Ours was “three shorts” in the 60’s in Tennesse in the Appalachians. Thanks for the memories.

-- Bill - If I knew GRANDKIDS were so much fun I would have had them first.

When I came to Seattle and got my own apartment in the early 70’s, I asked the phone company how much I could save if i was on a party line. They told me they didn’t have them anymore. I’m not sure when they went away in Southern Idaho, but it was after that.

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0