Anyone remember "beep lines" from the 60's?

[Digit]

It was a free chat line used to meet others. You would speak between the busy signals and find others who were doing the same.
Anyone else remember this?

[Ikonoklast]

1. Yep.

Any..beep...guys....any...beep...girls...?

[Digit]

2. I was surprised when I googled it

There were many who evidently did this.

[rug]

4. beep...what...beep...are...beep...are...beep...are...beep...you...beep...wearing...beep...?...beep

[Tom Ripley]

3. I never knew about those

That is so cool
Thanks!

[suninvited]

5. somebody made a recording of himself attempting to use the beep beep or jam lines

during the 60's and put it online many years later.

http://vintagerotaryphones.com/images/jamline.mp3

[PassingFair]

6. "Any girls wanna ball?"

I found it scary and horrible and thrilling to listen to the
disembodied boys say that, over and over again.

I never answered.

[MorningGlow]

7. We did that with the time and temperature recording

Anyone remember THOSE? "At the beep, the time will be..."

[DoctorZ]

8. Beep Lines

I remember the Beep Line, only we called it the Jam Line. It was active here in the Twin Cities from the early 1960's to the mid 1980's. There was recently a piece done on our Jam Line on Minnesota Public Radio. Here is a link to the archived story where you can even hear old audio of the Jam Line recorded by a former caller of the thing:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/12/24/arts/jam-line/

[BainsBane]

9. Welcome to DU

I'm in Mpls myself.