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Old 06-19-2007, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by SECMom View Post
I remember living in the KD Dorm at Auburn in the mid seventies...when your date came to get you he came inside, picked up a phone at the desk, dialed the last four digits of your phone number (we all had phones in our rooms) and told you that he was downstairs.
The sad thing is, this kind of thing used to be done for decorum and formality's sake. Now, they still have systems to get into the houses, but it's for safety's sake. When I lived in the house, we had an intercom in the foyer, and you had to go downstairs and let your guest in.
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