@Jonaschuzzlewit @BowsacNoodle @ApocalyptoLatte1488 @BigTLarrity @KennyWhitePowers A time when you would use the landline to call up your friends house, politely ask their mom or dad to put your friend on the phone. Then go to your friends house and ring the doorbell because there were no cell phones to make a quick call letting them know you're outside their home and waiting.