That's the old way of answering the phone. This was back in the day when everyone didn't have one because they were so expensive to run, so most towns had so few users the phone numbers only had 4 digits, so it was common to answer the phone with your phone number.
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That's the old way of answering the phone. This was back in the day when everyone didn't have one because they were so expensive to run, so most towns had so few users the phone numbers only had 4 digits, so it was common to answer the phone with your phone number.
Because that's the phone number, or maybe the house number?