{"id":1105,"date":"2017-10-12T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/blog\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2026-04-13T00:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:23:31","slug":"sheila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/blog\/sheila\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Sheila &#038; Her 50 Year Old Phone Number"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1107\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1107 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_9695-1.jpg\" alt=\"vintage phone for 50-year old number story\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rotary phone for which this number was originally used.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Sheila, from Alameda, CA, was Googling around for phone management solutions other than Google Voice, ironically, and stumbled upon NumberBarn. We&#8217;re so happy she found us!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What caught our eye about Sheila is that she porting a 50 year old phone number.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pretty awesome to have the same phone number for half a century!<\/p>\n<p>Here is the story about that phone number, in Sheila&#8217;s words:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><em><span class=\"s1\">I wanted to save my childhood family&#8217;s home phone number (landline) that my parents had since 1968 or &#8217;69.\u00a0 For sentimental reasons, and also for possible future business endeavors&#8230;but really, mostly for sentimental reasons.\u00a0 This landline number has been assigned three different area codes over the years as the San Francisco Bay Area population grew; and well before the advent of cell phones.\u00a0 As our family lives in California, aka earthquake country, we&#8217;ve all kept landlines in our households as backup to our cell phones, which is a big factor in why they kept the home number.\u00a0 Also, for folks of my parent&#8217;s generation, people have relied on these old numbers for decades upon decades, and not all of them necessarily have a cell phone.\u00a0 I remember growing up when we kids knew all our friends phone numbers by heart.\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><em><span class=\"s1\">When attending my 25th high school reunion, it was hilarious how many of us still remembered our childhood friend&#8217;s home phone numbers.\u00a0 A real part of our identity from another time, I guess.\u00a0 Anyway, I am happy for\u00a0this service as I was dreading\u00a0disconnecting the number.\u00a0 Now I have a happy souvenir from my childhood that will be also be used for something wonderful in my future.\u00a0 It makes me smile just thinking about that.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><em><span class=\"s1\">I highly recommend NumberBarn.\u00a0 The value is excellent and the process could not be easier.\u00a0 Also, in my case, \u00a0the customer service person I worked with, in addition to being professional and helpful was engaging a joy to do business with.\u00a0 Total win!\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Thank you for providing\u00a0such a great friendly service!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>**********<\/p>\n<p>Sheila, thanks for sharing your story and we&#8217;re so happy you have joined the NumberBarn family!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We\u2019re\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\">NumberBarn<\/a>, we take phone numbers very seriously. But, we also like to have a little fun. To learn more about us, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\">NumberBarn.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NumberBarn\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/numberbarn\/\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NumberBarn\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheila, from Alameda, CA, was Googling around for phone management solutions other than Google Voice, ironically, and stumbled upon NumberBarn. We&#8217;re so happy she found us! What caught our eye about Sheila is that she porting a 50 year old phone number. Pretty awesome to have the same phone number for half a century! 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