"watched"... nostr:npub15ps88vcm2w09st6jrsqw3etexdn0ufv378gvj2qez95jvd28tthqxx4rpa
... in the old days, they'd watch the radio.
They'd LISTEN for the PHONE RINGS, though.
"party lines" along a county road to farm houses.
Our phone number was 21.
Two long rings
and a short ring.
Anybody could pick up.