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Originally Posted by heathkit tv

That's because a lot of us have tube equipped computers and dial phones! :banana2:

You have an ENIAC, too? Yeah, they take a while to get going, but the room stays nice and toasty

[blue_lateral]

Originally Posted by heathkit tv

That's because a lot of us have tube equipped computers and dial phones! :banana2:

Err.... I kind of resemble that remark

John

[Sandy G]

An' jus' WHAT is wrong w/a rotary fone? Huh? "One ringy-dingy...SNORT !! Two ringy-dingies..."-Sandy G.

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Is this the person to whom I am speaking?

[Sandy G]

Don't mess with us, lady! We're the TELEPHONE COMPANY !! Snort, snort !! Damn, if she didn't have some of the old time operators down pat...Always wondered what some of them battleaxes musta looked like....-Sandy G.

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one two thu-ree fo-wer fih-yuv six seven eight niner zero - How operators were taught to say the numbers, as told to me by my dear departed Aunt, a telephone operator not at all like Ernestine.