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Dean Hoffman
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server
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On Thu, 26 May 2022 07:31:11 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
<deanh6929@gmail.com> wrote:
In oldish detective novels, detectives and cops had to use pay phones
to phone to headquarters, and of course couldn\'t be contacted the
other way. Some cops had \"radio cars.\" Sherlock had a bunch of street
kids that ran messages around for him.
I\'m reading a book about the middle ages. It took weeks and months for
news to spread between european cities.
A \"long distance\" phone call used to be a really big deal, especially
at a pay phone.
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Anybody can count to one.
- Robert Widlar
<deanh6929@gmail.com> wrote:
In oldish detective novels, detectives and cops had to use pay phones
to phone to headquarters, and of course couldn\'t be contacted the
other way. Some cops had \"radio cars.\" Sherlock had a bunch of street
kids that ran messages around for him.
I\'m reading a book about the middle ages. It took weeks and months for
news to spread between european cities.
A \"long distance\" phone call used to be a really big deal, especially
at a pay phone.
--
Anybody can count to one.
- Robert Widlar
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bitrex
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On 5/26/2022 11:55 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
Member of the ill-fated Danish expedition to Felix Arabia:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_Christian_von_Haven>
\"Von Haven sent a report of this failure to Bernstorff, who had sent
word from Copenhagen asking about their progress. Bernstorff was
dissatisfied with the response and wrote back that he expected better
results, but since the post between Denmark and Egypt was slow, his
letter did not arrive until long after von Haven\'s death.\"
Well, that\'s one way to avoid your boss\' performance evaluations..
<https://youtu.be/F2RS5yKhhtc>
Hello?
Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mister Floyd
Will you accept the charges from United States?
Oh, he hung up, that\'s your residence, right? I wonder why he hung up?
Is there supposed to be someone else there besides your wife there to
answer?
Hello?
This is United States calling, are we reaching
See he keeps hanging up, and it\'s a man answering
Member of the ill-fated Danish expedition to Felix Arabia:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_Christian_von_Haven>
\"Von Haven sent a report of this failure to Bernstorff, who had sent
word from Copenhagen asking about their progress. Bernstorff was
dissatisfied with the response and wrote back that he expected better
results, but since the post between Denmark and Egypt was slow, his
letter did not arrive until long after von Haven\'s death.\"
Well, that\'s one way to avoid your boss\' performance evaluations..
<https://youtu.be/F2RS5yKhhtc>
Hello?
Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mister Floyd
Will you accept the charges from United States?
Oh, he hung up, that\'s your residence, right? I wonder why he hung up?
Is there supposed to be someone else there besides your wife there to
answer?
Hello?
This is United States calling, are we reaching
See he keeps hanging up, and it\'s a man answering
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Phil Hobbs
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jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
office in Rome in 1978, waiting for them to connect me with home via
long distance. (I was in the middle of a bicycle trip across Western
Europe and needed to hit my parents up for some more money--I\'d eaten
myself out of house and home.)
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
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Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
I remember spending a couple of hours standing around the central post
office in Rome in 1978, waiting for them to connect me with home via
long distance. (I was in the middle of a bicycle trip across Western
Europe and needed to hit my parents up for some more money--I\'d eaten
myself out of house and home.)
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
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Fred Bloggs
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On Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 11:55:50 AM UTC-4, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
There goes the you caught syphilis from a dirty telephone excuse.
There goes the you caught syphilis from a dirty telephone excuse.
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rbowman
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On 05/26/2022 12:37 PM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
In the early \'50s I remember my mother calling my brother in Seattle on
Christmas day. The operator would call you back when she finally found a
connection to the west coast.
jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Thu, 26 May 2022 07:31:11 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
deanh6929@gmail.com> wrote:
https://nypost.com/2022/05/23/nyc-last-standing-public-payphone-from-street/
In oldish detective novels, detectives and cops had to use pay phones
to phone to headquarters, and of course couldn\'t be contacted the
other way. Some cops had \"radio cars.\" Sherlock had a bunch of street
kids that ran messages around for him.
I\'m reading a book about the middle ages. It took weeks and months for
news to spread between european cities.
A \"long distance\" phone call used to be a really big deal, especially
at a pay phone.
I remember spending a couple of hours standing around the central post
office in Rome in 1978, waiting for them to connect me with home via
long distance. (I was in the middle of a bicycle trip across Western
Europe and needed to hit my parents up for some more money--I\'d eaten
myself out of house and home.)
In the early \'50s I remember my mother calling my brother in Seattle on
Christmas day. The operator would call you back when she finally found a
connection to the west coast.