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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 733902" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>We had a private line in our apartment in Chicago by the time I was born in 1960, BUT even in the late 70's, when I was working as a long distance operator for IL Bell, I serviced party lines all the time. We called it doing "ring-downs". I also remember calling rural areas in Mexico where you called the one phone in the village, someone got on a mule, went to get the person called, and brought them back to take the call. We used primitive electronic consoles, but were trained on plug switchboards (cord-boards) in case our central office went down and we had to open up old local offices, which we did a few times. I was thinking the other day about what a huge collection of now useless technical skills I have amassed over the years.</p><p></p><p>::Operator 115, May I help you?::</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 733902, member: 1963"] We had a private line in our apartment in Chicago by the time I was born in 1960, BUT even in the late 70's, when I was working as a long distance operator for IL Bell, I serviced party lines all the time. We called it doing "ring-downs". I also remember calling rural areas in Mexico where you called the one phone in the village, someone got on a mule, went to get the person called, and brought them back to take the call. We used primitive electronic consoles, but were trained on plug switchboards (cord-boards) in case our central office went down and we had to open up old local offices, which we did a few times. I was thinking the other day about what a huge collection of now useless technical skills I have amassed over the years. ::Operator 115, May I help you?:: [/QUOTE]
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