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  1. tigerscanada

    tigerscanada Well-Known Member

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    As kids (well early-mid teens) we'd spend all day tapping the phone into Teledisc - a great service from Hull City telephone system. First one I remember was the Everley Bros "Cathy's Clown".
     
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  2. Chazz Rheinhold

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    Deserves more likes this post
     
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  3. Oregon Tiger

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    they wanted the number that was easy to locate in the event of no light or smoke.

    starting from the low end:

    111 wasn't used as it could be triggered accidentally by line faults
    222 was the the number of an exchange, and so on

    from other end:

    000 couldn't be used. The first 0 would connect you to an operator which defeated the object
    999 was next, and that's what it became
     
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  4. DMD

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    Just in case I didn't know ...

    IMG_20190809_103836.jpg

    It's Health and Safety gone mad ...
     
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  6. tigerincanada

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    Thanks for the clarification.
     
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  7. tigerincanada

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    Thanks, I'm getting an education this morning.
     
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    Sailed right by initially but then I remembered my history.
     
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  10. tigerincanada

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    Agreed.
     
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    There you go, Chazz...
     
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    Old enough to remember the Bangles? This is what a 60 year old Susana Hoff looks like.

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    Would back in the day.

    Would now.
     
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  18. dennisboothstash

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    Nice

    Really nice

    I love a Rickenbacker
     
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  19. tigerscanada

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    The word "stiff" has more than one meaning.
    The closer one gets to being one kind, the further away from having another kind (semi or otherwise).
    Miserable world it is.
     
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  20. Ernie Shackleton

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    Cos that's what we'd all end up with; a ricked back.


    Crawling off stage left, flushed with embarrassment.





    She on the other hand looks stunning.
     
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