[at-l] Sit back

[Jim Bullard]

This response was supposed to go to all but I screwed up and only sent it to
Art so I'll try again.

Operators are too far back for me unless we were calling outside our
exchange. If we were calling someone on the same exchange just dialed and
the switch did the ringing. The ring codes (if I remember correctly) were 1
short/1 long - 2 short/1 long - 2 long - 1 long/2 short, etc. There were
eight combinations so that everyone on the party line had their own ring
code. Sort of like a proto-cell phone ring tone but you didn't get to choose
it.

On Nov 16, 2007 7:51 AM, Art Cloutman <Art at crystalacresnh.com> wrote:

>  Using the operator, you would let her know  how many rings for the person
> you were calling.  As the system became automated, your phone number
> included the number rings you needed for you to pickup.
>
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> In a message dated 11/15/2007 7:57:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> jim.bullard at gmail.com writes:
>
> You told who it was for by how many rings
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> How do you do that?  Someone calls, lets it ring  for 4 times, as an
> example, and  then calls back with the right neighbor picking up?
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> Sly
>
>   --
>
Jim Bullard
http://jims-ramblings.blogspot.com/
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