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Old 07-12-2011, 02:45 PM
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jhoward
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Originally Posted by earthwalker
It's amazing the changes we have all seen. I don't think we are dinosaurs, just technology changes and grows so quickly.

What about the old plug and cord switchboards, Does anyone remember them? When I was a teen I did work experience at a Forestry Department office out in the sticks. They had a small one, so I learned how to use it. Years later, in the '80s I worked for the Education Department in the city, our section was working out of an old building. As it was not to be a long term tenancy, no upgrades were done. They had a huge plug and cord switchboard on the bottom floor....I was the only one who knew how to use it, so I had to show the others.

If I were only too young to remember switchboards.....I worked for "Ma Bell", a "few" yrs ago. Ha!! Maybe more than a few.....I grew up with phones without a dial! We had partylines...boy, this board is taking me back; a very long time down memory lane....
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