Posted on 07/08/2020 11:07:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
Didn’t work in the retail/marketing side of the industry.
Without looking, I’ll guess trimline rotary/dtmf and corresponding princess pink.
I was an installer in the late 60/70.
Princess phone Pink was a big deal
Phone sucked in dial, it was so lite it spun when dialed, they put a weight in it
TT Model was a hit, xtra 3 bucks a months
Thanks.
I have a pair of FISKARS pruning shears 35 years old. Still work perfectly. This past month I traded in my gas-powered twin blade Honda self-propelled for a FISKARS manual reel mower. What a difference. I have a small lawn but instead of crushing all the grass blades and killing my arm muscles, this mower cuts them like a scissor and the lawn looks terrific. You can also micro-adjust the blade height as you go along. So you can taper the height of the grass from one section to the other if you want and the mower works effortlessly. Big dirty secret—less is more. FISKARS rocks.
Boy do I remember those. My sister got one of the first ones and my father and her went at it because she wouldn’t get off the phone. Had it hidden under the covers with her at night while she was yakking away with her boyfriends. I still can’t believe he gave her her own phone line when she was 16 years old. Now, kids get their own smartphone when they’re what—eight years old?
He came up with a good story but bluetooth would penetrate only a centimeter or so of fresh water.
Severn goes north from Annapolis.
Never saw AA in general as “Southern” - although it certainly can be in culture/behavior.
“He came up with a good story but bluetooth would penetrate only a centimeter or so of fresh water.”
Hmmm.
Dial lit up my sis had one also
Amen! Growing up, my family used the same model in beige. People today don’t realize that customers leased the equipment and didn’t own it. When Bell Telephone broke up, I recall my folks paying a few dollars to keep their sets.
My Dad was career Army Signal Corps and a WWII combat veteran (Pacific theater). He did a lot of work with Bell Labs, Western Electric, and AT&T. He arranged for me to join a tour of the C.S. Long Lines when I was in high school, an interesting field trip.
My father Signal Corp WWII also then hired on with SNET in Ct. Mom worked there also.
Chief operator during the war, taught code and teletype
I retired Bell in S Fl always tried to get on with LL cause they went every where, never happened.
Sure has changed
Good stuff! My Dad was with the 31st Infantry “Dixie” Division during the war. He left a 1Lt and returned a major at only 24 years of age (battlefield promotions). He ended up commanding the division’s headquarters signal company. In his later career, he worked at the Defense Communications Agency and DCA-Europe, now the Defense Information Systems Agency. He couldn’t say much about what he did, and never divulged it; lifetime non-disclosure, a requirement for his holding a security clearance.
My uncle, brothers, cousins, and I also were/are veterans — Navy, Army, Air Force — and today as a (near retirement) civilian, I work in the DoD information systems arena, including some tangential dealings with DISA.
Congratulations on your career, and God bless the communicators.
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