Posted on 11/13/2019 8:44:46 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
The radio play, The Hitchhiker, starring Orson Wells in available on YouTube has a scene where Wells is making a call across country to NY that pretty much illustrates what you said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vGz_Jbn54&t=31s&frags=pl%2Cwn
I remember my dad call his parents in Idaho from California sometimes telling the Operator what connections she had to make to complete the call. (I don’t know if they appreciated his help or not.)
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