[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] How to use a telephone, from 1954

[Adam Broun]

Did anyone here ever use the infamous Cap'n Crunch whistle?

On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM Donald Cooke via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
wrote:

> They came around to Hancock School to teach us kids. Must have been my 5th
> grade or so. Our number changed from Lexington-9-0524 to Volunteer-2-5010.
> I think we also got to walk down to the switch station on Waltham Street to
> see the switching mechanism.
>
> Later on I learned that I could dial a number by just pressing the hangup
> switch rapidly.....
>
>
> Don Cooke, Site 523, 603.219.9259
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM John Rudy via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
> wrote:
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>> Bing Videos
>> <https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=how+to+use+a+dial+phone+1954&mid=7F1DA87AF463381268157F1DA87AF46338126815&FORM=VIRE>
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>> This is pretty amazing
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>> John Rudy
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>> 781-861-0402
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>> 781-718-8334  cell
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>> 13 Hawthorne Lane
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>> Bedford MA
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>> jjrudy1 at comcast.net
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