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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/capn-crunch-whistle">https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/capn-crunch-whistle</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>John Rudy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>781-861-0402<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>781-718-8334 cell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>13 Hawthorne Lane<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Bedford MA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net"><span style='color:#467886'>jjrudy1@comcast.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><img border=0 width=124 height=115 style='width:1.2916in;height:1.1927in' id="Picture_x0020_944495035" src="cid:image001.png@01DBA93B.807C5C80"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Adam Broun <abroun@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 9, 2025 10:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> Donald Cooke <doncooke2@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> jjrudy1@comcast.net; Cynthia Pill <docpill123@aol.com>; cam feightner <cf8ner1@gmail.com>; Colin Rudy <colinr1230@gmail.com>; Lex Computer Group <lctg@lists.toku.us>; Sophie Feightner <sf8ner@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] How to use a telephone, from 1954<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Did anyone here ever use the infamous Cap'n Crunch whistle?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 10:23<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>AM Donald Cooke via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Later on I learned that I could dial a number by just pressing the hangup switch rapidly.....<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=100 height=62 style='width:1.0416in;height:.6458in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zxepmnLIKmYitiu77ai2nm7FH3JgppsFmboNJcBNbCpE2xbStskZTbPr8HLs0B93HPIiuiX1E"><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Don Cooke, Site 523, 603.219.9259<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 5:43<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>AM John Rudy via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=how+to+use+a+dial+phone+1954&mid=7F1DA87AF463381268157F1DA87AF46338126815&FORM=VIRE" target="_blank">Bing Videos</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>This is pretty amazing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>John Rudy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>781-861-0402</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>781-718-8334 cell</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>13 Hawthorne Lane</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Bedford MA</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><img border=0 width=124 height=115 style='width:1.2916in;height:1.1979in' id="m_624929772205681276m_-8352048849323530023m_-7561820213370665671Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DBA93B.807C5C80"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>===============================================<br>::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br>Reply goes to sender only; 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