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| Thread ID: 37689 | 2003-09-15 08:06:00 | What does a telephone exchange look like? | James Busby (341) | Press F1 |
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| 175462 | 2003-09-17 05:49:00 | The exchanges would also be quiet these days: the old stuff was noisy. Clackety tick clackety bang brrp bang tick brrrp as the selectors and uniselectors and relays did their thing. Now I suppose the loudest noise would be the air conditoning. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 175463 | 2003-09-17 06:58:00 | Hey Graham L , you worked in a "crash by crash" exchange too. :) | Pheonix (280) | ||
| 175464 | 2003-09-17 09:43:00 | We’re everywhere. :D I came across a little box of 2000 type wipers the other day. Can’t for the life of me think what the hell I’d have kept those for. :( |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 175465 | 2003-09-17 11:26:00 | And if a regular exchange is anything like a cell phone site now the air conditioning is certainly a major part of the whole system. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 175466 | 2003-09-17 21:04:00 | The true answer of what a telephone exchange looks like - picture it... two people standing next to each other, both with a telephone in their hands. One says - here, have my telephone. The other says, thanks, have mine :D |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 175467 | 2003-09-17 21:58:00 | BM , you never know where the old PO techs turn up :) The only momento from the old PO days, was the clock from Patamahoe Manual exchange when it went auto. The wipers bring back memories of reinstalling a selector ,and forgetting to return the selector arm to home position....crunch...@#&%$*$#@ :D |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 175468 | 2003-09-17 22:03:00 | Cash Converters buy and sell telephones - I guess that makes them a telephone exchange!! Har Har! :-) | andy (473) | ||
| 175469 | 2003-09-17 23:10:00 | Gee Phoenix, wasn’t it Papamahoe where you had N.Z’s only Phantom over Phantom with a Rural Carrier and a earth working telegraph thrown in for good luck. One tree, touching one aerial, and the whole damn lot turned to custard. :( Preferred the Carrier Room myself. :D |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 175470 | 2003-09-18 02:33:00 | > Cash Converters buy and sell telephones - I guess > that makes them a telephone exchange!! Har Har! :-) More like rip off artists. Have you ever tried to sell them something and gone back to see what they are wanting it for. I had a camera that I managed to get them up to $120 for after they offered me $40 and would take no more. Two weeks later I went back to check it out and they wanted $340 for it. It was a pretty early camera as well and certainly not worth $200 let alone the $340 they were asking for it. |
Big John (551) | ||
| 175471 | 2003-09-18 02:58:00 | Uniselectors, selectors, carrier room. Brings back memories. The days when the Post Master was the "Lord of the Rings" |
jcr1 (893) | ||
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