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From: jimmy@icjapan.uucp (Jim Gottlieb)
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Subject: Re: "Dial-It Service" Makes its Debut in 1932
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Date: 28 Sep 89 09:35:49 GMT
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In article  kitty!larry@uunet.uu.net
(Larry Lippman) writes:

>	However, once upon a time, a live operator did in fact create
>time-of-day announcements on a demand basis.

In fact, I heard a manual time number as late as about 1972.  It was in
Durango, Colorado, but it wasn't as complicated as Larry Lippman
described.  When I dialed the number listed for time-of-day, I was
shocked when I heard a woman answer the phone and say "The time is
7:32."  I said, "Thank You."  She said "Your Welcome." and that was
that.

I tried it several more times during my visit and found that the level
of politeness naturally varied according to current load.  At busy
times, all one heard was " (Supervision) 6:18 (Disconnect) "

When I returned to Durango a few years later, I received a mechanical
version.  Now it _is_ possible that what I heard was just a temporary
condition while their time machine was "in the shop."

                         Jim Gottlieb (remote from Tokyo)
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