doesn't get much more OT

[pokey]

but near and dear to my heart.
telephone lines, open wire circuits on 10 pin alley arms [ a real bear to work on] .
rr7's saloon pics made me think of this, maybe a slightly larger town.

openwirecicuits.jpg

mostly gone now, you might see something similar along some rr tracks.

[RIHMFIRE]

never seen one with that many.....

I remember party lines.....
every time I need to use the phone...
which was not much more than once a month...
there would be two cackaling hens talking on the phone....

our phone number was 6908...

[JOHNNY WACKO]

We were ne3 and the neighbors were ne4.

[SJPrice]

ours was 4666 but only for a short time until they had to add a 3 digit exchange.

[Old Time Hunter]

The next time you call the help desk for a "high-tech" issue, this is what your communication goes thru on it's way to India or other off shored service.

[rjohns94]

[nemhed]

Reminds me of pictures from third world countries!

[765x53]

Technology is advancing so rapidly, someday you'll be able to pick up a receiver and an operator will say "number please".

[pokey]

Technology is advancing so rapidly, someday you'll be able to pick up a receiver and an operator will say "number please".

you wish.

[Joe Reilly]

Press 1 for English

[FWiedner]

I pity the fellow that had to untangle whatever popped loose after a wind storm.

[Bogie35]

A really nice looking squirrel trap ya got there!

bogie

[redhawk]

Wouldn't want to be that guy. I'm not old but when I was a kid we had a party line: a regular seven digit number, but a party line nonetheless. Maybe it was just because we were po.

[Nazgul]

How about 5815.

Don

[765x53]

How about 5815.

Don

I envied the kids who had party lines and could crank their own calls, short long short, long long short, etc.
Dad was a vet. and had to have a privet line to get his calls.
Our phone number was 17.

[pokey]

I pity the fellow that had to untangle whatever popped loose after a wind storm.

the real big setups, like pictured are a little before my time, but "untangling" damaged phone lines
is my job. those open wires look bad, but a buried 900 pair cable, that a backhoe has had it's way
with, is just as disheartening to drive up on, as any aerial damage.

uh oh.

thb-diggingforcables.jpg

oh no.

stolen_internet_cables_vietnam.jpg

time to go to work.

ist2_5131092-telephone-cable-repair.jpg

or maybe in the air.

cable_splicing.jpg

none of these are me, but indicative of the work.