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It may have been a desirable job but it was not an easy one. Telephone companies had strict rules for all aspects of operators' behavior on the job. Merely to get the job, a woman had to pass height, weight, and arm length tests to ensure that she could work in the tight quarters afforded switchboard operators. Operators had to sit with perfect posture for long hours in straight-backed chairs. They were not permitted to communicate with each other. They were to respond quickly, efficiently, and patiently — even when dealing with the most irascible customers...
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Added: 20th August 2007
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Posted By: Teresa |
 
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From 1954 to 1959, the Rin Tin Tin show casted one of television's earliest canine heroes, who left big paw prints for his descendants to follow. Rin Tin Tin was the only dog in Los Angeles to be listed in the telephone directory. Lee Duncan, his owner and trainer, said, "Rinty was very close to his great grandfather," the original Rin Tin Tin, who appeared in many popular motion pictures of the 30's and 40's, and was, for a time, the highest paid performer (actor?) in films.
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tin
tin
german
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Added: 2nd September 2007
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Remember when Who Wants To Be A Millionaire was a huge ratings hit (before the producers ruined it with all those inane celebrity editions)? Well, if you do, you'll remember this famous final question when contestant John Carpenter calmly used his telephone lifeline to inform his dad he was about to win the jackpot. How cool was that?
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Added: 29th September 2007
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Apparently George from Seinfeld is dead wrong: You should rush like a madman to answer all your telephone calls. It's the Golden Rule! (At least it was when this notice ran in 1931.) It doesn't say who sponsored it. The telephone company, I suppose.
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telephone
etiquette
Added: 17th November 2007
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O.J. Simpson's mother, Eunice, was featured in this commercial for a telephone service. I don't know when this ad was made, but obviously it was before a certain Sunday in 1994.
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Simpson
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Added: 16th December 2007
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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Sorry about this one folks, but Cliffy jogged my funny bone with Mr. Telephone man. Was going to post Telephone Man by Meri Wilson but thought this would be better as we are all using this Intranet thing.
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Wilson
Internet
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Added: 18th January 2008
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Posted By: donmac101 |
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Here's something you've probably never seen before: the clip of Walter Cronkite announcing the death of former president Lyndon Baines Johnson on January 22, 1973. Cronkite, the consummate professional, gets the bulletin via telephone and seamlessly incorporates it into his live news broadcast.
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Added: 14th February 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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