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Re: numeration system

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Thursday, December 16, 2004, 18:14
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 12:08:42PM -0500, Ph. D. wrote:
> My area got automatic dialing around 1960. I still remember > when I was five years old being taught to call my grand- > parents by picking up the telephone, waiting to hear a > voice say "Number, please," and then saying "221J".
What, you couldn't just say "Hey, Sarah, put me through to Grandma" ? :) -Marcos

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