Re: need to start a small alarm monitoring station

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On 9/5/2017 11:07 AM, Jim Davis wrote:
> On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 8:20:00 PM UTC-4, RTS wrote:
>> I liked the phone system We had when I was in
>>          the Air Force,
>>
>> We had these long wire things with a plug on
>>          the end.
>>
>> When the light over the wire come on you pulled
>>          the wire out and plugged it into a jack which in turn went to a
>>          phone..
>>
>> When the light went out you unplugged the wire
>>          and put it back in its hole..
>>
>> Damn thing worked every time..
>>
>> No muss no fuss, no computer.....  ;-)
>>
>>        Rocky T. Squirrel, esq.
>>
>
>
> Yep, that was the government version of
>
> Two Dixicups and a string.
>
> That is ...... if anyone remembers what a Dixicup was.
>
> The word is not even in the spell correction library. (that's kinda sad/funny)
>

Jim,

Actually, as I remember it was Dixie Cup not Dixicup.
But then my memory has been failing over the past 70 years or so.

Thanks for the memory refresher!!

Les