EV> TW> Several years later I got a job with the Phone company and
EV> TW> hepled double the size of their Switch Room.
EV> TW> Being junior man I spent a lot of time crawling up on the cable
EV> TW> trays lacing down the cables with waxed cord.

EV>A friend let me visit him at the Exchange where he worked, so I can
EV>understand what You went through.

EV>One place where I worked at, the Operator Switchboard and Switch Room
EV>was along side of the room I was at.

EV>The telephone numbers for the building next to our building could be
EV>dialed just by dialing the number 8 and then the 4 numbers for the
EV>offices in that other building.

EV>On a midnight shift sometimes I would hear one of the Step By Step
EV>Relays (iirc that is what they're called) Start making a clicking sound
EV>because someone from the other building wanted to make a call on a
EV>outside line but all of the outside lines on their Telephone System
EV>were in use, so they would dial 8 and then 9 to get a Dial Tone so they
EV>could make their call.

That brings back memories of my time laying up in the cable tray in the
switch room.
The clicking after while started to sound musical
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