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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