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To: BenLurkin

Dying career? Try teletype operator. Yep. My area of expertise for years.


7 posted on 05/02/2013 9:59:59 AM PDT by redhead (NO GROUND TO THE DEVIL! Use Weaponized Prayer)
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To: redhead

Linux still has tty commands. ;-)


10 posted on 05/02/2013 10:01:29 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: redhead

Hmmm

One of MY options as a High Speed Morse Code Operator was to become a TTY Op.....

So much for progress....<: <: <:


11 posted on 05/02/2013 10:02:21 AM PDT by xrmusn (6/98 --I turn 75 next year- but remember, that's only 24 Celsius. (TKS R. Reagan))
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To: redhead

I remember tons of ads in the paper for ‘Key Punch Operators’ back in the early 70’s.............


20 posted on 05/02/2013 10:06:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
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To: redhead

My first full time job was typewriter repair


24 posted on 05/02/2013 10:14:35 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: redhead

Dying career? Try teletype operator. Yep. My area of expertise for years.


And I was a Teletype repairman amongst other duties. Fascinating piece of mechanical engineering. Keep it oiled and greased and with an overhaul every few years and they would run 24/7 for a long, long time.


25 posted on 05/02/2013 10:16:01 AM PDT by The Working Man
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