[GreenKeys] RE: not many of us left

[hunybuny at eskimo.com]

wa2hwj at att.net wrote:
> Re: the military TTY repair men....
> 
> When I started working for Ma Bell in a Teletype gang in 1970,
> I was flabbergasted that a large number of the guys in the
> gang actually didn't LOVE working on TTY's(!). I guess the
> fact that I had my first TTY at age 13 (and have yet to find
> them boring) might have had an influence on my attitude.

I wanted to work on Teletype machines so much that I joined
The USAF - where the recruiter "promised me" that I would get
the job as "Depot Teletype maintenance and repair technician".

> There were those who would only work on 15's, others would only
> touch a 28 (nobody liked 33's).
>
> Go figure...

Well, - that just goes to show how intelligent they were!  :-)

> 73,
> Jack K0TTY
> 
> NNNN

73,
W6ESE - aka WA2EAA
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