[Milsurplus] Two less voices on earth tonight....

[ed sharpe]

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Two less voices on earth  tonight....=20

Most of have heard on the passing of Bob Hope and there is a lot in the =
news so I will not  go into further detail that to say this great  =
entertainer and personality shall indeed be missed..... He did wonders =
to entertain the troops during war time!



One other, and perhaps  more taken for granted voice passed on also... =
Meet Jane Barbe.

Jane Barbe, with a voice  that was familiar to the millions of telephone =
users across the country, died July 18 of complications from cancer at =
the age of 74.

 Anyone that  dialed a wrong number or had to "please listen to the =
following options" in a voice mail system was treated to the sound of  =
Mrs. Barbe's voice.=20

Mrs. Barbe was indeed THE queen of telephone recordings...

During her unusual 40-year career, she articulated immortal lines =
including "At the tone, the time will be 7:22 and 40 seconds," "I'm =
sorry, the number you have dialed is no longer in service," and "Please =
press one for more options."=20

She held a record of being on  90 percent of "intercept messages" -- the =
recording played as an error message when something is wrong with a =
phone number -- and 60 percent of automated time - temperature =
announcements over the telephone..=20

"You hear my voice in more than 1,000 cities in the United States, Saudi =
Arabia, Hong Kong, South America, Canada. . . . Vocally, I get around," =
she told the Chicago Sun-Times years ago.=20

People wrote her letters, some saying they called a certain number to =
hear her voice when they were lonely. When she appeared at business =
conventions, sometimes hundreds of people would line up for her =
autograph.=20

She will be missed, but her voice shall continue on.....  EAS=20



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