[R-390] OT -- Phone Company Color Codes

[Michael Murphy]

An old tapper from PA State police gave me the official memory rhymes for
the two cards which were taught to identify pairs to line men.

TIP-
Why - White
Run - Red
Backwards - Black
You'll - Yellow
Vomit - Violet

RING -
Boys - Blue
On - Orange
Girls- Grey
Bring- Blue
Surprises-Slate

Mike Murphy WB2UID


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Norris" <r390a at bellsouth.net>
To: <boatanchors at theporch.com>
Cc: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>; <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 12:59 PM
Subject: [R-390] OT -- Phone Company Color Codes


> Someone had asked about them on another list.
> I know there are other refs out there, but I
> scanned a pair of Bell reference cards in a format
> suitable for printing.
>
> http://www.fernblatt.net/phonecolors.pdf
>
> 73
>
> Tom NU4G
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