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Children born after 1974 have a hard time figuring out what this poster represents. That circular thing with the holes in it behind the bart train is a telephone dial. Instructions for calling or leaving messages hardly ever say "dial" anymore. They say "press." "To reach the editorial department, press 1, now. To reach the publicity department, press 2, now." When I was young we didn't even have dials on the telephone. You picked up the heavy black Bakelite receiver and spoke with the operator, and she connected you with the person you wanted to talk to or with another operator if your call was long-distance. We were on a party line, and when the phone rang long-short-long it was for us. There was not a great deal of privacy in a telephone conversation. It's an odd feeling to be so old-fashioned already. |