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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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 Posted - 09/27/2007 : 18:32:11
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i just called to find out what the exact time is to set my clock and instead of hearing the friendly woman's voice who's been on there since i was a kid, it now another rude sounding automated voice saying "Effective Sept. 19, 2007, the time-announcement information service has been discontinued. We apologize for any inconvenience."
this is so fucked. how can they do this? what are people supposed to do who want to find out what time it is now? also, it's Time Lady! how can you fuck with a legend?
this is depressing.
here's an article about it: article about it
for you Californians, what did you imagine Time Lady looked like? |
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3759 Posts |
Posted - 09/27/2007 : 20:18:44
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The railroad uses this service. I just pulled this off the net I think these numbers are right but I thought there was an 800 number as well.
The U.S. Naval Observatory's time service can be accessed by telephone or via the internet. The phone number is (719) 567-6742 in Colorado Springs, or (202) 762-1401 in Washington, DC. On the internet, USNO time service is available at http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/frontpage.html
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The Disillusionaries: Four Public Awareness Questions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmBgrboeoy8 |
Edited by - The King Of Karaoke on 09/27/2007 20:24:04 |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 09/27/2007 : 20:34:02
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 09/27/2007 : 21:38:42
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When I was a kid I tried calling that lady a couple times on New Year's Eve but the circuits were always busy. RIP Lady.
Back in the '70s there was also a line you could call for the local NWS weather forecast. I used to call it all the time when I was a kid. I wonder if that still exists.
Who do you think you are -- Hippolyte Aucouturier? |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 09/27/2007 : 21:49:16
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Going slightly off topic, I used to call the local library when I was a kid to listen to stories read to me over the phone. It was the greatest. But as a parent now, I think I'd feel kinda awful if my kids had to resort to calling a library's book-reading machine to hear stories.
Anyway, I think these phone things are dying out as a result of the Internets. They really don't make much sense anymore. They've got websites for all this stuff now -- time, weather, porn stories.
 Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 09/27/2007 : 21:54:28
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Jefrey
= Cult of Ray =
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - 09/27/2007 : 22:15:49
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Say what?? Now this is like finding out someone you already thought was dead was actually alive and just died.
I hadn't thought about the Time Lady since like 1985.
Qu'ils aillent se faire foutre <-- yeah, what he said. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 04:48:33
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We still have our time lady over here. Call her and do the maths.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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Posted - 09/28/2007 : 04:51:07
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NPR did an interesting story on the phone lady a few weeks ago. The said with cell phones people were not calling in like they used to. It was pretty cool ... it got into the history of all the different phone ladies over time.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 04:52:41
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Actually I think ours may be a dude.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 05:04:21
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Originally posted by The King Of Karaoke
The railroad uses this service. I just pulled this off the net I think these numbers are right but I thought there was an 800 number as well.
The U.S. Naval Observatory's time service can be accessed by telephone or via the internet. The phone number is (719) 567-6742 in Colorado Springs, or (202) 762-1401 in Washington, DC. On the internet, USNO time service is available at http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/frontpage.html
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The Disillusionaries: Four Public Awareness Questions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmBgrboeoy8
The US Navy builds swastika-shaped barracks! I wouldn't give them the time of day and I wouldn't let them give me the time of day either!
Tell us about the secret sixties Nazi conspiracy KOK.
http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=1569&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=32.676192,-117.157731&z=17
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Edited by - trobrianders on 09/28/2007 05:09:56 |
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3759 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 11:09:08
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“As civilizations become more complex, and as the need for invisible government has been increasingly demonstrated, the technical means have been invented and developed by which public opinion may be regimented. With printing press and newspaper, the telephone, telegraph, radio and airplanes, ideas can be spread rapidly, even instantaneously, across the whole of America.” - Edward Bernays |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 11:16:51
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 13:17:35
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Go great with Biscuit's skinny pants. Is that a chameleon in your pouch or are you just happy to see me?
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 16:26:38
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what just happened here?
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2007 : 08:33:49
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So was the Time Lady married to Father Time?
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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mr.biscuitdoughhead
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1729 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2007 : 19:51:30
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Time Lady has been gone for at least a year up here.
I could kill you sure, but I could only make you cry with these words...
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RIP Automated Telephone Time Lady
