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steksauce t1_j3njtv2 wrote

936-1234 was New England Telephone weather forecast 637-1234 was New England Telephone time, updated every 10 seconds I’m 50

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geminimad4 t1_j3o3xdj wrote

Fun fact about the New England Telephone time & temperature number -- you could dial 637 and any four numbers. I remember a friend said to dial NERVOUS (which translated to 637-8687), but eventually I'd always just dial 637-1111 because it was easiest.

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MidLifeHalfHouse t1_j3vlj29 wrote

Yup. Mermaid or Nervous. I liked to use Mermaid. Needed the stimulus of looking for the letters. Probably wouldn’t have that problem today.

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