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Or just to summon the farmer in
from the bam office for supper.
This phone is such a common
place part of our lives that we take
its magical technology for granted.
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Pick it up, dial and talk with just
about anyone.
Still, this telephone and I, we
have our moments of clash.
For months now, there has been
a knot in my long-distance trunk
and not one of a half-dozen cour
teous trouble-shooter repairmen
has been able to get to the roots of
it.
During every long distance call I
place from the house, a brief
disconnection of a second or two
occurs, interrupting the con
versation momentarily.
Repairmen have come and gone,
one even patiently listening in on
an extension to observe the tem
porary disconnection phenomena,
which amazingly, did perform as
usual. Still, the elusive problem
continues, buried beneath some
maze of technological switching
matter.
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A similar gremlin wreaked long
distance havoc recently on another
call in which I was a startled
participant.
Moments after I placed a call to
a distant farm in the county and
made connections with the beef
breeder who was the object of the
call, we suddenly found our con
versation crossed with the parties
on either end of a directory
assistance call.
Ever tried conducting a four
way, completely-unrelated dual
conversation? -
After a futile attempt to continue
our ag-related discussion through
this other pair of speakers, in my
most polite phone voice, I men
tioned to the operator dispensing a
number to her caller that I was
trying to speak with a party on a
long-distance call.
Her answer dropped my mouth
open and sent blood rushing to my
ears and as I received a rude,
snapping reply that I had cut into
HER line.
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Out the window went all those
admonitions about turning the
other cheek, speaking softly to turn
away anger, etc.
“No operator, you cut into MY
line,’’ I growled back. As I sat
there, receiver in hand, fuming,
she continued her curt instructions
to the fourth party on how to reach
a particular number.
After many seconds, the tangled
maze disconnected as we were
unplugged from our crossed wires
and once again I was alone on a
line with a fanner on the other end
laughing so hard he could hardly
speak.
A repairman spent that Saturday
afternoon working on the lines
outside the house and barn.
We are still getting long-distance
brief interruptions on every call.
But I haven’t argued with an
operator lately.
And somewhere, I can just
visualize a computer bustin’ its
keyboard buttons in laughter over
the hassle it’s created.
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