Recent comments in /f/OldSchoolCool

RepostSleuthBot t1_jbotjxc wrote

Reply to Robin Williams at 19 in 1969 by thereofRadiate77

Looks like a repost. I've seen this image 1 time.

First Seen Here on 2023-01-11 93.75% match.

I'm not perfect, but you can help. Report [ [False Positive](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=RepostSleuthBot&subject=False%20Positive&message={"post_id": "11nszjg", "meme_template": null}) ]

View Search On repostsleuth.com

Scope: Reddit | Meme Filter: False | Target: 92% | Check Title: False | Max Age: None | Searched Images: 377,995,873 | Search Time: 0.31999s

2

norrisrw OP t1_jbh976r wrote

Reply to A woman working for the phone company at her post as the "Time Lady", announcing the time live with each phone call that comes in, 1930s by norrisrw

This was, of course, in the days prior to the automated systems that were in use, beginning in the late-1940s. The automated systems would be synced to a clock, and they would play the appropriate time, followed by a tone.

One such system employed a series of looped tape cartridges (known in broadcasting as "carts") that would trip in sequence when an inaudible cue tone triggered the next tape in the deck. For example:

"At the tone, the time will be..." "Four..." "Forty-eight..." "And ten seconds." BEEP

I remember my father calling Time every Sunday evening, when it was time to wind up our clocks (My parents collected antique clocks). I still remember the phone number: (714)853-1212. It still works today, only now it includes the date and temperature, and it's sponsored, so you'll have to sit through an ad.

6

RepostSleuthBot t1_jbh5pyd wrote

Reply to A woman working for the phone company at her post as the "Time Lady", announcing the time live with each phone call that comes in, 1930s by norrisrw

Looks like a repost. I've seen this image 1 time.

First Seen Here on 2022-09-10 98.44% match.

I'm not perfect, but you can help. Report [ [False Positive](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=RepostSleuthBot&subject=False%20Positive&message={"post_id": "11mdbol", "meme_template": null}) ]

View Search On repostsleuth.com

Scope: Reddit | Meme Filter: False | Target: 92% | Check Title: False | Max Age: None | Searched Images: 377,584,276 | Search Time: 0.49725s

0