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Post by kenlarsson on Jul 3, 2020 9:09:51 GMT -5
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Post by Marshall on Jul 3, 2020 9:44:45 GMT -5
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Post by Marshall on Jul 5, 2020 0:05:38 GMT -5
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Post by jdd2 on Jul 5, 2020 0:44:24 GMT -5
oops
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Post by sidheguitarmichael on Jul 7, 2020 18:17:25 GMT -5
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Post by aquaduct on Jul 8, 2020 11:17:07 GMT -5
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Post by Marshall on Jul 9, 2020 11:52:27 GMT -5
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Post by fauxmaha on Jul 9, 2020 21:11:10 GMT -5
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Post by kenlarsson on Jul 10, 2020 7:38:43 GMT -5
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Post by fauxmaha on Jul 10, 2020 7:51:02 GMT -5
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Post by coachdoc on Jul 10, 2020 8:26:05 GMT -5
I am deeply embarrassed to admit that I have called that number.
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Post by sidheguitarmichael on Jul 10, 2020 10:24:29 GMT -5
Anyone ever use a dial tone to tune their guitar? I’ve done that more than once on the road.
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Dub
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Post by Dub on Jul 10, 2020 10:25:41 GMT -5
I am deeply embarrassed to admit that I have called that number. Me too only I’m not embarrassed. In the days when that number was active there were only two ways to get the correct time. You could call the number or you could dial up the short wave broadcast that continually broadcast the correct time. Any other source was really just someone’s approximation.
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Post by Dub on Jul 10, 2020 10:29:15 GMT -5
Anyone ever use a dial tone to tune their guitar? I’ve done that more than once on the road. Yes. I learned that from a violinist. This fellow graduated from the University of Iowa with a dual PhD in violin performance and computer science. He was functionally blind. I haven’t tried that in years. As I recall the note was F.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Jul 10, 2020 18:26:03 GMT -5
I am deeply embarrassed to admit that I have called that number. Me too only I’m not embarrassed. In the days when that number was active there were only two ways to get the correct time. You could call the number or you could dial up the short wave broadcast that continually broadcast the correct time. Any other source was really just someone’s approximation. Years ago, the most popular radio station in Indianapolis broadcast a time "beep" on the hour. Someone asked them how they got the accurate time. They said they called someone at the Indiana State House. So the inquirer followed that up by calling the State House and asking where they got the accurate time. "From the radio station."
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Post by sidheguitarmichael on Jul 10, 2020 19:30:25 GMT -5
Me too only I’m not embarrassed. In the days when that number was active there were only two ways to get the correct time. You could call the number or you could dial up the short wave broadcast that continually broadcast the correct time. Any other source was really just someone’s approximation. Years ago, the most popular radio station in Indianapolis broadcast a time "beep" on the hour. Someone asked them how they got the accurate time. They said they called someone at the Indiana State House. So the inquirer followed that up by calling the State House and asking where they got the accurate time. "From the radio station." It's late Autumn and the Indians on a remote reservation in North Dakota have asked their new Chief if the coming winter is going to be cold or mild.
Since he was a modern-day Chief he'd never actually been taught the old indian ways or their secrets, so when he looked at the sky, he just couldn't tell what the winter weather was going to be like. Nevertheless, in order not to disappoint the tribe and to be on the safe side, he told them that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that they should collect firewood and be prepared.
However, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, “Is the coming winter going to be cold?”
“It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold" they responded. So the Chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more firewood in order to be better prepared. A week later, he called the National Weather Service again, “Does it still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?”
“Yes”, replied the man at National Weather Service this time, even more certain,“it's going to be a very, very cold winter.”
So the Chief went back to his people once again and ordered them to collect every scrap of firewood they could lay their hands on.
Two weeks later, worried about the mountains of wood and the hard work the tribe was putting in collecting it, the chief called the National Weather Service just to be absolutely sure."Are you definitely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?”
“Absolutely”, the weatherman said, “It's looking more and more like it's going to be one of the coldest winters on record.”
“But how can you be so certain?” the chief asked. "Well, for a start" the weatherman replied, “the Indians are collecting a shitload of firewood.”
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Post by John B on Jul 10, 2020 19:46:06 GMT -5
I am deeply embarrassed to admit that I have called that number. The one from my childhood is still working - I dialed it from memory. Check out "Time & Temperature" in Lawrence, KS. It's Merchantile Bank now, but was Douglas County Bank when I was young. 785-842-5115
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Post by sidheguitarmichael on Jul 10, 2020 21:19:26 GMT -5
Anyone ever use a dial tone to tune their guitar? I’ve done that more than once on the road. Yes. I learned that from a violinist. This fellow graduated from the University of Iowa with a dual PhD in violin performance and computer science. He was functionally blind. I haven’t tried that in years. As I recall the note was F. Check this out: I always used it to tune to A440. Turns out that it’s both; a 3rd/6th... In a modern phone system, the operator has been replaced by an electronic switch. When you pick up the phone, the switch senses the completion of your loop and it plays a dial tone sound so you know that the switch and your phone are working. (For more information on tones, see How Guitars Work.) The dial tone sound is simply a combination of 350-hertz tone and a 440-hertz tone...F=350, more or less. : D
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Post by xyrn on Jul 10, 2020 23:00:46 GMT -5
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Post by xyrn on Jul 10, 2020 23:04:56 GMT -5
I am deeply embarrassed to admit that I have called that number. The one from my childhood is still working - I dialed it from memory. Check out "Time & Temperature" in Lawrence, KS. It's Merchantile Bank now, but was Douglas County Bank when I was young. 785-842-5115This one still works:
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