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Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2026 09:54:13 JST Annika Backstrom
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@hannah love those old telephone numbers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_exchange_names
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  Telephone exchange names
  
  A telephone exchange name or central office name was a distinguishing and memorable name assigned to a central office. It identified the switching system to which a telephone was connected, and facilitated the connection of telephone calls between switching systems in different localities. While small towns and rural areas might each be served by a single exchange, large cities were served by multiple switching systems, either distributed in the community constituting multiple exchange areas, or sometimes hosted in the same building to serve a densely populated area. Central offices were usually identified by names that were locally significant. The leading letters of a central office name were used as the leading components of the telephone number representation, so that each telephone number in the area was unique. These letters were mapped to the digits of the dial, which was indicated visibly on the dial's numbering plate. Several systematic telephone numbering plans existed in various communities, typically evolving over time as the subscriber base outgrew older numbering schemes. A widely used numbering plan was a system of using one or two letters...
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  ratatouille as a service (hannah@posts.rat.pictures)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2026 09:54:16 JST ratatouille as a service
  
  I love finding cool bookmarks. This one was in a 1954 copy of waiting for godot
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  1. A gold card with mongolian script and ancient symbols
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  2. TO THE TRAVELER Greetings! On the other side of this card is a reproduction of a "PAIZA." The original was a slab of pure gold, such as Kublai Khan gave to Marco Polo, and was a sort of combination safe conduct pass and traveler's talisman. Our objective is the same as Kublai's. HAPPY LANDINGS! TRAVELERS BOOKSHOPS
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