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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: nosam44 on March 20, 2013, 05:03:16 PM
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Hey guys I found this while going through some stuff of my grandparents, any idea what it is. I've searched for bureau of numerical identification and for the all digit naming system with no success, please help!! P.S. I have covered up the actual number, don't ask me why lol
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just what this place does,nt need...a paranoid..poster who thinks we,re gonna steal his grandparents number...then log on to some computer and chat with the Chief of Numbers...give us a break...do you think we came up the river on a banana boat...... ;D
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just what this place does,nt need...a paranoid..poster who thinks we,re gonna steal his grandparents number...then log on to some computer and chat with the Chief of Numbers...give us a break...do you think we came up the river on a banana boat...... ;D
haha sorry but after being on the internet for a while you start to take certain precautions, do you have any idea what this bureau of numbers is or anything?
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Bigwull, please do not unload your sarcasm on new members. Some people do not understand your sense of humor. It is a legitimate question. To me it looks like vintage geek humor. It may just be the next collecting rage. It is probably from the 1980s. Gotta run. The turnip truck is going back for a reload.
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I think its for the phone system !! 50`s and 60`s all U.S. phone numbers started with a two letter alphabetical designation !! Mine was AT5 or Atlantic 5 !! Later they changed it to 285 !! Same,, but you had to use the numbers instead of the letters !! They didn`t have area codes then !! All the changes were made by area so not everyone changed at the same time !! Kind of phased it in !!
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That was a no brainer, Mart. I should have realized that. Duh!
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Bigwull, please do not unload your sarcasm on new members. Some people do not understand your sense of humor. It is a legitimate question. To me it looks like vintage geek humor. It may just be the next collecting rage. It is probably from the 1980s. Gotta run. The turnip truck is going back for a reload.
Who do you think your talking to...as for my "sarcasm" you want to read it again...before sticking yer nose in.....this new member found it funny...
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I think its for the phone system !! 50`s and 60`s all U.S. phone numbers started with a two letter alphabetical designation !! Mine was AT5 or Atlantic 5 !! Later they changed it to 285 !! Same,, but you had to use the numbers instead of the letters !! They didn`t have area codes then !! All the changes were made by area so not everyone changed at the same time !! Kind of phased it in !!
Hey thank you very much for your response mart. It is a 15 digit number though, so are you sure? do you know where i could find any more info on this?
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and I did find your comment funny bigwull but thank you for your concern frogpatch :)
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Not if its a fifteen digit number !! But since we couldn`t see it,,, !! Where are you located ??
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I'am located in northern michigan! here ill just upload a pic of the whole number i dont really care haha
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Not if its a fifteen digit number !! But since we couldn`t see it,,, !! Where are you located ??
northern michigan haha here ill try and upload a pic with the number in it.
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Heard that there was an id assigned when first computers came out!?!?!?
Was this with anything else? What is it taped to?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_exchange_names
Here is the info on phone system change !!
Only thing I could find that used a fifteen digit number is for livestock but that was fairly recent !!
This has got to be a joke of some sort !! Nothing exists that follows this note !! And since it says that family may call you by your first number,, and nothing exists that uses a single ID number for a person !! Yet you have to use the whole thing when talking to a "computer" !! It has to be a joke !! Maybe early in the computer use years !!
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Heard that there was an id assigned when first computers came out!?!?!?
Was this with anything else? What is it taped to?
Just checked that KC and those were combo alphabetical and numerical codes and were only used very early !! This just doesn`t read like anything serious !! And no name is listed for the" Chief "just a fifteen digit number !! I think someone was trying to pull one on this person !!
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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When the card states …… “when conversing with any computer” ….. pretty much dates it to after 1996 or even 2000 ….. when “voice messaging” and/or computer automated “answering” started replacing telephone receptionists sitting at big switchboards.
Reminds me of that E-mail that was once circulating that contained a "clickable" Internet 'url' address ..... and if you clicked it all you got was a message stating something similar to:
You have reached the end of the Internet.
There is no more. You will have to go back.
;D ;D ;D
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I think it is hilarious! Thought about making up one for my geeky son!!!!
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I think it is hilarious! Thought about making up one for my geeky son!!!!
Maybe he,d think the same for his geeky mom!..... ;D...