Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Darn, I like this site and the freedom to learn about and discuss things other than just Leicas. Lots of wisdom here! Over on the Canon FD Yahoo site some folks are trying to prohibit as "off-topic" any discussion involving using Canon FD lenses on non-FD bodies (especially DSLR, heaven forbid). We have our disagreements on the LUG, but at least OT banter (within limits) is permitted. Regards, Rob McClure On Apr 9, 2007, at 4:41 PM, Brian Reid wrote: > Great pictures. > > A couple of comments about the "Circuit Room 1975". Your description > says "Telephone switching room"; in fact, that's a Frame room, and > that man looks like a Frame Tech except that he doesn't have a > punchdown tool on his belt, so maybe he's just posing. The switching > room will be nearby, but this isn't it. > > Also, color is so important to telephone wiring that you can't get a > job as a telephone technician if you are color blind. I find myself > looking at the black-and white wires and wondering which ones are > blue/white, white/blue, violet/slate, black/brown, and so forth. Each > one of those white gizmos (called a "66 block") has 50 wires in 25 > pairs, and the wires are identified entirely by their color code. > > Brian Reid > former wirehead > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >