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*Beth* · Sep 15, 2022 at 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by nonightowl

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I used to call the Time Lady when I was little because I thought she was a real person! When she said good morning, I said good morning. I asked her does she get tired and I just heard "At the tone...." I actually thought she was on the phone 24 hours and was lonely!

After the time change (both times), that line would be jammed. Or else I got a busy signal. So many people trying to find out what time it is.

I love Pink Floyd! What song are you referring to with the operator? I like this song by ELO "Telephone Line" also. And I think Jim Croce had a song called "Operator". I probably heard the PF song but didn't know the name of it.

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Aw, that is so sweet about you calling the Time Lady.

Yes! Those jammed lines when the time changed!!

"Telephone Line" is such a beautiful song.

Pink Floyd - they have a number of songs with that fascinating background talking. Much of it is in The Wall - the operator talking is from The Wall, the song Young Lust. They have the TV sounds in several songs, one of them is Wish You Were Here.

The operator at the end of Young Lust is the quintessential old-school operator. You can listen to it on YouTube.

[Phone rings..Clink of receiver being lifted]
"Hello..?"
"Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Floyd.
Will you accept the charges from United States?"
[clunk! of phone being put down]
"Oh, he hung up! That's your residence, right? I wonder why he hung up?
Is there supposed to be someone else there besides your wife, sir, to answer?"
[Phone rings again...clunk of receiver being picked up]
"Hello?"
"This is United States calling, are we reaching...
[interrupted by phone being put down]
"See he keeps hanging up, and it's a man answering."