Reader notes changes in phones over the years

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When I was very young, I remember my grandmother going over to a brown box on the wall, giving the handle several cranks and speaking the numbers “4, 2” into the mouthpiece. This was Dad’s office phone number. As years passed, one driving down highways (especially near railroad tracks) saw telephone poles with countless wires mounted atop crossarms. Builders would put a recessed...

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