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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 08:53:12 EDT lnxw48a1
   #sonTwo and wife are discovering the 1800s, as they have no electricity, minimal and intermittent cellular service, no Internet due to former #hurricane #Irma
   1. Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 10:46:25 EDT Stephen Michael Kellat

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      @lnxw48a1 Life on a bad day on 2017 in Ashtabula County is very similar...
   2. nds (nds@dent.smithfam.info)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 10:48:33 EDT nds

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      I was really tickled during an NPR interview yesterday, correspondent said she was calling from "an old land line" with a mix of disdain and puzzlement in her voice. Yay for resilient infrastructure.
      1. Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 10:51:26 EDT Stephen Michael Kellat

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         @nds @lnxw48a1 We owe a debt of gratitude to those who erected that technological progress and LEFT IT INTACT.
      2. Pete Daniels (pete@loadaverage.org)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2017 05:37:49 EDT Pete Daniels

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         I worked for a telephone operator contracting company in college, ~2002. They contracted operator services (0/411) to rural phone companies. It was a fascinating job. I had buttons on my keyboard that would produce output on my screen but no longer actually did anything that I could ever discern. It was a weird old system on top of an even weirder, even older system.