And here in the UK, after dialling 123  it was originally "At the third
stroke the time will be HH MM and S0 seconds"
Later, after privatisation, it became   "At the third stroke the time
sponsored by Accurist will be HH MM and S0 seconds"

I don't know if it still operates on landlines; on my mobile network '123'
gets voicemail.

Andy
www.g4jnt.com



On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 09:18, Bryan _ <[email protected]> wrote:

> <lol>, and only after asking those on the "party line" to hang up, only
> those over 55 would know what I am talking about.
>
> -=Bryan=-
>
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> When I was a kid in the 1960's we got the time by calling a phone number.
>
> "Bankers Trust time ten fifty three; temperature 46"
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