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jacques_chester
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Designs that Bell Almost Used for the Layout of Te...
Australia's phone system largely skipped past having operators, so the various tricks for getting one to dial for you never worked here.
AndresNavarro
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Ah, but with a little practice (& patience!) you can dial complete numbers using this system. I used to call the 113 number (clock/time information) here in Argentina in this way just for fun.
lutusp
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Just as well. Human operators only prolonged unfair and very negative sexual stereotypes.
jacques_chester
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It's ok, we're Australians. We have plenty of other negative sexual stereotypes to pick up any slack.
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