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Apparently there was some sort !|f grid system that the telephone company used when they were laying out the lines and the various telephone exchanges. It was fortunate that 1 knew roughly wrhere the •lames River was, because I had never been near it.
“North.” I said. I wanted to add that it was “West of the Thames, and East of the Mississippi!” but I suppressed my English sense of humor, and tried to be as helpful as possible. The operator’s time is very limited with no time allowed for chatting, and I wanted to get that phone hooked up as soon as possible. She asked me to give her the name of my nearest neighbor, and when I said “Rob Jefferson,” that bit of information seemed to ring a bell...
“Oh, you live south of the road, past a sharp 4f> mph bend, at the top of the Ridge, one mile before the village store...”
I was delighted, because she had
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