Thread: Interesting, Odd or Funny Pics II.

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

I can see now why folk use thx instead of Thanks.


It has half the letters as thanks.


Lazy bastards! That must have a very busy life & can't afford to waste a second. Its not as though they need to write in Copperplate.

My son has effectively taught all my grandchildren by his commentary on other drivers!

Originally Posted by 4bee

I can see now why folk use thx instead of Thanks.

Back in the days of sending telexes, we used "tks".

We also used some 5-letter telegraphic codes like "TUHRU" and "TUNHO".. That dated from the days when international telegrams were charged by multiples of 5 letters so many business messages were sent in code. There was an international telegraphic code but many companies had their own. TUNHO and TUHRU were two leftovers from the international code (I worked in international telecoms for 37 years.)

TUHRU Say if in agreement.
TUNHO We are in agreement.
NNNNN End of message

I used to know a lot more of the codes but these are the only ones that have stuck in my head.

See https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/op...1998-PDF-E.pdf

Oddly enough, I still remember the company telex address AA20591 and postal address GPO Box 7000, Sydney.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Back in the days of sending telexes, we used "tks".

We also used some 5-letter telegraphic codes like "TUHRU" and "TUNHO".. That dated from the days when international telegrams were charged by multiples of 5 letters so many business messages were sent in code. There was an international telegraphic code but many companies had their own. TUNHO and TUHRU were two leftovers from the international code (I worked in international telecoms for 37 years.)

TUHRU Say if in agreement.
TUNHO We are in agreement.
NNNNN End of message

I used to know a lot more of the codes but these are the only ones that have stuck in my head.

See https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/op...1998-PDF-E.pdf

Oddly enough, I still remember the company telex address AA20591 and postal address GPO Box 7000, Sydney.

Yes, any business of note had their telegraphic address and code on their letterhead. Does telex still exist? We had dedicated telex operators at Leyland Truck & Bus and at Tutt Bryant Industries ordering long lists of spare parts from o'seas and transfers in and out from other branches and dealers.

I got given a couple of buckets at the bottle shop today when I bought a carton of Coopers
Funny thing there not Coopers buckets
An even funnier thing......

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Does telex still exist?

Probably not. Back in the mid-90s I was managing the two OTC International Gateway buildings at Paddington and Broadway (the buildings, not the technical areas).

I remember getting my plant officers and cleaners to clean up the Paddington international telex exchange area after it was shut down and prior to the exchange being stripped out.

My earlier reference to telex was when I was in HO and was involved in restoration** planning requiring multiple telexes to overseas admins. My messages would be type by our typist, then sent to the telex operators in the Sydney Operating Room (SOR) for transmission via the keyboard display units (KDU terminals) to the Sperry Rand Univac Message Relay Switching Centre (MRSC) computer system at Paddington***

** Restoration of international comms if we lost a submarine cable or satellite earth station.

*** I later was the Senior Technical Officer in charge of the maintenance group that looked after the telex machines and KDUs at SOR. From there, I moved to Paddington as Principal Technical Officer in charge of the MRSC system.

The MRSC used a FASTRAND II magnetic drum for storage (mentioned in the video below).

Hi Ron

That's a great video. I see that "Robert Brand" got a mention in there. My wife and I used to go caving with Robert when he came along on some of our trips. Robert was in the OTCCCCC (OTC Canyoning, Caving and Climbing Club). That was quite some decades ago.

Mike & Jill

Under bonnet spy shot of the all electric New Defender.