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Buddy Brannan <[log in to unmask]>
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There were definitely some familiar names in that book, including (now SK) Bill Acker, WB2FLW and others. The version on Audible is read by Evan Doorbell. Outstanding read, and no mistake. 

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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
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"We are all just walking each other home." 



> On Jan 15, 2018, at 1:46 PM, Steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> FYI, just for those who are interested ...
> 
> This regards the Telephone Museum.  The book "exploding the phone" is available 
> on NLS, Bookshare, and other places.
> 
> By the way, several hams were involved with the phone freaking days in 
> "Exploding the Phone," including a few blind hams, as well as ones like Steve 
> Wozniak.
> 
> Steve, K8SP
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Phil Lapsley
> To: Phil Lapsley
> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2018 7:16 PM
> Subject: [xplo-announce] The Telephone Museum needs your help
> 
> 
> Hey there.  You’re receiving this email because sometime in the last few years 
> we've talked or emailed about my book, Exploding The Phone, or you signed up for 
> this mailing list.
> 
> 
> Please forgive this fundraising pitch; I wouldn’t bother you with it if I didn’t 
> think it was important.
> 
> 
> 
> I don’t know if you’ve ever had a chance to visit The Telephone Museum in 
> Ellsworth, Maine.  But if you haven’t, you should.  What is truly amazing about 
> the Museum — and what I didn’t understand until I visited it — is all the 
> wonderful, working switching equipment that they have.  It is less of a 
> “telephone museum” and more of a “telephone switching museum.”  For pete’s sake, 
> they have actual working Strowger and #5 Crossbar switches that you can play 
> with!  How cool is that?  To me, it’s incredible.
> 
> 
> But they need your help to preserve this legacy.  The wood siding on their main 
> building is failing and needs to be replaced.  They’ve raised about $35,000 to 
> date but need to get to $50,000 by April.
> 
> 
> You would help them immensely if you would go here and donate: 
> http://thetelephonemuseum.org/join-support/
> 
> 
> These are good people who are working hard to preserve history, and your support 
> is important.
> 
> 
> Thanks for listening and, hopefully, donating.
> 
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> P.S., They’re a 501(c)(3) so your donations are tax deductible.
> 
> 
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