Having a moment: according to Eric Trump

“No family in American history has taken ‘more arrows in the back’ than mine”

well at least his has the financial resources to fight back, some of us are not so lucky

The primary difference between this switchboard and the one in use in YPD in the mid-70’s is the absecnce of Rotary Dial on the operator’s right. The headsets were also different. Western Electric kept those 500 series switchboards working until well into the 1980’s. The only upgrade was usually the addition of a rotary dial and some time in the late 70’s the addition of tone-tone 12 digit “dials”
It was an adventure and a learning experience for all including the gentlemen from Bell Labs in Moorestown NJ – as a test site for the 557B that was in service for the Telephone Industry (slightly different model than that use in non=TAS offices)

This is a picture of the type of headsets used by both TAS & YPD at that time. Trust me when I say they were damned heavy

When I was in school so many decades ago, your reading comprehension score (the ability to accurately read, retain and yes repeat information in a document was something to be proud of.

Now it seems so many can’t even properly quote. Perhaps that is why so many are so easily mis-led. And, so often open themselves to being labeled as less than knowledgeable.

Did you ever notice how fast a long time excellent fictional “series” ceases to be as enjoyable as soon as you see:
Original Writer and Protege as joint authors?

I understand the follow the money – what is the worst is when the protege also has some excellent characters and suddenly the traits of the protege start being part of the Famous Author’s characters.

Living or Dead – it just means the authors work degrades even if it increases their cash flow…
(in my opinion)

Working from memory so need to double check
The approximate diameter of the base and the weight of a
.22 LR is approx .223 inches and weighs approx _40 grains (2.59 grams)
.45 HP is approx .45 inches and weighs approx 245 grains (15.88 grams)

When a bullet passes thru muscle like perhaps the leg of an animal and on into the animal’s body, bouncing off some ribs and finally stopping dangerously close to the spine; depending on the type of bullet, a few things can happen.

In the case I am most familiar with; the bullet was removed post mortem in the 8o’s – the top half had mushroomed so even with modern day ballistics, an exact firearm match would be unlikely. However the base remained at just under one-half inch and weighed just over one-half ounce. Which confirmed what had been extrapolated from the x-rays taken after the incident.

My parents did not want it taken and sold as a souvenir – as had some other related items.
The remainder of the bullet was melted down and disposed of.