Alaskossie Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Just announced today -- a UK Karting series for young drivers (darn!), with Caterham-designed and supported karts: http://life.caterham.co.uk/motorsport/caterham-karting-series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceBowker Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I don't get the picture in the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceBowker Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Ok. Maybe I get it. Telegram? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I thought they were creating wiring harnesses for the karts. We had similar setups in aerospace for creating harnesses although there were done on a horizontal suface. After a second look, maybe it is an old switchboard setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzempel Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 It's the picture in Caterham's press release. Strange choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Its a marketing person being a little too creative. The old telephone switchboard image was intended to indicate that Caterham is communicating. However, given most of us are far younger than the technology portrayed then I think the visual imagery flopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HankMauel Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Its a marketing person being a little too creative. The old telephone switchboard image was intended to indicate that Caterham is communicating. However, given most of us are far younger than the technology portrayed then I think the visual imagery flopped. Some of us may be younger, but..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HankMauel Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 For you YOUNG folks... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/JT_Switchboard_770x540.jpg/200px- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I am sure you are still a young stud at heart Hank!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskossie Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Funny, when i first posted this item, i didn't pay any attention to the odd photo Caterham had chosen for its press release..... Looks like a WW II-vintge central telephone switchboard... (not that I would have any personal experience with that, though...not that there's anything wrong with that, of course!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimrankin Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 As a child in central Maine our phone number was "Winthrop Exchange- Stanley road party line, three long rings/two short rings. Yes, every phone on the party line rang, you listened for your "code" ans if it wasn't for you it didn't matter, everyone was going to listen in anyway. Faster information exchange than Email. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihckb2 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Hey Jim you must be as old as me.... Ours was, Paul Lake 1T, 3 long rings and if you wanted someone on the party line, when the operator wasn't available, you just rang their ring with the old crank. This was usually when the line was down somewhere. I remember the old batteries were Everyready 9 lives with a picture of a cat on them, 9 volt I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzempel Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 I remember the old batteries were Everyready 9 lives with a picture of a cat on them, 9 volt I think. My not-to-be-trusted-too-far memory says 6 volts rather than nine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HankMauel Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) I am sure you are still a young stud at heart Hank!!! Well "young at heart" may fit, but the votes are still out for the "stud" part.:rofl: For you history buffs, check this out on YouTube: [/url] (FYI:My corporate America gig was Pacific Telephone for 22 years) It looks like it spans the "switchboard era" from about the 20's to the early 70's...judging by the hairdos and headsets the ladies are sporting. After a closer look, it appears to be one of the control boards for an electronic switching machine in a Central Office. I'll guess it's an English system so it looks different from stuff we had in the US when I was in the business. Any operator assistance nowadays is "cord free" and carried out on an electronic console. And now you have more computing power in your I-phone!:conehead: Now...back to our regularly scheduled program. Edited January 14, 2012 by HankMauel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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