Damnit, I WANT the wire again.
I’ve got a 1949 RO-19 Teletype I bought from you guys. Sometimes I fire it up just to hear the bell, yeh, I ring a flash just for old times…
Don’t do it too often though, it would cost too much to replace the self-destruct phenolic/paper gear between the motor and the print mechanism if my hand slipped.
How about a deal? Anyone retired from an AP member paper, or in my case, forced out by an on-the-job injury can get, live, the A-wire and a State/Regional wire Or, depending on interest, Sports or Financial, complete with a recording of those old TTY bells on flashes and bulletins if desired, after signing a non-disclosure agreement preventing the proud few from reposting or quoting material for (48 hrs, forever? Whatever the lawyers want).
I just want to be able to scroll the last couple of hours’ wire and get the breaking news as it happens.
It’s close to 24 years since my neck was broken by a flying TV-camera/man, who made it back to his ladder after racing up, 5 steps, one more than it had, then slamming me with 350 lbs weight repeatedly, to save himself, his gear and his job.
C’mon guys - give me some reward for my 25 years in the daily trenches! -e.shrdlu
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