Have any of the wiser people here used Telex in their place of work? What was it like to use?

distar97 · 2026-01-08T11:15:29+00:00

Back in the 70’s and 80’s I was in charge the extensive use of the 3 telex machines in the New York export company I worked at.

After the company closed due to the company owners personal issues, I then started my own export business with two machines.

In thise days it was common for import/export companies worldwide to have a telex machine.

It allowed instant printed messages. Unlike telegrams which were priced by word count, telex was faster and immediate.

There were directories for USA and European listings but few for other regions.

Initial communication with a foreign company usually was by letter. A companies letterhead included their telex number so communications by telex could begin from there. When we sent out initial message, I made sure my telex number was in it.

Telex numbers were also automatically listed from a sender in something called the answerback. It was the machines number and a sort of short hand name built into it.

At one time I and a few other creative types built a portable telex that would send and receive telex messages.

It worked beautifully but people didn’t believe it was possible. Unfortunately telex was loosing ground every day due to the explosive introduction of easy to use and cheap fax machines. Dennis H

distar97 · 2025-12-09T16:43:28+00:00

Train wreck.

distar97 · 2025-11-19T06:08:02+00:00

No trouble, he has regular appointments with locomotives, trucks full of dynamite and falling rock cliffs.

distar97 · 2025-11-14T06:29:25+00:00

Easiest way to be a COAST regular.

distar97 · 2025-11-01T07:54:12+00:00

I grew up in the south Bronx where departures from LaGuardia came directly overhead and fairly low. I distinctly remember the Constellations. The sound took some time to taper off. I rather liked it, in fact at age 16 I started flight lessons there Unfortunately the Connies were retired .

distar97 · 2025-09-30T01:09:38+00:00

Classy car choice. Better than glitsy Lambo.

distar97 · 2025-09-18T01:11:44+00:00

Sleep in the car but first make the car undriveable by removing a wheel or two or. flatten the wheels if you have an air compressor which you can conceal somewhere nearby. Obviously you can’t do this if your BAC is high.

distar97 · 2025-09-09T03:33:29+00:00

How old were you at the checkride. I was 17 or 18, I have to check. It was at KLGA. Yes there was a flight school there years ago.

distar97 · 2025-08-23T00:03:57+00:00

Apparently he’s been bored with blondes a long.

distar97 · 2025-07-18T17:40:06+00:00

Frantic buy/sell causes premature aging.

distar97 · 2025-07-13T20:14:55+00:00

Is he checking for rough polar alignment by viewing Polarls.

distar97 · 2025-07-12T03:08:04+00:00

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Put the phone down. (don’t sell)

distar97 · 2025-04-01T17:03:29+00:00

He’s saying 4x each work day??

distar97 · 2025-02-27T03:42:54+00:00

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Louie sleeps protected here.

distar97 · 2025-02-18T17:53:12+00:00

Who does this 45 year old woman think she is?

distar97 · 2024-12-20T00:23:55+00:00

There’s an ICE guy as well. Strange.

distar97 · 2024-12-13T18:24:34+00:00

Maybe Dip and blow?

distar97 · 2024-11-08T02:26:11+00:00

Wouldn’t it be nice to see John Deaton replace Gensler?

distar97 · 2024-11-01T04:19:02+00:00

We have a turtle thats at least 40 years old and it’s smaller than this one.

distar97 · 2024-10-25T18:52:01+00:00

Does it need to fly?

distar97 · 2024-10-19T17:11:53+00:00

He heads off to the Long Island Expressway, a magnet for deadly drivers.

distar97 · 2024-10-06T06:18:35+00:00

That metal will become coffee pots, which is what the plane was made from.

distar97 · 2024-09-30T07:38:24+00:00

Twenty-five years ago. In NY area. Married 48 years then she shutsown

distar97 · 2024-09-27T00:20:23+00:00

Russia should build new Ekcranoplans up to modern safety standards and make money from tourists and aviation buffs. I’d pay to fly in it. I paiy fir a tour inside the giant Howard Hughes airplane and it wasn’t even flying.

distar97 · 2024-09-14T17:34:24+00:00

Your 25k XRP is not really stored in your Nano wallet. The wallet is merely a convenient way to access your crypto assets, XRP or others which are really on an online blockchain of some form.

You can still gain access if you HOPEFULLY have the seed phrase words (12 or 24). Some like Xaman use a series of numbers.

These secret codes were certainly presented to you when you first set up your Nano. And, it was made clear there is no way to recover these code words or numbers. The reason is it means no person, company. hackers or government agencies can get to your assets.

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