Which is the fastest of the three to dial on a 60's era phone, and probably saved them days per year of wasted dialing time.
--Gene
***** Moderator's Note *****The reason, no doubt, for the nnx-1212 numbers for police. Funny, I never thought about it before.
It's sort of like saying "You can get in on the ground floor": you wouldn't think anyone would want to rent an office on the ground floor of a new building, until you realize that the phrase came from the time before buildings had elevators.
Bill Horne Temporary Moderator