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That's right. This is a Kyle joint. So a little British factor, too, in here. Because Kyle likes to throw those in because that's where he lives.
Yeah. He keeps mentioning fish and chips every, like, few paragraphs.
Yeah. What's a chippy? That's right. We are going to be talking about telephone switchboards. Some overlap with a couple of other episodes we've done. But this is all about the, you know, the advancement of the telephone system in the United States and abroad and how the telephone switchboard was a crucial, crucial part of that.
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