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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of SwissPace
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 1:29 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] A little bit of fun.
The reason The UK uses 999 is that after considerable research by BT it
was found to be the easiest number to dial in the dark (i.e fire or some
other emergency) with an analogue dial phone, why were 911 and 112
chosen?
> Well, if it's the most well known number, maybe making it a universal
> standard would be wiser...
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