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"it was said neighbors would set their clocks to his daily walks"
And then,
"He considered marriage two times, first to a widow then to a westphalian girl, but both times waited too long"
Bruh mental health in the 1700s must have sucked
"Hey, he is just odd..."
Reminds me of the Kraftwerk guys. One time David Bowie wanted to talk to them and he was told to "Call the studio at exactly this time". He said he literally watched the clock and at the exact stroke called their studio. He said he didn't even hear the phone ring, they had picked up the phone seconds before he called. lol
Wouldn’t he get a busy signal then?
Only if you were on a call already. I had it happen a couple of times to me back then. "Call me back in a minute!" I'd call back and they had already picked the phone up.
How far back in the day are we talking about? Like back when the entire street shared a single line?
I experienced the same thing several times back when landlines were still commonplace.
Mid 90s.
80s-90s
Was it different in other parts of the world or something? When I was growing up, if you could hear a dial tone, incoming calls would receive a busy signal.
Ah yes, the treaty of Westphalia.