Comments by "American Spirit" (@americanspirit8932) on "ATu0026T Archives: Another Look, a 1975 film about Western Electric" video.
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Columbus ohio, was our National Training Center, I was trained on number one ESS, tsps, number for ESS, and then number five ESS. ESS stands for electronics switching systems, the last one number five is says, is digital fiber optic switching. AT&T or selectric gave me a great opportunity for education, what we learned there in the National Training Center you could not learn in any college or university throughout the world.
Today's date is August 31st 2022. My employment started in, February 1963, so I was forced to retire to to a major back injury, I picked up at 18 lb memory device while working out of hours, I had a total of five spine surgeries, the last one was 18 and 1/2 hours continuous, then an additional five and a half hours of surgery approximately one week later, due to a severe staph infection. I even received my last rights. 7 years in rehab to boot, I'm a very fortunate individual, but thanks to, Western Electric, AT&T, for the benefits that I had and have still.
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@RichardFallstich you hit the nail on the head, I work for West electric starting in February of 1963, so I was forced to retire to do an injury I had at work, back in the mid 80s. AT&T took care of me for sure, my medical bills exceeded three million. I hold the record for the longest spine surgery ever in the United States, 18 and 1/2 hours continuous, then an additional 5 and 1/2 hours due to a severe staph infection in my spine. I was given my last lights thinking that I would no longer live much longer due to the staph infection. AT&T bent over backwards for me, they provided lid yet service from where I eventually move to from New York to Florida, in the Tampa Bay Area they flew me from the Tampa Airport to Gainesville Florida, when I had the surgery the estimate was to be anywhere from 15 to 25 hours, turned out to be 18 and a half hours continuous, then an additional 5 1/2 for the staph infection about a week later. They provided me with Round the Clock 24 hours a day nursing both in the hospital and at home, I was in rehab for seven and a half years. When I was able to emulate after the surgery they provided me with a private limousine that drove me from my house up to the hospital, for medical check-ups they also provided me before I was ambulatory a privately legit, that pulled me from Tampa Airport to Gainesville and port, with medical technicians, both of my ambulance from my house to the airport including my private duty nurse then medical texts on the legion which was a medical major once arrived in, in Gainesville that's where the hospital was ambulance on that side with technicians supplied in the ambulance as well, made a total of 10 trips using The Ledger, at that time I was told to leave yet alone was $10,000 round trip and each ambulance was $700 each times two, this happened 10 times total. AT&T and my common benefits have helped me a long long time. I definitely missed working for West electric than AT&T. I couldn't have asked for a better job. I won't primarily in electronics switching, number one answers, ETS, tsps, number for ESS, number 5 ESS. I spent many years in school, in King of Prussia and Columbus Ohio, also education with CDC Corporation, Engineering in Oklahoma, Chicago Illinois King of Prussia Pennsylvania, Camden New Jersey, Manhattan, all these cities were part of my education I missed a couple sorry Chicago Illinois I said that.
Today's date is August 31st 2022, I was extremely fortunate to be employed, by Western Electric - AT&T. My total employment was, 36 years. Best years of my life.
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