Working for the British govt in London. Loved living in London, hated working for government. And that pre-transistor technology was the shit. The switches called 'correed capsules' were effective but had to be soldered in and out. Ugh. "correed relay correed relay[′kō‚rēd ′rē‚lā] (electricity) Hermetically sealed reed capsule surrounded by a coil winding, used as a switching device with telephone equipment." Ugh. Govt phone system.