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Morro Bay couple has quite the collection of telephones and thermometers

Chronicling culture

For Terry Rianda of Arroyo Grande, each ticket stub holds special meaning.

One colorful piece of paper reminds him of attending the Indianapolis 500 with a racing fan friend. Another ticket stub recalls a Major League Baseball All-Star Game. An orange-and-purple stub celebrates a spur-of-the-moment trip to watch sprinters at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

“You see all the memories it brings back,” said the 53-year-old, who started collecting ticket stubs in 1970.

"He knew I was this kid that was tearing the old televisions and electronics to play with 13," said See, Morro Bay, who went on to become an electronics engineer. "And it is as has that for me. "

Now 45 years later, still see the phone - plus hundreds of others.

"We put a lot of them in storage," he said.

When The Tribune asked local collectors to share their hobbies last winter, see note to his collection of telephones and telephone equipment. But it was not the only answer to see the recovery tool. His wife, Pam, also sent a note about her collection of commercial thermometers. Their two children, Julie O’Daniel and Eric See, could have sent a note, too. Julie collects patterned casserole dishes and miniature chairs, while Eric collects dishes and clocks.

Their hobbies make gift giving easier and provides the family with an easy activity to enjoy – perusing flea markets and antique stores.

“We know when we get together there’s something we can all agree on to do,” Pam See said.

Gary’s collection, however, is the most intricate. Because not only does he collect phones, he also puts them to work.

“I heard about this group called the Collector’s Network, which is part of a telephone collectors association that started hooking everything up through the Internet,” he said.

With the aid of the Skype-like Internet technology, Gary See hooks his phones up to a World War II era automatic switch in his garage. That way, he recreates the process phone companies once used. And callers can hear the distinct rings of old-time phones as they dial up others in the network.

“We’re recreating the old central offices and old phone equipment,” he said, “but using the Internet as what the old long distance network used to be so we can all connect our toys together.

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