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Re: upstate ny films BUTTERFIELD 8
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Trivia Question...

<< > Here's a New York trivia question (inspired by the movie list) for the
list;
 > All of us know the movie >Butterfield 8<.  What is the significance of
 > "Butterfield 8"?  Where does that term come from?
 > >>

Trivia Answer...

You are all very close.  There are no dummies on this list.  Butterfield 8 was
the telephone exchange for Park Ave in NYC (which as was pointed out is ritzy
and on the fashionable East Side).   Of course, the letter exchanges have been
replaced with numbers now.

Jim Maguire
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