Well, not specifically 2 long and a short, but I do remember having to count rings of the phone. And I remember being told about having to crank the handle for (for instance) two long and one short.
A good reason (if there really is such) for my kinda deep voice is that when I was puberty-ing I'd get cranky when making a long-distance call and the operator, upon hearing me request the number and such, would respond "Thank you, ma'am". From then I decided to train my voice to be deep and not girly. I went so far as to listen to some of the great radio announcers of the time (Franklin MacCormick on WGN, for instance - he did "The Meister Brau Showcase" all-night show for years) and trying to duplicate their sounds.
Back to phones - and I remember being about the first people we knew that had touch tone phones. Yeah, I remember this, and that, and wow, I must be getting older if I can remember that much stuff.
But the site isn't slow for me.