SiC Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 bloody cars..... replaced the n/s headlamp bulb yesterday. this morning? am greeted by the bulb failure thing lit up on the dashboard. cos the o/s bulb has now blown in sympathy....... SO i've had to get another headlamp bulb. at least the guy at the local motor factos didn't have to look up on his computer what bulb the Rover actually needed. He served my yesterday! been to the local tire emporium cos the back tires were pretty fooked. and ended up buy 4 of them..... cos the front tires weren't that clever either. they were about legal which frankly the rear tires weren't. bastard Rover. That is pretty common to be honest with the bulbs. If I have a bulb go and I think its original to the car, I tend to replace the matching one on the other side. Chances are if one is end of life, the other isn't far away! LightBulbFun and MarvinsMom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I did a little bit of digging, post 1971, I'm sure I can narrow it down further based on the dial label. Sent from my SM-N960F using TapatalkIt'll definitely be 70s-early 80s. Dial label doesn't tell you anything except it's pre-1995 as that's when they changed all the regular landline numbers to have leading ones or twos, so 021 (Birmingham) became 0121, etc. I also have one, but it has a non-standard case, it's blue with a black receiver and dial bezel, and the wiring doesn't match any schematics I've seen, so it doesn't ring and I can't make it do so. Works, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Sorta-snap! this was my bedside phone while i was over at Zels place, I was well pleased to find it was hooked up and working (wonder what the neon lamp looking thing in the receiver is for, a visual ringer?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 It will be a visual ringer for use in areas where loud ringing would not be suitable, i.e. library, theatre, hospital etc.Someone once told me they were for deaf people, but what use is a telephone to a deaf person! All this talk of telephones is getting me excited, shame I don’t know anything about UK models. LightBulbFun, The Moog, reb and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 The phone of my childhood right there...Ours had a lock on it. Which is a nice way for parents to show they trust their own kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 It will be a visual ringer for use in areas where loud ringing would not be suitable, i.e. library, theatre, hospital etc.Someone once told me they were for deaf people, but what use is a telephone to a deaf person! All this talk of telephones is getting me excited, shame I don’t know anything about UK models.I'm sure my dad told me they were for deaf people too. Honestly when I opened the box it made me realize that she really does have the measure of me, I should probably keep her around!I live for things like it, everyday objects that literally everyone has/had that have their own histories that nobody normal cares about the details. I have a lot of information in my head somewhere about GPO phoneboxes, not the phones inside, just the red bit. Maybe why I fit in here, i like to think, easy to find another 23 year old to enthuse about engine swapping a 205 but not many who get being so interested in the mundane. To most it's maybe "retro" but not much more. Found the same when I was into bikes. Bumped into a friend out with his cycling club, one of them was riding a very clean 1980s Colnago with full Dura Ace. He didn't even know or care what frame tubing it had, despite it having three stickers proclaiming it. Our conversation was brief and awkward. Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk The Moog, Jerzy Woking, Ghosty and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Sorta-snap! Image from iOS (66).jpg this was my bedside phone while i was over at Zels place, I was well pleased to find it was hooked up and working (wonder what the neon lamp looking thing in the receiver is for, a visual ringer?)There's a lot going on in that photo. Looks like my sort of place. Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I know that the little oblong on the top can be removed and a switch fitted. It was if you were on a 'party line', ie a shared line with another house down the street because the exchange was full. We were like that for a time in the late 60's or early 70's. You had to lift the receiver, listen to whether it was in use then if not, press the button to get the line. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 WP_20190317_003.jpg saw a nice one albeit lowered on m2/dartford junction yesterday Brodders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Ours had a lock on it. Which is a nice way for parents to show they trust their own kids. And would be a bit of a bugger if anyone needed to dial 999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Stone deaf can't hear the phone.Partially deaf, or deafness which comes and goes for some reason, can often not hear the ring, but may hear a voice.Modern phones can amplify, but txt is best for me. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Whereas we have this sort of stuff kicking about... LightBulbFun, anonymous user, Squire_Dawson and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Well, if we are comparing our telephones, here are some of mine: Note: 1 UK model present in the collection. anonymous user, Amishtat, egg and 24 others 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Hot BX bothering action at UPullit York today. Two forum car side by side. Nice to meet you and the forum BX bike Strangeangel! Lacquer Peel, Skizzer, RobT and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Well, if we are comparing our telephones, here are some of mine: Capture.JPG Note: 1 UK model present in the collection. Oh cool stuff! (got any trimphones that still glow? ) a Pink IIRC version of the red phone right at the bottom was the first rotary phone I ever used (Called my mum on it if anyones wondering LOL) one of these days Id love a functioning rotary phone setup in my Room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Oh cool stuff! (got any trimphones that still glow? ) a Pink IIRC version of the red phone right at the bottom was the first rotary phone I ever used (Called my mum on it if anyones wondering LOL) one of these days Id love a functioning rotary phone setup in my Room No trimphones here sadly, but I would like one. A pink Ericofon! Now that is a rare beast, even in the 60s 10/10 would recommend a rotary phone setup, I only have rotary phones hooked up in the house and they get used regularly as mobile reception is appalling here. I once hooked up about a dozen at once using all my double adapters, I nearly deafened myself with the bells and may have slightly* broken the line distribution box for the town. LightBulbFun and RayMK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 yeah it was owned by a Old Lighting collector that also had an impressive phone collection, I almost took home a rotary phone from him, but sadly it was not to be LOL to the hooking them all up, I know someone else here who did that too (I can imagine in your case, them all ringing, then stopping suddenly, and then the "Oh shit why did they stop? whats happened?!" ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Re old phones - does pulse dialling still work with modern telephone exchanges? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 There’s loads of those old telephones with dials still in our substations at work, most still work too. They all seem to be black, brown or beige.They’ve probably been in there since the places were built in the 50’s and 60’s. RayMK, egg, LightBulbFun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Well if I hadn't got enough problems with the C4 of much slowness I've bought another car with engine problems. Scooped up an unrusty, amazingly, Mercedes c180 with a rattling timing chain. Bodywork other than the bumpers is really good and it has a mtex interior in immaculate condition. Drives well as it has only done 110k. The best bit is it has a proper lpg system fitted that is registered on the logbook and works fine once warmed up. Cracking colour too. Price? 200 quid. Sent from my TA-1033 using Tapatalk blakey79, somewhatfoolish, Lord Sterling and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Won 8gig of Kingston Hyperx fury ram on eBay. Tomorrow's news, new centre section for the noisy exhaust some dozy ginger wanker fitted to my car.... Sent from my VFD 710 using TapatalkBum, he can't fit a bigger centre silencer.No room next to prop shaft. Hmm. Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Thats a mega cheap merc - £200 has got to be bridge money so WCPGW dean36014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 LOL to the hooking them all up, I know someone else here who did that too (I can imagine in your case, them all ringing, then stopping suddenly, and then the "Oh shit why did they stop? whats happened?!" )That is exactly what happened! In retrospect, I think it was closer to 20 phones connected at once. Later that day I went to the post office and the linesman was there in the line distribution box fixing what I had done. I asked him what he was doing and apparently “someone’s line overloaded” which had taken out all the phones in town! Let’s just say I never did that again. LightBulbFun, CGSB, somewhatfoolish and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Look at that lovely fake plastic leather, lush! Sent from my TA-1033 using Tapatalk Six-cylinder, CGSB, The Moog and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 So much value for money going on with that Merc. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Fitted the new door mirror to the Land Rover, I was dreading the job as you have to undo the top hinge on the driver's door to unscrew the bracket from the back of the hinge. Everything came apart and went back together easily for once. I have left the door panel off as I'm waiting for a new window regulator, hopefully that will fit easily as well (I only replaced it in June so the fixings may not have seized up yet) Did run out of glue fitting the new vent flap seal, but that's a job to finish tomorrow. LightBulbFun and Angrydicky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Re old phones - does pulse dialling still work with modern telephone exchanges?I can confirm that it does, no matter what some on the internet say! May vary by exchange obviously, but it currently works on mine. If it ever stops I think you can get boxes that convert pulse dialling to DTMF, and it's almost certainly trivial* to build one in these days of Arduinos and such. If you've never seen an old school phone exchange working, go do that now, it's so blindingly simple but at the same time hilariously complex. Like I could probably come up with the concept given the time, but to execute it on such a staggeringly large scale amazes me. Here's a video about a fairly niche aspect of phone systems, but shows an exchange working: https://youtu.be/bUIiUXvnkUQ Sorry for derailing the thread to now be the New Old Telephone 24 thread.... Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk Stevebrookman, MorrisItalSLX and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Princess may well appear on that there Facebook again. Metallic blue Audi saloon (probably about 10 years old? Like a modernised 90s 100) behind me in traffic, taking pictures with his phone and making faces like he wasn't quite sure what he was looking at. purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I just use an app on my smartphone. Yes, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 it would appear that the 746 is the shiters phone of choice - this is connected up and dials out but never rings as I have not given anyone my number dome, dollywobbler, RayMK and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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