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, Squire_Dawson, reb 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. vulgalour, Rusty_Rocket, reb 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! Split_Pin, Nyphur, Lacquer Peel 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. RayMK and LightBulbFun 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, LightBulbFun, egg 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 Six-cylinder, paulplom, clayts450 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. The Moog, LightBulbFun, Nyphur 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 The Moog, Six-cylinder, Nyphur 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. Angrydicky and LightBulbFun 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 LightBulbFun, Stevebrookman and MorrisItalSLX 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 DVee8, reb, LightBulbFun and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I'll display my phones once I'm fully unpacked. LBF I have a tele 2/722 somewhere for you to get all frisky over. strangeangel, LightBulbFun and reb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I used to collect phones obsessively, and got one in every colour of the 706 and 746 (including some boxed never used) then started on trimphones and the later push button ones. I came to my senses and sold them off, including the two portable dial payphones. I also had a few bakelite, French and Ericofon ones. Now I have one Jade Green Bakelite and an orange push button Ericofon. MorrisItalSLX, reb and mercedade 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Anyone collecting old phones should be aware that the trimphone ( ours was avocado green) is radioactive. Oh the carefree 70s! reb, mercedade, MorrisItalSLX and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Anyone collecting old phones should be aware that the trimphone ( ours was avocado green) is radioactive. Oh the carefree 70s! Trimphone is a product of the 1960s, the original tele 712 model being launched in 1965. The more common 722 from 1971 didn't, or shouldn't, have the radioactive dial. Oh the joys of papa dustman working for BT since the GPO days..... LightBulbFun and reb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Speaking of working for telecommunications companies... I have a video interview with one mentioned in this very thread! Here's hoping! Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk Lacquer Peel, Supernaut and 320touring 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Speaking of working for telecommunications companies... I have a video interview with one mentioned in this very thread! Here's hoping! Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk I'm attending an assessment day in Inverness tomorrow for probably the same company! I did the video interview a few weeks ago. 320touring, loserone, Lacquer Peel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I'm attending an assessment day in Inverness tomorrow for probably the same company! I did the video interview a few weeks ago.Nice one! How was the video interview? Rational part of my brain tells me it's just talking at a screen, which I do anyway, but I'm irrationally nervous about it. Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Nice one! How was the video interview? Rational part of my brain tells me it's just talking at a screen, which I do anyway, but I'm irrationally nervous about it. Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk It seemed weird at first. I also answered the questions in about a third of the time they give you to do it. However, it's hilariously short and easy. paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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