ET PHONE HOME !


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( CanonCaliber I'll laugh if you laugh, Tue 6 Feb 2007, 13:30, archived)

nice
I like that.
( Milkman Dan, Tue 6 Feb 2007, 13:32, archived)

hehe
do rotary phones still work. i want an old black bakelite one.
( monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Tue 6 Feb 2007, 13:32, archived)

they do
but you can get them 'refurbished' with modern bits inside now too
( mictoboy, Tue 6 Feb 2007, 13:34, archived)

^this^

( ivesb Assistant Clinical Physiologist extraordinary, Tue 6 Feb 2007, 13:35, archived)

thirded

( mediocre *canned laughter*, Tue 6 Feb 2007, 13:46, archived)

Plenty on eBay
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( Afinkawan, Tue 6 Feb 2007, 13:56, archived)

loo at this saucy little number
cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-BAKELITE-GPO-PHONE-MODEL-NO-312L-C53-3A_W0QQitemZ220076994743QQihZ012QQcategoryZ42427QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
( monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Tue 6 Feb 2007, 13:58, archived)

now that's a good one

I am a little afraid it won't work in Teh Hollands though
( mediocre *canned laughter*, Tue 6 Feb 2007, 14:04, archived)

I have one.
You just need to change the plug on the end (i.e. google to find out which wires do what) and they only work by pulse dialling, not tone dialling, obviously, so they're no good for automated menu systems in call centres.


Although, if you start turning the dial, some of the automated thingies recognise it and put you through to a person instead.
( Afinkawan, Tue 6 Feb 2007, 13:35, archived)

That's worth knowing
Next time I'm in trapped in one of those I'm going to switch my phone from tone to pulse.
( Stilton Cheesewright, Tue 6 Feb 2007, 13:41, archived)

A more effective method
is to just bash the tone dial buttons for a few seconds. Often the system thinks something has gone wrong and also puts you through to a human.
( Afinkawan, Tue 6 Feb 2007, 13:42, archived)

Ha ha, that's pretty much what I do anyway
just answer any question with "#"
( Stilton Cheesewright, Tue 6 Feb 2007, 13:44, archived)

mash the keypad
to order your dialing wand.
(coobeastie I wish I was in Greenall Whitley Land, Tue 6 Feb 2007, 13:48, archived)

Excellent
Good use of the Blackwall Tunnel vent shaft
(Stephen Sondheim ..-. ..- -.- . -.- -.-- . .- ...., Tue 6 Feb 2007, 13:33, archived)

haha

( mictoboy, Tue 6 Feb 2007, 13:34, archived)