Australian Politics Forum - When you're on a good thing

bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	When you're on a good thing Feb 17^th, 2018 at 9:35am Stick to it. I just had to have a Telstra wall phone replaced. Itwas about 30 years old. To my amazement the design hadn't changed at all in all that time. I just had to swap the speed dial card over from the old one. No complaints at all about the service.
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Gnads Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 28107 Gender:	Re: When you're on a good thing Reply #1 - Feb 17^th, 2018 at 9:42am Being 30 yrs old I take it it was a corded phone? And in this day & age why would you have a corded phone?
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Captain Caveman Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6208 Gender:	Re: When you're on a good thing Reply #2 - Feb 17^th, 2018 at 9:45am Gnads wrote on Feb 17^th, 2018 at 9:42am: Being 30 yrs old I take it it was a corded phone? And in this day & age why would you have a corded phone? Why have a home phone?
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20228 Gordon Gender:	Re: When you're on a good thing Reply #3 - Feb 17^th, 2018 at 9:47am Semi-rural, spotty mobile reception so landlines are still a thing.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: When you're on a good thing Reply #4 - Feb 17^th, 2018 at 9:48am I have 3 extensions in the place, one cordless. Also a mobile. There is no power point near the wall phone.
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Captain Caveman Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6208 Gender:	Re: When you're on a good thing Reply #5 - Feb 17^th, 2018 at 9:49am Gordon wrote on Feb 17^th, 2018 at 9:47am: Semi-rural, spotty mobile reception so landlines are still a thing. True that. Forgot about our friends in the bush.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: When you're on a good thing Reply #6 - Feb 17^th, 2018 at 9:50am Gordon wrote on Feb 17^th, 2018 at 9:47am: Semi-rural, spotty mobile reception so landlines are still a thing. I'm rural but no reception problems on Telstra mobile network.
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Ajax Gold Member Offline CO2 has never controlled temperature on Earth Posts: 10958 Australia Gender:	Re: When you're on a good thing Reply #7 - Feb 17^th, 2018 at 9:50am Gnads wrote on Feb 17^th, 2018 at 9:42am: Being 30 yrs old I take it it was a corded phone? And in this day & age why would you have a corded phone? A corded phone works when there is a blackout. Mum and Dad had one of these, I wish I kept it now.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: When you're on a good thing Reply #8 - Feb 17^th, 2018 at 10:15am True. And there's no problem with electrical storms. I've lost two cordless phones through storms.
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Re: When you're on a good thing
Reply #9 - Feb 17^th, 2018 at 10:55am

Ajax wrote on Feb 17^th, 2018 at 9:50am:

Gnads wrote on Feb 17^th, 2018 at 9:42am:

Being 30 yrs old I take it it was a corded phone?

And in this day & age why would you have a corded phone?

A corded phone works when there is a blackout.

Mum and Dad had one of these, I wish I kept it now.

https://image.ibb.co/nNcmbS/phone.jpg

Yep that was our first when I was a child.

Then .....

"When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It's only painful and difficult for others. The same applies when you are stupid." ~ Ricky Gervais

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Gnads Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 28107 Gender:	Re: When you're on a good thing Reply #10 - Feb 17^th, 2018 at 10:56am Then ....
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Gnads Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 28107 Gender:	Re: When you're on a good thing Reply #11 - Feb 17^th, 2018 at 10:57am Then ....
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Gnads Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 28107 Gender:	Re: When you're on a good thing Reply #12 - Feb 17^th, 2018 at 10:59am Current .... plus one more single cordless in bedroom.
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Reply #13 - Feb 17^th, 2018 at 10:59am

Gnads wrote on Feb 17^th, 2018 at 10:55am: