Friday smile.
- Thread starter Jen
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oicu812
"Trust, but Verify"
Have a nice weekend everyone.
jen, i have a beige princess phone in a spare bedroom because when there is a power outage, the old rotory phones that are hard-wired to the wall, will still function w/o household power. the phone co. provides its own line and 15v power for the phones, and battery backup that will last a few days...
have a good one!
I kept one for that exact reason for a while, but we've moved several times since then and I'm not sure our present house even has a capability for one of those old phones. Heaven help us if we have a power outage long enough for all of our cell phones to lose their charge...... I guess we could go for a ride in the car or something to recharge them.
oicu812
"Trust, but Verify"
i dont think new homes are automatically wired now for "dial-up" {landline} , cat5 etc, but not phone....and yet i still remember a few years back, when i would pick up the handset, listen to see if anyone was talking, crank the handle and ask lenore to please connect me to doug at the texaco, and bam! hands free dialing!
Yeah. We had that when I was a kid. "Maud. Connect me to the grocery store" and she did. My friend and I were on the same party line and would agree to pick up the phone at a designated time in the evening.
