Off Topic And Now for Something Completely Different
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He was fined how much!!!
Aye, I wondered how accurate that was.
It's poetic that if he doesn't pay, he'll spend time in the cooler.
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I loved that programme as a kid!! I wonder if it’s still going?
why were you late for school? Have I missed the bit that explains how they get back?
Going home?
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Going home?
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And when your party line did it, you'd have to shout down the phone to get them to hang up so you could use your phone.
A box next to it to put twopence in if you used it, and a lock hung through one of the holes to stop abuse. Working out neither were needed if you tapped the numbers on the cradle buttons at the top.
The old man or old lady walking into the hallway and tapping their watch if you were on it longer than two minutesA box next to it to put twopence in if you used it, and a lock hung through one of the holes to stop abuse. Working out neither were needed if you tapped the numbers on the cradle buttons at the top.
Used to do the tapping thing in a phone box at Brid. A poor bloke at York called A Batman and who used to answer his phone by barking out "Batman!" had live made a misery by people ringing up and saying "Batman, why do..." followed by someone asking a ridiculous question.
This was at the time of the classic Adam West Batman TV series.
This was at the time of the classic Adam West Batman TV series.
Tapping a random number and asking for Mr Wall...Mrs Wall...are any of the Wall's there? So what's holding your ****ing roof up? Seems so dated now...plus number recognition doesn't help.
To think we whine at cold callers now.
A friend of mine (cough) used to call random numbers and pretend he was a presenter from the local radio station. We was calling to tell them they were about to be live on radio as part of a quiz. They had to answer 5 easy questions. The first letter of each answer spelt out a different word. Once they had the word they ha to shout it out live on the radio to win £100. (So they thought) The word they spelt out and had to shout was penis. So funny listening to the elderly shouting rude words to win money. Worked most times
I used to work in directory enquiries (192) and on the evening shifts you'd get little ****s ringing up to abuse you because it was free from a phone box. Unfortunately, the head of the northern call centres was stood right behind me talking to some visitors when she heard me saying;
"No, I'm gonna **** your Mum"
I got bollocked and sent home so it was a decent evening all in all.
"No, I'm gonna **** your Mum"
I got bollocked and sent home so it was a decent evening all in all.
I always wondered why the emergency number was 999 on a rotary dial phone as 111 would have been much faster.
It's because the Germans strongly objected to it being 111.
999
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Information Room, circa 1960
The General Post Office, which ran the telephone network, proposed a three digit number that could trigger a special signal and flashing light at the exchange. The operators could then divert their attention to these priority calls.
In order to find the new emergency number in the dark or thick smoke it was suggested an end number was used so it could be found easily by touch.
111 was rejected because it could be triggered by faulty equipment or lines rubbing together. 222 would have connected to the Abbey local telephone exchange as numbers in the early telephone network represented the first three letters (ABBey = 222, 1 was not used due to the accidental triggering). 000 could not be used as the first 0 would have dialled the operator.
999 was deemed the sensible choice.