On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:52:50 +0100, Andy Hall wrote:

A BT provided wired phone will work for a considerable time from the
exchange batteries or genset.

Indeed. I still use proper phones with dials :-)

Number please, caller.

That was a handle not a dial...

Ask a youngster to make a phone call on a phone with a dial and they are
stumped.

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Cheers
Dave.