Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and that I
should wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the debris
doesn't scatter around the house.

I've never heard of this before and am not sure what kind of bag I
should use?
Also will the phone ring or something when they are finished?

No wonder the land line companies are losing business to cell
phones. With ancient technology that needs regular purging it's a
miracle that it works at all.

On Apr 6, 11:46*am, llort wrote:
Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and that I
should wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the debris
doesn't scatter around the house.

I've never heard of this before and am not sure what kind of bag I
should use?
Also will the phone ring or something when they are finished?

No wonder the land line companies are losing business to cell
phones. With ancient technology that needs regular purging it's a
miracle that it works at all.

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You're five days late on this posting.
==

dadiOH wrote:

llort wrote:
Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday
snip

Jeez, you must be young...I first heard that 65 years ago.



BTW, is your refrigerator running?




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RLU #272755

On Apr 6, 2:37*pm, Danno wrote:
dadiOH wrote:
llort wrote:
Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday
snip

Jeez, you must be young...I first heard that 65 years ago.

... * BTW, is your refrigerator running?


If your nose runs and your feet smell, then you're built upside down.

On Apr 6, 2:37*pm, Danno wrote:
dadiOH wrote:
llort wrote:
Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday
snip

Jeez, you must be young...I first heard that 65 years ago.

* BTW, is your refrigerator running?

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RLU #272755

LQTM

On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 13:46:05 -0400, llort wrote:

Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and that I
should wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the debris
doesn't scatter around the house.

I've never heard of this before and am not sure what kind of bag I
should use?
Also will the phone ring or something when they are finished?

No wonder the land line companies are losing business to cell
phones. With ancient technology that needs regular purging it's a
miracle that it works at all.

The cell phone companies only get around this by making your phone
obsolete every few years. If your cell phone is more than 2 years
old, it's already performing not as well as when new, and DOES need to
be blown out.

If you take it to the store your provider runs, they will do this for
you for about 30 dollars. They don't talk about this because it would
discourage new customers.

On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 13:46:05 -0400, llort wrote:

Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines

What are phone lines?

"llort" wrote in message
...
Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and that I
should wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the debris
doesn't scatter around the house.

I've never heard of this before and am not sure what kind of bag I
should use?

Nutbag. Size EEE. Next to the left-handed skyhooks at Lowes.

--
Bobby G.

ugh.

You need mylar anti static bags, and aluminum wire for wire
ties.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
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..


"llort" wrote in message
...
Today I received a call from the telephone company
instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and
that I
should wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the
debris
doesn't scatter around the house.

I've never heard of this before and am not sure what kind of
bag I
should use?
Also will the phone ring or something when they are
finished?

No wonder the land line companies are losing business to
cell
phones. With ancient technology that needs regular purging
it's a
miracle that it works at all.

On Apr 6, 1:46*pm, llort wrote:
Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and that I
should wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the debris
doesn't scatter around the house.

I've never heard of this before and am not sure what kind of bag I
should use?
Also will the phone ring or something when they are finished?

No wonder the land line companies are losing business to cell
phones. With ancient technology that needs regular purging it's a
miracle that it works at all.

So, you wrap your phone in a plastic bag and the PC blows all the crap
from the lines all over your phone. Are you gonna wanna put that phone
near your mouth?

On 2010-04-06, llort wrote:

Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and that I
should wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the debris
doesn't scatter around the house.

I've never heard of this before and am not sure what kind of bag I
should use?
Also will the phone ring or something when they are finished?

No wonder the land line companies are losing business to cell
phones. With ancient technology that needs regular purging it's a
miracle that it works at all.

Dude, "April Fool's Day" was a week ago already. Try again next year...

--

-John )

On 2010-04-06, wrote:
What are phone lines?

The things that you attach a modem to for connecting to the internet.

I for one will be sticking with traditional phone lines and dialup service
as long as they continue to be offered. I prefer phone service that is
actually reliable and where I don't need new phones every other year.
I use 40-50 year old Western Electric phones on a daily basis that
still work perfectly. (Also I am not willing to pay for broadband,
it's just not worth anything to me.)

--
Roger Blake
(Change "invalid" to "com" for email. Google Groups killfiled due to spam.)
"Obama dozed while people froze."

I for one will be sticking with traditional phone lines and dialup service
as long as they continue to be offered. I prefer phone service that is
actually reliable and where I don't need new phones every other year.
I use 40-50 year old Western Electric phones on a daily basis that
still work perfectly. �(Also I am not willing to pay for broadband,
it's just not worth anything to me.)

--
� Roger Blake

DONT GET FIOS phone, I had troubles for TWO MONTHS, which effected
everyone in our central office, every 12th call was noisey from a bad
router in our central office.

It took 2 months, including calling every business day for 3 weeks and
esclating to the presidents office TWICE, to get the stupid phone
fixed.

meanwhile copper is still highly reliable and robust, and gets fixed
fast if it has a problem

On Apr 7, 5:03*am, Roger Blake wrote:
On 2010-04-06, wrote:

* * What are phone lines?

The things that you attach a modem to for connecting to the internet.

Haven't done that (except in *$%& hotel rooms) for at least a decade.

I for one will be sticking with traditional phone lines and dialup service
as long as they continue to be offered. I prefer phone service that is
actually reliable and where I don't need new phones every other year.
I use 40-50 year old Western Electric phones on a daily basis that
still work perfectly. *(Also I am not willing to pay for broadband,
it's just not worth anything to me.)

We haven't used a land line for six or seven years. Cell phones were
cheaper and now we're used to them. I really don't much care about
replacing hardware. It's cheap.
[*] we had one with no phone connected when we first moved here
because DSL required it, or at least they implied it did.

--
* Roger Blake
* (Change "invalid" to "com" for email. Google Groups killfiled due to spam.)
* "Obama dozed while people froze."

Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and that I
should wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the debris
doesn't scatter around the house...


They do this every spring. They also shut down the internet for spring
cleaning. Usually around April 1.

You may also receive a phone call from the electric company. They will ask
if your refrigerator is running...

On 06/04/10 10:47 AM, Roy wrote:
On Apr 6, 11:46 am, wrote:
Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and that I
should wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the debris
doesn't scatter around the house.

I've never heard of this before and am not sure what kind of bag I
should use?
Also will the phone ring or something when they are finished?

No wonder the land line companies are losing business to cell
phones. With ancient technology that needs regular purging it's a
miracle that it works at all.

==
You're five days late on this posting.
==

More like 50 years late.

In article ,
(Danno) writes:

dadiOH wrote:

llort wrote:

Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday
snip

Jeez, you must be young...I first heard that 65 years ago.

BTW, is your refrigerator running?

No, but I have Prince Albert in a can.

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On Apr 6, 12:46*pm, llort wrote:
Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and that I
should wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the debris
doesn't scatter around the house.

I've never heard of this before and am not sure what kind of bag I
should use?
Also will the phone ring or something when they are finished?

No wonder the land line companies are losing business to cell
phones. With ancient technology that needs regular purging it's a
miracle that it works at all.



Lord, why does this remind me of Prince Albert in a can?

On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 08:10:18 -0700, "Bill"
wrote:

Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and that I
should wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the debris
doesn't scatter around the house...


They do this every spring. They also shut down the internet for spring
cleaning. Usually around April 1.

I'm at the library now, but mine's been shut down for seven days now.
When do they start it up again?

You may also receive a phone call from the electric company. They will ask
if your refrigerator is running...

On Apr 7, 7:33�pm, mm wrote:
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 08:10:18 -0700, "Bill"

wrote:
Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and that I
should wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the debris
doesn't scatter around the house...

They do this every spring. They also shut down the internet for spring
cleaning. Usually around April 1.

I'm at the library now, but mine's been shut down for seven days now.
When do they start it up again?





You may also receive a phone call from the electric company. They will ask
if your refrigerator is running...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Ah a FIOS PHONE USER.

FIOS works fine till it breaks and the incompetence at Verizon is
unbelievable. just try calling tecch support endless menus designed
so you CANT talk to a human being

and once youi get anyone they will blame your inside wiring

On Apr 9, 10:32*am, " wrote:
On Apr 7, 7:33 pm, mm wrote:





On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 08:10:18 -0700, "Bill"

wrote:
Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and that I
should wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the debris
doesn't scatter around the house...

They do this every spring. They also shut down the internet for spring
cleaning. Usually around April 1.

I'm at the library now, but mine's been shut down for seven days now.
When do they start it up again?

You may also receive a phone call from the electric company. They will ask
if your refrigerator is running...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Ah a FIOS PHONE USER.

FIOS works fine till it breaks and the incompetence at Verizon is
unbelievable. just try calling tecch support endless menus designed
so you CANT talk to a human being

and once youi get anyone they will blame your inside wiring- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Gee I've been wondering why my hand crank phone won't work!
Hooked up to the phone line and cranked for 20 minutes and nobody
answered, neighbour or operator!
Couldn't reach no one! Just what is the world coming to when a
perfectly good phone don't work?

Come to think of it though, haven't had a new phone book for years and
don't seem to be getting the $1.79 per month phone bill no more! I'll
walk down to the store one of these days and see if anybody there has
any information. Only person who ever called anyway was Uncle Jack
calling from Gloucester or Boston when he was onshore from working on
the fishing draggers.

And the time when Joe Vincent's barn burnt down and nearly killed his
horse 'Manny''. We all got phone calls to go down and help put out the
fire. And in three days we had him a new barn put up. Joe lost a load
of hay though, so Mike Barnes told him go cut his front meadow; so's
we all went up and helped with that ................... back in 92 if
I recall rightly? Phone was useful them times.

The two big old batteries the size of soup cans (S cells) inside the
wooden phone are still in good shape, last time they was changed was
back in 89 or 90, if I recall. They seem to last twenty years or more;
although my young scallywag stole them one time and we couldn't talk
on the phone for week. Said something about using them in a 'lantern'
or summat. Only thing I knew was lanterns use kerosene.

Must go feed the horse, trim the lamp and bring in a few chunks for
the wood stove tonight. The woman says there might be good comedy play
on the radio tonight; s'long as the battery is still good shape.
Forster who lives up the road has one of them new fangled wind
generators; 'cept it blew down couple of year ago and bent one of the
blades. So he hitched his radio up to his tractor battery with some
old telephone wires from the barn into the house, so he and his missus
could listen to the radio! But he must'a miscalculated, them wires
weren't thick enough or summat, and they burnt off and scorched the
seat of the tractor. Next winter he went hauling wood n'his pant froze
to the metal seat ................ !

Life is just getting too darn complicated these days. Cheers.

PS. Took down the old shed t'other day; got a quarter winter's stove
wood out of it. Saved most of the nails, though several pounds of em.
No need to waste.

wrote:
On Apr 7, 7:33�pm, mm wrote:
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 08:10:18 -0700, "Bill"

wrote:
Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and that I
should wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the debris
doesn't scatter around the house...
They do this every spring. They also shut down the internet for spring
cleaning. Usually around April 1.
I'm at the library now, but mine's been shut down for seven days now.
When do they start it up again?

You may also receive a phone call from the electric company. They will ask
if your refrigerator is running...- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -

Ah a FIOS PHONE USER.

FIOS works fine till it breaks and the incompetence at Verizon is
unbelievable. just try calling tecch support endless menus designed
so you CANT talk to a human being

and once you get anyone they will blame your inside wiring

How can they tell all the way from India?

TDD

On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:01:01 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 13:46:05 -0400, llort wrote:

Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines

What are phone lines?

That's when neighboorhood kids have been writing on your phone with
crayons.

Bowling alley.... do you have sixteen pound balls?

"Charlie Gibbs" wrote in message
...
Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me
that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday
snip

Jeez, you must be young...I first heard that 65 years ago.

BTW, is your refrigerator running?

No, but I have Prince Albert in a can.

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