Annoying habit of curly telephone handset cable is to become all
twisted. I did read somewhere that this was due to the way the
telephone was picked up, (something like: cable coming out of left
hand side of telephone should be picked up by the left hand, or
similar). Can anybody help?

"Merryterry" wrote in message
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Annoying habit of curly telephone handset cable is to become all
twisted. I did read somewhere that this was due to the way the
telephone was picked up, (something like: cable coming out of left
hand side of telephone should be picked up by the left hand, or
similar). Can anybody help?

It's caused by picking phone up in, say, left hand and then replacing it
with the right hand if you've "changed ears" during the conversation,
because you've then introduced a twist in it. Usually, picking up the whole
instrument and then letting the handset drop or "bounce" on its curly cord
sorts it out - if it's gone too bad, it'll need replacing.

Dave

In message om,
Merryterry writes
Annoying habit of curly telephone handset cable is to become all
twisted. I did read somewhere that this was due to the way the
telephone was picked up, (something like: cable coming out of left
hand side of telephone should be picked up by the left hand, or
similar). Can anybody help?

just unwind it as soon as the twistedness starts to bother you - what I
do at work - to several phones

alt, buy a cordless - what I've done at home

--
Si

On 26 Sep, 15:50, "Dave" wrote:
"Merryterry" wrote in message

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Annoying habit of curly telephone handset cable is to become all
twisted. I did read somewhere that this was due to the way the
telephone was picked up, (something like: cable coming out of left
hand side of telephone should be picked up by the left hand, or
similar). Can anybody help?

It's caused by picking phone up in, say, left hand and then replacing it
with the right hand if you've "changed ears" during the conversation,
because you've then introduced a twist in it. Usually, picking up the whole
instrument and then letting the handset drop or "bounce" on its curly cord
sorts it out - if it's gone too bad, it'll need replacing.

Dave

Many thanks for prompt reply. Now the missus believes me. I have just
purchased a 'thingy' from Maplin that is supposed to cure the problem.
It seems to work. Once again, thanks.

"Merryterry" wrote in message
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On 26 Sep, 15:50, "Dave" wrote:
"Merryterry" wrote in message

ps.com...

Annoying habit of curly telephone handset cable is to become all
twisted. I did read somewhere that this was due to the way the
telephone was picked up, (something like: cable coming out of left
hand side of telephone should be picked up by the left hand, or
similar). Can anybody help?

It's caused by picking phone up in, say, left hand and then replacing it
with the right hand if you've "changed ears" during the conversation,
because you've then introduced a twist in it. Usually, picking up the
whole
instrument and then letting the handset drop or "bounce" on its curly
cord
sorts it out - if it's gone too bad, it'll need replacing.

Dave

Many thanks for prompt reply. Now the missus believes me. I have just
purchased a 'thingy' from Maplin that is supposed to cure the problem.
It seems to work. Once again, thanks.

You're welcome )

Dave

In article om,
Merryterry wrote:
Annoying habit of curly telephone handset cable is to become all
twisted. I did read somewhere that this was due to the way the
telephone was picked up, (something like: cable coming out of left
hand side of telephone should be picked up by the left hand, or
similar). Can anybody help?

Yup. Get a cordless. ;-)

Once those coiled leads start going back on themselves you can rarely get
them perfect again. Try letting the receiver hang by its own weight and
perhaps help it round where it's wrong. But you'll probably not get a
tight coil again.

--
*Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

just unwind it as soon as the twistedness starts to bother you - what I
do at work - to several phones


Glad that someone has taken over from me since I retired! There are two
types of office workers - those who bother about the phone wire and those
who don't even notice if it is so tangled that they have their chin on the
desk to take a call.

Incidentally, do you also have to clean the PC Mouse ball if you go onto
someone else's PC?

In message , John
writes

just unwind it as soon as the twistedness starts to bother you - what I
do at work - to several phones

Glad that someone has taken over from me since I retired! There are two
types of office workers - those who bother about the phone wire and those
who don't even notice if it is so tangled that they have their chin on the
desk to take a call.

Incidentally, do you also have to clean the PC Mouse ball if you go onto
someone else's PC?

I work on a hospital ward where there are 11 PCs. In a normal working
day I probably use on average 8 of them and I often use several other
PCs around the site when I'm called to other areas. Cleaning mouse balls
is something most other staff are scared to do ('it might break') so yes
that's another of my jobs. (I suppose, correctly I ought to call someone
from the It Dept. to come to do it but... !!!)

I probably use more than 10 phones in a normal day so I'm well practised
at untwisting too (generally while performing another task).

--
Si

In article , John says...

Incidentally, do you also have to clean the PC Mouse ball if you go onto
someone else's PC?

At one company I worked at, I inherited someone else's PC. Finding the
mouse movement erratic, I opened it up. On examination I wasn't sure
whether to clean it or plant some potatoes in it.
--
David in Normandy.
(The free MicroPlanet Gravity newsreader is great for eliminating
rubbish and cross-posts)

On 26 Sep, 16:15, Merryterry wrote:

Dave

Many thanks for prompt reply. Now the missus believes me. I have just
purchased a 'thingy' from Maplin that is supposed to cure the problem.
It seems to work. Once again, thanks.- Hide quoted text -

The Maplin "thingies" are OK when new but I found they become noisey
after a while. Its a kinda slipring arrangement that gets dirty or
oxidized.

"Si" $3o&m wrote in message
...

Incidentally, do you also have to clean the PC Mouse ball if you go onto
someone else's PC?

I work on a hospital ward where there are 11 PCs. In a normal working day
I probably use on average 8 of them and I often use several other PCs
around the site when I'm called to other areas. Cleaning mouse balls is
something most other staff are scared to do ('it might break') so yes
that's another of my jobs. (I suppose, correctly I ought to call someone
from the It Dept. to come to do it but... !!!)

Peopls still use mice with balls? Blimey. I wouldn't touch one now - the
optical ones are just so much better.

cheers,
clive

John wrote:

Incidentally, do you also have to clean the PC Mouse ball if you go onto
someone else's PC?

Yes! ;-)

(then I try to sell them a optical mouse)

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Cheers,

John.

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In message , Clive George
writes

Peopls still use mice with balls? Blimey. I wouldn't touch one now -
the optical ones are just so much better.

At home, absolutely! At work it's not my choice.

--
Si

On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:44:26 +0100, "Clive George"
wrote:

"Si" $3o&m wrote in message
...

Incidentally, do you also have to clean the PC Mouse ball if you go onto
someone else's PC?

I work on a hospital ward where there are 11 PCs. In a normal working day
I probably use on average 8 of them and I often use several other PCs
around the site when I'm called to other areas. Cleaning mouse balls is
something most other staff are scared to do ('it might break') so yes
that's another of my jobs. (I suppose, correctly I ought to call someone
from the It Dept. to come to do it but... !!!)

Peopls still use mice with balls? Blimey. I wouldn't touch one now - the
optical ones are just so much better.

cheers,
clive

And talking about mice .Aren't those ones like the one I have with the
centre scrolling wheel a real PITA when filling in forms on websites
with dropdown options ( like dates,countries and the like ) as ,if you
do not click the page to unhighlight the last entry,the slightest
movement of the wheel changes the entry and you don't notice until it
rejects your payment as you live in America when you don't or the type
of card you have doesn't match the card number .

In message , Stuart B
writes
And talking about mice .Aren't those ones like the one I have with the
centre scrolling wheel a real PITA when filling in forms on websites
with dropdown options ( like dates,countries and the like ) as ,if you
do not click the page to unhighlight the last entry,the slightest
movement of the wheel changes the entry and you don't notice until it
rejects your payment as you live in America when you don't or the type
of card you have doesn't match the card number .

sounds like a wetware problem to me

--
Si

On Sep 26, 5:44 pm, "Clive George" wrote:
"Si" $3o&m wrote in message

...

Incidentally, do you also have to clean the PC Mouse ball if you go onto
someone else's PC?

I work on a hospital ward where there are 11 PCs. In a normal working day
I probably use on average 8 of them and I often use several other PCs
around the site when I'm called to other areas. Cleaning mouse balls is
something most other staff are scared to do ('it might break') so yes
that's another of my jobs. (I suppose, correctly I ought to call someone
from the It Dept. to come to do it but... !!!)

Peopls still use mice with balls?

And on a hospital ward??? Jeez.

MBQ

On Sep 26, 5:02 pm, "John" wrote:
Incidentally, do you also have to clean the PC Mouse ball if you go onto
someone else's PC?


We used to have a company come round that sanitized all the phone
handsets, cleaned all the crumbs, etc out of your keyboard, cleaned
the screen and cleaned the mouse ball.

NOw we have a girl who comes in to do chair massages but we have to
pay for that.

MBQ

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:08:38 UTC, "
wrote:

On Sep 26, 5:02 pm, "John" wrote:
Incidentally, do you also have to clean the PC Mouse ball if you go onto
someone else's PC?

We used to have a company come round that sanitized all the phone
handsets, cleaned all the crumbs, etc out of your keyboard, cleaned
the screen and cleaned the mouse ball.

They were all sent away on the B Ark.

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