S Viemeister wrote:
Owain wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
Five is fife. Nine is niner.
Five is sometimes fye-uv.

Not if you want to pass a CAA Flight Radiotelephone Operator's exam it
isn't.


It was, when i learned to be a PBX operator, many years ago.

It wasn't when I was taught army-style voice procedure more years ago
than I want to admit.

Andy

In article , "S Viemeister" wrote:
Owain wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
... i learned to be a PBX operator, many years ago.

PMBX?


Private Branch Exchange

Yes but there are two types, a PMBX or a PABX. Different skills :-)
(Showing age...)
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In article ,
John Weston wrote:
In article , "S Viemeister" wrote:
Owain wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
... i learned to be a PBX operator, many years ago.

PMBX?


Private Branch Exchange

Yes but there are two types, a PMBX or a PABX. Different skills :-)
(Showing age...)

Well originally they'd all have been manual so 'PMBX' is a retrospective
name. I've never heard it before - just PBX and PABX.

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John Weston wrote:
In article , "S Viemeister" wrote:
Owain wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
... i learned to be a PBX operator, many years ago.
PMBX?


Private Branch Exchange

Yes but there are two types, a PMBX or a PABX. Different skills :-)
(Showing age...)

It was 40 years ago - I don't remember (_really_ showing age!).

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
John Weston wrote:
In article , "S Viemeister" wrote:
Owain wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
... i learned to be a PBX operator, many years ago.
PMBX?


Private Branch Exchange

Yes but there are two types, a PMBX or a PABX. Different skills :-)
(Showing age...)

Well originally they'd all have been manual so 'PMBX' is a retrospective
name. I've never heard it before - just PBX and PABX.

Ah. In that case, definitely PMBX. Plug boards, like the ones in old
movies.

Owain wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
Ah. In that case, definitely PMBX. Plug boards, like the ones in old
movies.

Like these ones?
http://www.britishtelephones.com/pmbx1.htm

you surely wouldn't be old enough for
http://www.britishtelephones.com/swn1070.htm

:-)


About halfway between those.
I was very young at the time....

In article , "Owain"
wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
Ah. In that case, definitely PMBX. Plug boards, like the ones in old
movies.

Like these ones?
http://www.britishtelephones.com/pmbx1.htm

you surely wouldn't be old enough for
http://www.britishtelephones.com/swn1070.htm

:-)

Reminds me of the sales guys at GEC. They used to have the polished
wooden versions at one end of their product book and the "futuristic"
grey ones at the other. Which end they started from depended on the
decor of the MD's office :-)

I remember building both types...

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To mail me replace the obvious with co.uk twice

Big Les Wade wrote:

Why do they write "2 off" in an estimate when they mean two of something?


They would put '2 off' because that is correct English.

I doubt it. I've never seen it used except by builders and their ilk.

It's been used in lists of parts and components for as long as I can
remember.

Daniele
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