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RRR-CAZ 🇬🇧 Jun 2021 4:01pm, 28 Jun 2021 4,783 posts	Quote Pin RRR-CAZ 🇬🇧 Cold calling RH 🤔
quimby Jun 2021 4:17pm, 28 Jun 2021 4,832 posts	Quote Pin quimby Does anyone else still have a house phone just for decorative purposes and emergencies? Ours sits, blackly, like a sleeping mole, and scares the living f*ck out of us if it ever rings.
Sigh Jun 2021 4:19pm, 28 Jun 2021 9,644 posts	Quote Pin Sigh Yes, that describes our landline - also used by parents and cold callers.
Lizzie Whizz Jun 2021 4:20pm, 28 Jun 2021 25,207 posts	Quote Pin Lizzie Whizz I bought a replacement house phone when the old one died, and it's still in the box. I very much enjoy it not ringing. I did eventually tell the dentist & GP to only use my mobile...
Garfield Jun 2021 4:21pm, 28 Jun 2021 15,793 posts	Quote Pin Garfield We have a landline for when MiL phones us from Canada. When it rings, it's usually junk calls, rarely MiL. Unfortunately I'm right by the phone so stuck answering the damned thing.
McGoohan Jun 2021 4:25pm, 28 Jun 2021 49,750 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan landline used for calls from aged Ps - that's it
Serendippily Jun 2021 4:26pm, 28 Jun 2021 22,290 posts	Quote Pin Serendippily Classy RH - and v witty Cazzz
PaulaMc Jun 2021 4:28pm, 28 Jun 2021 10,536 posts	Quote Pin PaulaMc Our landline has the ringer turned off as only cold callers and MiL use it. We leave the answerphone on and can hear any messages being left so if it was urgent we’d pick it up.
quimby Jun 2021 4:34pm, 28 Jun 2021 4,833 posts	Quote Pin quimby Yeah, we have answerphone permanently on, and CLI so we can see number history. Also, we're not in the directory and are registered on the TPI. Damn thing still manages to ring occasionally
quimby Jun 2021 4:34pm, 28 Jun 2021 4,834 posts	Quote Pin quimby *TPS not TPI.

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This morning I went to charge my kindle and instead found myself trying to charge my coffee mug. It was my third coffee of the day as well, clearly not strong enough!

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I was just drying my hair after a shower, I switched the hairdryer on and suddenly the bedroom was plunged into darkness, the hairdryer wasn't working either. Great, the electrics have just tripped out.

I find a torch, go to the fuse box but nothing has tripped - turns out I pressed the light switch instead of the hairdryer 'on' button.

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