Micawber
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Oh VERY much indeed! thank you sir!
My pleasure. I'll stop now
Will let you know if I find a suitable bellset here or come across one at the right price
Oh VERY much indeed! thank you sir!
thank you very much! that would be great. it would be nice to complete the set one day!My pleasure. I'll stop now
Will let you know if I find a suitable bellset here or come across one at the right price
gorgeous! is that the 300 series?
thank you! its an odd hobby but a fun one! I use my sheaffer fountain pen from time to time but I have found in this day in age of texting, voice to text and instant messaging I rarely ever had to write anything down with pen and paper. I use my notes app on my iPhone! lol! two of my 1940s pencils are "sharpened" so I tested them out just because... but I don't want to wear them down so they just get displayed as well.... and because of using my iPhone I have no landline so no need to make the GPO functional. I have no way to test it unless I can find a friend who has a landline. even then I think these days you need a digital to analog converter box for it to work... not sure. this phone may still be functional but I do not know. its really just for my display. anything else I've collected is the same, I won't actually use up any of my vintage stationary. I do use the lamps.. they work great! I won't use my teapot for fear of crazing or cracking it. I wear my watches... the whale tale tape dispenser does have modern tape on it for when I need to use tape. my stapler functions but so far.. no need to staple anything lol! its amazing how the digital lifestyle has made so much obsolete. I guess one could say my vintage office desk is an Objet d'art in progress. lol! a slightly functional Installation art of the 1940s WWII period. Oh and the fan does work!Edward,
Your collection of often-overlooked items always amazes me, love seeing what you bring out of the woodwork. Do you use the vintage items you find like lamps, teapots, pencils, letterhead, etc? Do you plan on making the telephone operational?
gorgeous! is that the 300 series?
Fantastic photos! I didn't have these... thanks! yes, I came across many American era phones with no dials as well, like you said, internal phone connections. I thought of getting one of those until this civi version came up for such a nice price.
Beautiful sound!!!!! Are you calling that phone or activating the bell in some other way?There you go, video taken this very morning...
Will somebody answer the damn phone!Calling the phone, or getting my son to call it as I can't call and video at the same time on my phone.
I'LL GET IIIIITTTTT!!!!!!!!! Its probably for me anyway!Will somebody answer the damn phone!
yes! but I think it was more like "you hang up..." No you hang up first" "No you!"" you put the phone down first ...."
Remember those words when talking to the girlfriends ???? Lol
So damm true!!yes! but I think it was more like "you hang up..." No you hang up first" "No you!"
"no you hang up..." "no YOU hang up..." "No YOOOOUUUUUUU hang up first!"
" okay on the count of three we both hang up.. one.... two.... three!"
" did you hang up?"
" no!"
personal touch....
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alright.. I guess I must enjoy living on Ramen Noodles, eggs and bananas... and not using any electricity... or driving anywhere but to work... I went ahead and grabbed up that bakelite GPO No. 26 bellset box for my GPO 232 phone. I have no idea if its in actual working order or even how to wire it up... especially for the US system but I did find a couple of forums on such issues and I can get help should I want it to function... in the meantime, the phone set is now complete and I will probably sandwich it properly to create the king pyramid style. the phone as you know utilizes just two captive screws at the bottom and it is very easily attached. now its a completed set for that fateful day when I want to sell it it should have more appeal and value. its supposedly a very early one dating to 1937. it is stenciled as such on the bottom with no further refurb date stamps so it should be all original but whether or not it works is the big question.As you say you need the bellbox for that phone too
One of mine...
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I have a couple in use alongside modern ones in the house. Bellset is in the back hallway - proper old school.