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Old 9th Sep 2018, 7:36 pm   #21
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Ummm. Bought an answerphone (actually a phone handset with this facility) last month. I guess I'm behind the times but then I am into vintage technology...
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Old 9th Sep 2018, 8:42 pm   #22
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Not at all,I have a ## call blocker with answer phone and I must say a great bit of kit.Bought in the last 2 years I add.New that is.

Also I have a much older answer phone that dials the callers number and tells you who called.(1571)
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As I mentioned on another thread today, Toolstation are presently offering a large range of Corby-branded halogen GLS bulbs for under £1 each.
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Old 10th Sep 2018, 12:53 am   #24
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I've always wondered about the effectiveness of those ceiling hung electric fires that point downwards from a height of several yards in factories and the like. I'm imagine most of the heat just went upwards!
Those heaters use mainly radiant heat, i.e. infra-red; which travels in straight lines until it is reflected, refracted or absorbed; and is only converted into heat where it is absorbed by something (or someone).

I suppose you could call it matter-heating as opposed to space-heating. When used in conjunction with motion detectors, they can be very efficient, heating literally only the people in a room.
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Old 10th Sep 2018, 7:31 am   #25
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Halogen bulbs? Still a few available here, so best stock up also.

Thus far I've only found one brand of LED bulb in the conventional shape that don't cause RF interference somewhere in the spectrum.

Fax machines; still use one occasionally for documents containing personal details such as CC numbers (and it works fine via a phone port over our new VDSL network). Seems safer sending this stuff via fax machine to fax machine rather than scan and send via email.

New landline telephone has an inbuilt answering machine.

Cassette tape/player: just picked up a Sony TCM5000EV to play old radio recordings around here - without using the rarely used tape deck in the HiFi system.

Pagers? Heavily used by some branches of the emergency services here.

Not sure where the good Prof got all her info from
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