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| Thread ID: 113112 | 2010-10-05 23:26:00 | When is a portable phone not a portable phone? | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1142051 | 2010-10-06 10:17:00 | We have two handsets, one is on charge and the other is with whoever has the answering duty at that time, we take turns more or less. | DeSade (984) | ||
| 1142052 | 2010-10-06 10:57:00 | I have four portable phones, all of which live permanently on their charger. I pick up the Business portable if I take a call on the landline and have to go down to my office or out to my workshop in our garage to get information for a client. If I'm working in the garage and a phone rings I can pick up either business or private calls with the flip of a switch then go back inside to pass the call to Mrs T or continue to my office. I have a second business portable in my office that I take with me if I go outside to the back yard or I am *cough* indisposed and the business line rings, which it always does at the most inconvenient of times! The fourth phone is in Mrs T's office and is dual line so it can take business or private calls, and that is the one we all use if we have to be mobile during a call or have to take the call to somebody outside etc. By leaving them on the charger they are always fully charged and never run out part-way through a call. Wherever possible we use a landline phone though, I'm not a fan of wireless phones or cellphones and I think we may live to regret our heavy usage of radiating devices, they are far more dangerous than you think, especially the digital types. Cheers Billy 8-{) You take a cordless phone with you to the shitter? You need to take a holiday. |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 1142053 | 2010-10-06 11:16:00 | Some people prefer to leave it on the charger because A) You always know where it is B) It never 'needs' charging and never goes flat Not everybody wants to have an extra phone in their pocket at home. If it were me, I'd keep taking it out of the house by mistake. The best idea is just to buy enough phones that one is always handy. We have five; three for the home line and two for my business line. Three of them share a base so only need a little charger base with no phone connection needed. I don't mind walking a metre or two to pick up the phone. The true benefit is that you can move around the house while talking. |
george12 (7) | ||
| 1142054 | 2010-10-06 18:15:00 | So I spose you could say if you are enjoying a rest the last thing you want is some clown calling to chat . If the Portable is within reach, you will have a tendency to answer it . If its out of reach - the answer phone can get it ;) If the portable is within reach you can glance at the calling line ID . |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 1142055 | 2010-10-06 20:05:00 | Thats if you've paid 2.50 for caller ID. Since its not free. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1142056 | 2010-10-06 20:23:00 | Well just because its portable doesn't mean you HAVE to leave it from the cradle. Just means if you NEED it to be portable the option is there. Personally, living with a young female make me hate them, can never find it if it's not in the cradle. |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 1142057 | 2010-10-06 20:38:00 | Thats if you've paid 2.50 for caller ID. Since its not free. Knowing whether the caller is in the phone's address book ie wanted or some random marketing call is worth that to me. The phone can be set to play different rings if the number is in the address book so it doesn't have to be right there to know if SWMBO is on the line :eek: |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 1142058 | 2010-10-06 21:15:00 | No wonder they invented the cellphone!!! Just kidding, there are 3 cordless here, kitchen, lounge and main bedroom, all sit in their comfy cradles. 2 cellphones and always obey the law, unlike some idiots who still think they can/do get away with using same while driving. Lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1142059 | 2010-10-06 21:17:00 | You take a cordless phone with you to the shitter? You need to take a holiday. When you operate a one-person consultancy, a missed phone call can mean a loss of many thousands of dollars. I do have an answerphone, but fewer than 10% of callers now leave messages, including cellular calls, down from the 90% who did leave messages 15 years ago. This is symptomatic of the "I need/want it NOW" generation. Now tell me you don't have your cellphone in your pocket from time to time when you make a comfort stop, or that you wouldn't answer the call if it rang. :D Problem with you Roddy, is that you aspire (unsuccessfully) to dorkdom, but are condemned to forever wander in the bewilderness. Cheers Billy 8-{) :xmouth: I suppose I should add that unless out on a job, I am generally alone in the office all day. |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1142060 | 2010-10-07 11:18:00 | Yeah I quite often call someone when I'm on the can tbh. | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
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