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[Don_HH2K]

Before I start with proper response, is that 6 cordless handsets or 6 corded handsets?
Also, do you use cordless or corded?

It is five corded and one cordless. Several of the corded ones are old rotary phones with pulse dial, too.

I use a corded phone myself. Since I'm always at my desk when I make phone calls, I don't really need to invest in a cordless one.

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[Mandrake]

I actually have to say that I'm surprised that Antony still relies so much on a landline telephone. I have one, the old Uniden cordless phone I purchased back in '07, but for pretty much everything these days I just use my HTC Desire. My plan includes some $700 worth of calls a month, which is far more than I could ever use.

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[Antony]

Honestly I don't see the difference between a black or white, slim or fat phone. It's a phone, so long as it does what I need it to do I'm happy.

In some cases, it is correct. However, you missed out the whole issue.
I was getting a new set of house phone. Obviously, I am not going backwards to get something bulky and heavy, like most sensible people, I did not get something with less features. The look and the weight are becoming important these days, perhaps not to your liking.

As for the colour, well, I was not born white like you. Unlike you, I am more limited to the choices of colours.

Not around here - I have to pay for the call on the cellphone, even when I am receiving it. So does the person sending it, so that the cell companies make lots of money on both calls. Landline service, by contrast, is typically fixed-rate for local calls, whether I'm calling a cellphone or another landline.

Don't tell me that you are counting the cents each time you are on the phone.

I have a relative with a phone in almost every room - six handsets in all I believe. And the signal quality there is typically better than at my house, with its three.

Corded phone have better sound quality than cordless, I don't think we need to debate on this.
For a house that has telephone sockets built onto the wall, there's hardly any effect in signal degradation compared to the DIY method of getting a splitter from a store.

It is five corded and one cordless. Several of the corded ones are old rotary phones with pulse dial, too.

I believe those rotary phones have stopped working with the system long time ago. Of course, people can have ‘novelty’ phone in the shape of rotary phone.

Why would you have to call a telephone cable guy? I have a loose phone cord running up the stairs and over a door jamb, and nobody cares about that.

Because it has to be drilled through the floor, and go around all the corners etc. Not an easy job. (I get that done once.)

As for your saving-electricity defense, you do realize that a landline phone will typically draw power from the phone line (unless of course it's an answering machine or similar), hence saving you even more money?

Like I mentioned above, you are not telling me to go backwards, and reduce the freedom of holding the phone anywhere inside the house without fixing myself to a fixed position.
I am upgrading from my previous coreless phone to this new cordless phone. It is important to get one that uses less electricity. And it is a saving.

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[Antony]

I actually have to say that I'm surprised that Antony still relies so much on a landline telephone. I have one, the old Uniden cordless phone I purchased back in '07, but for pretty much everything these days I just use my HTC Desire. My plan includes some $700 worth of calls a month, which is far more than I could ever use.

Good point Mandrake.

My iPhone plan (Telstra) only comes with something like $350 credit a month. I use it, but there are still benefits of landline, in particular, the sound quality. Unlike beautiful Boston's superb mobile coverage, a few of my friends live in poor mobile reception area.

We also receive quite a number of calls to the landline. Also, this indoor phone system is very important for the intercom between Laurent and I. Usually I am in my tiny* room upstairs, and Laurent is in his office downstairs. Apart from iChat Video and FaceTime to his iMac, the house phone is very important for communicating.

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[Antony]

I have some incoming upgrades to my PC this week,

What is it?
A new computer?

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[Antony]

Once you discovered a good brand you like and trust, you stick with it.

After getting a Dyson DC26 vacuum cleaner last December, I decided it's about time to get a handheld version. Dyson, of course.

Why do I need a handheld (cordless) vacuum cleaner? Simple. Unlike beautiful Boston or picturesque Quincy, Sydney is very dusty. There are many small quick vacuum jobs required. Getting a whole (big) vacuum cleaner out just for a quick job simple does not make much sense. Hence, a good and powerful handheld vacuum cleaner was in order.

Following the steps of Don's multi-usage principle, instead of getting the plain Dyson handheld one, I ended up getting the Dyson DC35 Animal. It can be used as a handheld as well as a handstick (for quick floor cleaning).





And you all know that Antony is poor, I got it at a great bargain as well as getting the following accessories for free.

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[Don_HH2K]

Latest garbage: two IBM Model M keyboards, a broken 32" Sanyo HDTV, and a Dell Laser Printer 1700.





All are going on Craigslist, as usual.

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[iJohnE]

How much are you selling that Dell Printer for? And what condition is it in?

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[Don_HH2K]

It works and it's in great condition, I've got the power and USB cables for it too. I just can't speak to how much toner is left in it, or how many more years of life it has left in it. I'm trying to get $25 for it.

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[iJohnE]

It works and it's in great condition, I've got the power and USB cables for it too. I just can't speak to how much toner is left in it, or how many more years of life it has left in it. I'm trying to get $25 for it.

How much would the shipping be? Because I am interested in it.

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[Don_HH2K]

I've already got the printer and the keyboards sold off, sorry. The TV, a 400-watt UPS, and a rackmount x86 server are what I've got now.

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[beanboy89]

About how much do you typically get for the Model M keyboards? I've been looking for them locally for the past year or so, but haven't had any luck finding any.

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[iJohnE]

Oh, that's okay. I'll just stick with my LaserJet 1020 for now. But hoping to find a printer that's mac compatible.

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[Don_HH2K]

About how much do you typically get for the Model M keyboards? I've been looking for them locally for the past year or so, but haven't had any luck finding any.

I can get about $25 for them on my local Craigslist - they sell for about $5-$10 more on eBay.

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[Antony]

I couldn't afford a laser printer nor an HD TV.

I got myself an Epson Stylus NX125 for only $38.


To my surprise, it came with a full set of standard capacity ink. And Officeworks sold it for even less, so I got myself a second one.

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