Deleted User
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- Wolverhampton
He's a cheating T**t that's why.Most fouled,yet he doesn't wear shin pads.Is he simple, or doesn't really get fouled as much as they say?
Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?
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Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
I can hear the trains passing on the main line near here, but I can't quite see them...
- Location
- London
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
or C D O, with the letters in the correct order.
youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
Scalding hot coffee in cardboard cups at the cake stop.
neil_merseyside
Guru
- Location
- Wirral
Phone formats I found easy to remember was/is based on old numbering and so:- aaaa eee ssss, that being a(rea) e(xchange) and s(ubscriber) and with a mobile that exactly the same with the 4 digit being the provider and not area.
I could easily remember a phone number broken up this way as I generally accepted/remembered the area/provider code immediately and so only had to think about the other digits, and in two parts that's easier too.
A number dictated to me would be written down unbroken for speed but processed as aaaa eee ssss.
Just looked in my contacts and have very few of the former (rural?) codes but they are down as just area and subscriber,
I might rethink when we get to 12+ digits....
Obviously now we all click links, save new contact etc the need to remember numbers has dropped, and as for what getting older has done to my memory....
I could easily remember a phone number broken up this way as I generally accepted/remembered the area/provider code immediately and so only had to think about the other digits, and in two parts that's easier too.
A number dictated to me would be written down unbroken for speed but processed as aaaa eee ssss.
Just looked in my contacts and have very few of the former (rural?) codes but they are down as just area and subscriber,
I might rethink when we get to 12+ digits....
Obviously now we all click links, save new contact etc the need to remember numbers has dropped, and as for what getting older has done to my memory....
lazybloke
Today i follow the flying spaghetti monster
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
It was all much easier when phone numbers were 3 digits.
Which is how I can still remember the number of the girl I fancied in 1983....
...but struggle greatly to recall my wife's mobile number! Which she's had for 20 years!
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Just heard "We are where we are" and "it is how it is" said in the same sentence!!
If these 'experts' are stuck for an answer they just pump out those bloody annoying phrases!!🧐
If these 'experts' are stuck for an answer they just pump out those bloody annoying phrases!!🧐
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classic33
Leg End Member
They were six digits back in '83, excluding the four digit dialling code
lazybloke
Today i follow the flying spaghetti monster
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
Depends where you lived; large exchanges moved to 6 digits before small exchanges; it all depended on local demand for lines.
Wikipedia suggests there was a scottish exchange using only single digit number right up to the 1990s!
classic33
Leg End Member
Landline* was on 5 digits and the introduction of the sixth at the start caused problems for a while.
*Went from 46947 to 246947, town centre numbers went to 36****.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
When I first came to Mull we did not need to know local numbers. You just asked for the person by name and the exchange tracked them down. We used to get calls from the exchange sometimes “ have you seen Dr Clegg this morning anywhere? Somebody wants him urgently so if you see him tell him to call in at once. “
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
When I was growing up (60s/70s) then phone numbers were 999 9999
That was in a urban area
first 3 numbers were exchange
last 4 were you number - hence 7 numbers
Initially the exchange were alphabetic - not sure when it changed - probably in the 70s
A friend of mine has always had the same number - except for a few years working away. His answering machine still gives the number using the old alphabetic exchange letters.
That was in a urban area
first 3 numbers were exchange
last 4 were you number - hence 7 numbers
Initially the exchange were alphabetic - not sure when it changed - probably in the 70s
A friend of mine has always had the same number - except for a few years working away. His answering machine still gives the number using the old alphabetic exchange letters.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Just heard the oaf presenter on the BBC's sports news online say "Britney" when referring to today's TDF stage. Yes,he actually pronounced Brittany like he was referring to 'Britney Spears' ffs!! 🧐 I've never heard Brittany pronounced 'Britney' before! I will not forget this and if i could i would make a formal complaint to the BBC about their falling standards!!🧐
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ebikeerwidnes
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- Location
- Z’ha’dum
I have heard it
about as common as asterisk pronounced as Asterix
there should laws
