On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 01:49:21 +0000 Peter Humphrey <pe...@humphrey.ukfsn.org> wrote:
> On Thursday 01 November 2012 00:07:36 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > that phone is the master base station for the other two slave > > handsets. Unplug it, and the house phone stops working; this will > > upset missus/daughter mightily as they can't speak to granny 10 time > > a day anymore. [ don't ask, please don't ask :-) ] > > Ah, sympathy duly offered. > > Surely you could negotiate a period of a few minutes in which to > conduct a test? At least then you'd know. > I'd need a full day to do a reasonable test. I suppose I could just issue a decree: "Nov 3 shall now be known as No Phone Day"! -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com