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Telephone Talk => Decorator, Reproduction & Novelty Phones => Topic started by: Greg G. on October 16, 2016, 11:46:29 PM

Title: Seriously? An AM/FM Radio with a Telephone for the Bathroom?
Post by: Greg G. on October 16, 2016, 11:46:29 PM
???
Title: Re: Seriously? An AM/FM Radio with a Telephone for the Bathroom?
Post by: Phonesrfun on October 17, 2016, 12:21:41 AM
Don't get too hung up over it.....   ;D


-Bill
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Post by: twocvbloke on October 17, 2016, 01:51:42 AM
Soooo, erm, wipe while you gripe?  :o
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Post by: ..... on October 17, 2016, 01:57:58 AM
Now that's a little over the top, or should I say bottom?
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Post by: Pourme on October 17, 2016, 08:37:07 AM
It appears the paper roll was improperly installed on the example on the box...

According to the original patent granted to the inventor of the toilet roll.
Title: Re: Seriously? An AM/FM Radio with a Telephone for the Bathroom?
Post by: twocvbloke on October 17, 2016, 08:46:27 AM
Doesn't matter how it hangs, it always suffers the same fate... ;D
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Post by: Pourme on October 17, 2016, 09:40:47 AM
My wife and I had a prenuptial agreement on the proper way to mount the paper so it wouldn't cause issues in our marriage. It must have worked married 21 years so far.
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Post by: Dan/Panther on October 17, 2016, 11:37:24 AM
Quote from: Pourme on October 17, 2016, 09:40:47 AM
My wife and I had a prenuptial agreement on the proper way to mount the paper so it wouldn't cause issues in our marriage. It must have worked married 21 years so far.

My guess, The way SHE did it won.
And it's probably backwards.

D/P
Title: Re: Seriously? An AM/FM Radio with a Telephone for the Bathroom?
Post by: WEBellSystemChristian on October 17, 2016, 03:10:46 PM
I know it doesn't make me much of a man, but...

...I never notice or care which way the toilet paper is mounted.

:o
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Post by: Pourme on October 17, 2016, 05:34:09 PM
Quote from: Dan/Panther on October 17, 2016, 11:37:24 AM
My guess, The way SHE did it won.
And it's probably backwards.

D/P

hehehe.....
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Post by: TelePlay on October 17, 2016, 05:38:02 PM
Quote from: Dan/Panther on October 17, 2016, 11:37:24 AM
My guess, The way SHE did it won.
And it's probably backwards.

I'd like to see her try and mount a jumbo roll of extra thick, either way, on that roll holder.
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Post by: Pourme on October 17, 2016, 05:40:35 PM
True, that's not a "serious" paper holder!
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Post by: Victor Laszlo on October 17, 2016, 07:26:05 PM
Gives new meaning to the term SIT  (special information tone)
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Post by: andre_janew on October 18, 2016, 07:12:34 PM
Which do you think will fail first, the phone, the radio, or the paper holder?
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Post by: Pourme on October 18, 2016, 07:39:02 PM
Quote from: andre_janew on October 18, 2016, 07:12:34 PM
Which do you think will fail first, the phone, the radio, or the paper holder?

I'll go with the radio, Andre....
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Post by: twocvbloke on October 18, 2016, 07:57:03 PM
I'd say the phone, it's only a matter of time before someone dropped it down the throne... ;D
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Post by: Pourme on October 18, 2016, 08:39:39 PM
I like the way you think.....

Quote from: twocvbloke on October 18, 2016, 07:57:03 PM
I'd say the phone, it's only a matter of time before someone dropped it down the throne... ;D
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Post by: AL_as_needed on October 19, 2016, 08:36:48 AM
I have actually seen one of these installed in a house I did work in. Outside of the throne-phone, everything else was pink, even the paper! looking back I should have taken a picture and or taken a test drive  :D
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Post by: markosjal on December 08, 2016, 08:06:48 PM
I once bought a house with all brown bathroom fixtures

Every time I used the deep big bathtub or did my business there the phone would ring.

I put a touch tone brown Contempora on the wall.

it was a perfect match for the brown bathroom fixtures

I got this o  ebay and will have it in my hands soon , maybe to install in my current bathrroom as it seems every time I bathe again the phone rings. So it is going here....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/262653646491?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

it place is all ready here



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Post by: Jim Stettler on December 08, 2016, 08:13:14 PM
Quote from: markosjal on December 08, 2016, 08:06:48 PM
I once bought a house with all brown bathroom fixtures

Every time I used the deep big bathtub or did my business there the phone would ring.

I put a touch tone brown Contempora on the wall.

it was a perfect match for the brown bathroom fixtures

I got this o  ebay and will have it in my hands soon , maybe to install in my current bathrroom as it seems every time I bathe again the phone rings. So it is going here....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/262653646491?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

it place is all ready here

Nice phone for good price with reasonable justification. You should put it up for find of the month.
JMO,
Jim S.
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Post by: 19and41 on December 09, 2016, 02:30:39 PM
I remember when those things were the thing for them who had everything.  They have made a steady march through the thrift stores ever since.
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Post by: tallguy58 on December 10, 2016, 08:50:30 AM
'Nuff Said

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Post by: twocvbloke on December 10, 2016, 10:00:30 AM
Hmm, putt as you poot........  :o
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Post by: markosjal on December 18, 2016, 04:46:11 AM
Quote from: Jim S. on December 08, 2016, 08:13:14 PM
Nice phone for good price with reasonable justification. You should put it up for find of the month.
JMO,
Jim S.

As it turns out the ITT Trendline is from 1995 from what I can tell, not really that old . I opened it and it is nothing like an older trimline inside. It looks like ITT reverted back to something more like the traditional looking design. As I recall in the late 80s I think these things all had redial buttons on them . The handset weighs about half of a 1980s rotary trimline.

What I did get a great deal on was not vintage but a great test tool.
http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM-563897401-telefono-probador-de-linea-telefonicoa-para-todo-tipo-_JM
350 Mexican Pesos is about $17.50 USD

Title: Re: Seriously? An AM/FM Radio with a Telephone for the Bathroom?
Post by: poplar1 on December 18, 2016, 08:46:04 AM
Quote from: markosjal on December 18, 2016, 04:46:11 AM
As it turns out the ITT Trendline is from 1995 from what I can tell, not really that old . I opened it and it is nothing like an older trimline inside. It looks like ITT reverted back to something more like the traditional looking design. As I recall in the late 80s I think these things all had redial buttons on them . The handset weighs about half of a 1980s rotary trimline.


The original WE Trimline/ITT Trendline/S-C Slenderet/Northern Contempra had a recall button, not a redial.

Recall momentarily opens tip and ring, either to flash the C.O. (call waiting, 3-way calling) or for positive disconnect (to make another call without having to use the switchhook).

Redial usually refers to "last number dialed."
Title: Re: Seriously? An AM/FM Radio with a Telephone for the Bathroom?
Post by: markosjal on December 18, 2016, 10:08:40 AM
yes I am aware of that button they ALL had that ,but I mean like this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimline_telephone
ITT I thought followed the AT&T design changes.

Title: Re: Seriously? An AM/FM Radio with a Telephone for the Bathroom?
Post by: Dan/Panther on December 18, 2016, 11:08:12 AM
The newer versions have webcams.

D/P
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Post by: kb3pxr on January 15, 2018, 03:25:10 PM
From experience, I can tell you that phones in a bathroom environment are problematic due to humidity. If you really wish to have a phone in the can, a 554 wall phone is about the most advanced I'd install. If it is a half bath (no tub/shower) you can use something like what is pictured.

Of course a telephone set used in a bathroom will likely be used infrequently and only for short periods, mainly to tell people that you will return their call in a few moments or as a PBX extension for in-home calls.
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Post by: AL_as_needed on January 15, 2018, 07:12:18 PM
Quote from: kb3pxr on January 15, 2018, 03:25:10 PM
Of course a telephone set used in a bathroom will likely be used infrequently and only for short periods, mainly to tell people that you will return their call in a few moments or as a PBX extension for in-home calls.


Depends on the reading material on hand and the comfort of the throne seat of course.
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Post by: oldguy on January 15, 2018, 11:50:46 PM
Back in the early 70s, I had a black 554 in the bathroom. Long before cell phones or portable phones. I had 2 roommates & It never failed, if I was in the bathroom & nobody else was home the phone would ring. So I hung the 554, wired it up & resolved the problem.
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Post by: markosjal on September 22, 2018, 09:36:14 AM
My contemporary was there inbthe bathroom for many years and never failed
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Post by: oldguy on November 04, 2018, 10:17:01 PM
This is a picture of the bathroom in the hotel we are staying at in Monterey for a short vacation after attending the San Jose phone show.
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Post by: Fabius on November 05, 2018, 12:20:42 AM
Attended an antique typewriter show in West Virginia last month. One serious collector has run out of room for his typewriters so the overflow goes on display in the bathroom.

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Post by: FABphones on November 05, 2018, 03:20:46 AM
Quote from: Fabius on November 05, 2018, 12:20:42 AM
Attended an antique typewriter show in West Virginia last month. One serious collector has run out of room for his typewriters so the overflow goes on display in the bathroom.

Those rolls of paper will never work!    ;D

Makes a change from West End stage show programmes on the wall.  :D
Bet everyone who takes a tinkle comments.

Wish the seat was down for the photo though....


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Post by: FABphones on November 05, 2018, 03:31:25 AM
Quote from: oldguy on November 04, 2018, 10:17:01 PM
This is a picture of the bathroom in the hotel we are staying at in Monterey for a short vacation after attending the San Jose phone show.

Yikes. What would one ring and ask for?
I really hope the Chambermaid anti-bacs it each day.
Fwightened.  :o
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Post by: Owain on November 05, 2018, 06:39:10 AM
Quote from: FABphones on November 05, 2018, 03:31:25 AM
Yikes. What would one ring and ask for?

1-976-TEA-PLEAS
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Post by: twocvbloke on November 05, 2018, 07:59:37 AM
Quote from: FABphones on November 05, 2018, 03:31:25 AM
Yikes. What would one ring and ask for?

1-800-BOG-ROLL
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Post by: Partyline4 on November 09, 2018, 11:24:19 PM
Quote from: Dan/Panther on December 18, 2016, 11:08:12 AM
The newer versions have webcams.

D/P

:D

I found an old AE Starlite that had been in a bathroom for years, and all of the TT dial springs - inside of the buttons - were completely rusted through. It was a mess! The phone I had in the bathroom got covered in hair from hair drying, hairspray, etc....