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Buckingham Palace switchboard.

Started by Robert Gift, February 25, 2025, 10:49:33 PM

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Robert Gift

February 25, 2025, 10:49:33 PM
I'd take an educated guess but am unqualified.
In paramediclass, doctor asked me signs of Alzheimers.  "I forget.", I answered.

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To ensure an emergent transport call, I need only:
- take first sip of beer when eating pizza
- start shampooing in the shower
- pull bed covers over and get warm and cozy
- begin my OCD oil change.  (Remove oil plug to drain overnight.)

Robert Gift

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March 01, 2025, 04:45:58 AM
Was it not possible to merely dial the number?
Rotary-dial telephones are seen.
I'd take an educated guess but am unqualified.
In paramediclass, doctor asked me signs of Alzheimers.  "I forget.", I answered.

Lighted Princess® telephones are our favorites!

To ensure an emergent transport call, I need only:
- take first sip of beer when eating pizza
- start shampooing in the shower
- pull bed covers over and get warm and cozy
- begin my OCD oil change.  (Remove oil plug to drain overnight.)

Owain

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April 07, 2025, 03:14:33 PM
The Royal Family did not dial their own calls.

Even when the switchboard was replaced with a modern electronic system (in the late 1980s) it had to be modified to allow for the significantly above-average number of manual extensions required.

https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=165107&page=2

ka1axy

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April 07, 2025, 04:11:05 PM
Quote from: Owain on April 07, 2025, 03:14:33 PMThe Royal Family did not dial their own calls.

I read that in Hyacinth Bucket's (it's pronounced, "boo-KAY")
voice.
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