Pastel Cactus on Church Lane

[homes and lines]

Pastel Cactus is my new favourite shop in Stafford.

Full of lovely things to buy!

https://www.pastelcactus.co.uk/

Anyone been in?

 

[Gramaisc]

I hadn't noticed it, but I'm liking the proper telephone, even if it is a push-button one, it does have real bells.

https://www.pastelcactus.co.uk/collections/home-gift/products/english-mustard-746-telephone

 

[Glam]

I hadn't noticed it, but I'm liking the proper telephone, even if it is a push-button one, it does have real bells.

https://www.pastelcactus.co.uk/collections/home-gift/products/english-mustard-746-telephone

£50!!!! That's a lot of money for the cats knock it off and break it!

 

[Jonah]

If it's the same weight as an original the cats won't be able to move it.

 

[Glam]

If it's the same weight as an original the cats won't be able to move it.

You'd hope it was, my sister has sumat similar, and it can be picked up with 2 fingers.

 

[Wormella]

It's an excellent place for nice cards

 

[Gramaisc]

You'd hope it was, my sister has sumat similar, and it can be picked up with 2 fingers.

A real 746 phone weighs 1.3kg - almost three pounds..

 

[Glam]

Does that phone come in any other colour than mustard yellow?

 

[Jonah]

You'd hope it was, my sister has sumat similar, and it can be picked up with 2 fingers.

A real 746 phone weighs 1.3kg - almost three pounds..

The originals were big, heavy beasts. I remember we had one and my parents put a lock on the dial to stop my sisters from using it without permission.

 

[Gramaisc]

The originals were big, heavy beasts. I remember we had one and my parents put a lock on the dial to stop my sisters from using it without permission.

If you 'had the rhythm', you could still dial out by tapping on the mouthpiece.

Not much point putting the lock in the zero......

 

[Glam]

I'm thinking sod it, I want 1 of them phones!

 

[proactive]

I'm thinking sod it, I want 1 of them phones!

Because you're worth it

 

[Glam]

I'm thinking sod it, I want 1 of them phones!

Because you're worth it

Yep!

 

[Gramaisc]

I'm thinking sod it, I want 1 of them phones!

You can still pick up the real ones, with the proper dials, and they'll still work. You may need to fit a plug.

I have a 332, as well, that I must get going one day.

 

[Glam]

You can still pick up the real ones, with the proper dials, and they'll still work. You may need to fit a plug.

Hahahahahahaha. Yeah right. Be easier and simpler - for me, just buy a new one.

 

[Glam]

I've just bought a new hard drive for me pc, or I'd pop in tmrw

 

[wmrcomputers]

I hadn't noticed it, but I'm liking the proper telephone, even if it is a push-button one, it does have real bells.

There's an alternative black one here for £30 that still has rotary dialling despite being brand new. I personally think that it's better to go fully nostalgic if you're going to do it.

If you 'had the rhythm', you could still dial out by tapping on the mouthpiece.
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Ah yes, pause-break dialling. I used to tap it out on the hang up lever though as it was actually done through brief disconnects on the phone line. I even remember when you could make a free call from most payphones doing it.
If this doesn't make sense to anyone else, then basically here's how your phone USED to dial....
In the UK - 999
click click click click click click click click click PAUSE
click click click click click click click click click PAUSE
click click click click click click click click click
In America - 112
click PAUSE
click PAUSE
click click.............. hence the American's had a far better response time for getting through to emergency services. It makes no difference these days with tone dialling, but in the pause-break days, 999 was about the worst number they could have come up with!

 

[John Marwood]

It's 112 here now

For emergency

Not sure what Dial a Disc is

 

[Gomez]

Gram please post a picture of that phone you have (yes I'm a phone nerd). It's really easy to pause break dial, just make sure you don't call 999 because that's why it was invented.

 

[Katniss]

I have got one of these.