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Article #618563Re: Landline telephone service Disappearing in 20 States
From: Bob Eager
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 11:38
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 11:38
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On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 02:18:58 +0000, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2018-01-09, Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> wrote: > >> On Tue, 09 Jan 2018 18:20:19 -0400, Mike Spencer wrote: >> >>> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> writes: >>> >>>> Not helping are the modern designs, especially Bluetooth headsets. >>>> It seems to be thought that the farther the microphone is from your >>>> mouth, the sexier it looks - but the more ambient noise it picks up >>>> as the gain increases to compensate for the increased distance from >>>> your mouth. A properly adjusted boom mic used in aviation or other >>>> noisy environments will almost touch your lips. (Hey, sort of like >>>> classic telephone receivers...) >>> >>> Sometimes for minimal values of "almost". >>> >>> In the not very distant past, working as a hospital nursing >>> supervisor, >>> SWMBO unscrewed some of the phone mouthpieces used by nursing staff. >>> Deeply impregnated with congealed drool and other scum. Splendid >>> growth medium for pathogens. >>> >>> Where are telephone sanitizers when you need them? >> >> They went on the B Ark. > > Could you run a little more hot water for me? Thanks. > And pass me that rubber duck. And the jinnan-tonnyx. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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