My mother ran a taxi firm, when drivers finished a job they went to the nearest phone box to call and find out if there was anything else in the area, if the phone was answered with the firms name the driver would press button A to connect and get details of the job, if answered with the number then they would press button B and get the money back.
It was Reginald Molehusband, wasn't it?
I think being a Reginald Moleshusband has now been changed, and shortened, to being a BMW / Audi / Merc / Range Rover/ Transit driving xxxx
It was strange hearing the BBC news headline about the Spacex Lunar Lander, Sophie Rayworth saying "the project is carrying a robotic lander the size of a phone box". There must be an increasing number of younger people saying what is a phone box?
Surely it should be compared to a TardisIt was strange hearing the BBC news headline about the Spacex Lunar Lander, Sophie Rayworth saying "the project is carrying a robotic lander the size of a phone box". There must be an increasing number of younger people saying what is a phone box?
.No, that's a lot bigger: a Tardis id 9ft 4in high x 4ft 6in wide x 4ft 6in deep (about 177 cu. ft.), whereas a GPO Telephone Box is 8ft 3 in high x 3ft wide x 3ft deep, (about 75 cu.ft.).Surely it should be compared to a Tardis
Blimey, not at Dartford or Maidstone: I'm guessing you were at a test ground.
Mr. Magoo was certainly around before Reginald Molehusband.
Yes, that's why I remember him.
Post 1,204 above, I’m with you!
Thinking 2030 (and I don't mean half-past-eight!) is literally six years away, is just mindblowing.
You must be the same age as me Hpwardh. I got my free bus pass back in January.
I remember a tardis police box in manchester, we drove past it approaching from Burnley, the only one I ever saw though.Surely it should be compared to a Tardis
I once went inside a tardis police box. Once through the door they seemed enormous inside.
Only on the outside - much bigger inside!
My Wife and I both have free Bus & Rail passes over here, trouble is there's not a railway station within 25 miles nor a bus stop within 4, mine's got a nice picture of me on it though.
... but as it is atop a 70m Spacex delivery vehicle, that internal space is contained.Only on the outside - much bigger inside!
Why has your bus stop got a picture of you on it?
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Your fighting a loosing battel. Probly best to giv up now, but idk
Their's no consideration these days
Funnily enough so am I, it really annoys the Wife.Why has your bus stop got a picture of you on it?
One thing about being old is being nit-pickingly pedantic about language use, which I really am trying to stop. Hence the
I'm usually ok with films but I definitely get that with music.