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2025-08-05



Here We Go: Texas Dems Run to Illinois to Deny a Quorum for Redistricting, and Now the Real Fun Begins -- RedState
Tuesday 08/05/2025

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Tajikistan Reports Surge in Border
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ICE crackdown imperils Afghans
who aided U.S. war effort, lawyers say
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At Least 54 Dead as Migrant Boat
Carrying 150 Sinks Off Southern Yemen 		Africa Horn
Somali forces target Al-Shabaab
militants in HirShabelle State operation
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Foreign donors cut aid to Somalia,
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Posted by:Fred

#16  Way back when, the power could go out in the area, but the phones would still work.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-08-05 18:57  

#15  but it would give you a tickle

And at 30-cycles per second, it hurt. It was almost as bad as being shocked by house electrical wiring.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2025-08-05 17:12  

#14  110v was required to make the bell in the phone ring. Low amperage, but it would give you a tickle.
Posted by: EMS Artifact   2025-08-05 14:11  

#13  Tip and ring

Maybe not enough voltage to kill, but it sure could sting.
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-08-05 12:46  

#12  Never had any trouble with Martha.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2025-08-05 12:09  

#11  We always had trouble with those phone cords getting so tangled up on themselves that they couldn't be stretched at all.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2025-08-05 12:09  

#10  I even remember the number, B. 1663-R
Posted by: Mercutio   2025-08-05 12:04  

#9  IDF bans Chinese vehicles from all bases over data leak fears
The IDF has barred all Chinese-made vehicles from entering its bases, citing concerns over data leaks from built-in cameras and sensors, requiring many military personnel and civilian employees to park outside the bases.
Posted by: Grom the Affective   2025-08-05 11:33  

#8  Let’s not forget doing a fake hang up and then listening in to your sibling’s private call.
Posted by: Super Hose   2025-08-05 11:27  

#7  Beso, I remember Party Lines...and cranks.
Posted by: alanc   2025-08-05 10:54  

#6  Anyone remember the.... "party line." I suspect more than a few here.
Posted by: Besoeker   2025-08-05 09:29  

#5  From an advert for stretchy telephone cords. Once upon a time, stretchy phone cords were the new New Thing.

(Yes, children, back before we invented electromagnetism, telephones were connected by wires)
Posted by: SteveS   2025-08-05 09:25  

#4  Ad for telephone safety?
Posted by: Megabyses   2025-08-05 09:10  

#3  Women Who Bathe.... sorta
Posted by: Mercutio   2025-08-05 08:48  

#2  This is an attractive lady, but a horrible photo.
Posted by: technochitlin   2025-08-05 07:24  

#1  The cord goes all the way to the kitchen.
Posted by: Super Hose   2025-08-05 05:28  

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