Re: Budget Butt Set

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I wonder if the "RF" means ReFurbished? or could just be inspector's
> initials. I wouldn't try submerging it though. I think the mike,
> earpiece and buttons might not like it. BTW, if the mike in yours is
> loose as mine was, a small ball of cotton will hold it in place nicely.

The funniest part of the experience was when I thought it had *no*
microphone.  I was looking at the backside and saw a plastic plug where I
thought the mic should be.   Took me a moment to realize I was looking at
the wrong side.

I think I am just going to mount a standard 4 wire modular jack where the
cordset was.  That way I can either use a line cord or any pair of tips
mounted at the end of a standard phone cord.  Looks like there's enough room
to mount one.  If that doesn't work, I'll just get a spaded line cord and
use that and a straight-through coupler to add the different probe tips.
I'm still going to be on the lookout for a small standalone one-piece phone
with CID and a battery backed-up redialer or better yet, phone book.
Probably could cannabalize it and stick the parts in the butt set - it's got
extra room.

I went back and compared the BECO black rubber job to the new one.  If I
needed a blackjack (known to you Brits as a cosh) for a quick beat down, my
bet would still be on the BECO.  Not as good as the Monadnock PR-24
Prosecutor that socked it to Rodney King, but I wouldn't want to get hit
with either one.

In the annals of murder by telephone, I'm sure someone's skull was caved in
by a hard rubber butt set with a heft metal core.  The only thing more
lethal were those old conical-shaped earpieces on the early wall telephones.
They were almost as heavy as window sash weights.  Can you tell I've been
watching too much Court TV lately?

:-)

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Bobby G.