[:en]How to teach schoolchildren about ancient telephony from the 1970s without killing them?[:]
[:en][:en][:en] Most of them have never held a screw driver before. But that is to be expected from primary school children. How many of your […]
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[:en]Stop mutilating heads! Use proper tools![:]
[:en] Who likes damaged screw heads? Nobody! And most certainly not me! After slaughtered cords (see my blog about abuse of cords), I think mauled […]
[:en]Red mercury in vintage telephones part 2: how to extract it & how to sell it[:]
[:en] Now where were we? In part 1 of this article I covered the background information on red mercury: what is it, why is it […]
[:en]Red mercury in vintage telephones part 1: what is it?[:]
[:en]Finding red mercury is the holy grail for many. They look far and wide to find it, as it is the stuff of myths. People […]
[:en]Telephone collectors, help me! I have this weird need to buy ugly stuff…..[:]
[:en] Please help me! I keep buying revolting fake phones. They trigger my curiosity and I cannot find enough information on line about these to […]
[:en]Another Corona project done: putting my non collection on the wall[:]
[:en] My bell sets really needed sorting out. No I do not collect them. I really don’t. Nevertheless I acquired 2 banana boxes full of […]
[:en]Corona lockdown fun: time for that unique Heemaf type 1955 from PEN[:]
[:en] Let’s give it a total & in depth restoration, I thought. It certainly needs it and definitely deserved it. And with this Corona lockdown, […]
[:en]Warning: virus! Keep your telephone sane![:]
[:en] Telephones and hygiene have been an issue for a long long time. The 1917 influenza pandemic had many consequences with regards to telephony, echoes […]
What is my old telephone worth? My theory of relativity
[:en]Wow! An old phone from the days of yore. It must be very valuable! Let’s ask Arwin how much exactly. One out of focus picture […]
[:en]Ridiculous amounts of parts; why do I keep them?[:]
[:en]I got an email from Virgil requesting as many handsets as I could provide. It happens: somebody contacts me with an unusual request. Sometimes I […]