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In reply to a post by pyarwood:

I am surprised there were any strowger switches would still be in use in the 1990s most were replaced by crossbar 1XB and 5XB type switches in the 1950s

Last Strowger went in 1995!

For all the talk about Crossbar replacing Strowger its funny that the demise of Crossbar coincided with the demise of Strowger in the very same year you quoted

In reply to a post by MHC:

Last Strowger went in 1995!

I remember waiting by our exchange, to meet people or just sitting down there as it was by the cathedral at the time, which is why we had some many problems with ADSL up here. Anyway, i remember standing or sitting by it and hearing the sound when people dial and the equipment moving. Crazy thinking back on it that we relied on that stuff to make a call. Moving parts need more maintenance, but i do wonder if they were easier to sort out if there was a problem than the digital stuff we have now.
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Hear hear!

In reply to a post by ChrisAO:

Hear hear!

The OP was given good advice (in good faith) by Nervous not to destroy their credit rating for £4.15, its better to pay and argue the toss afterwards for those sums of money. It was never bullying and anyone who thinks it was needs to go and get a life.

In reply to a post by PCJM40:

In reply to a post by ChrisAO:

Hear hear!

The OP was given good advice (in good faith) by Nervous not to destroy their credit rating for £4.15, its better to pay and argue the toss afterwards for those sums of money. It was never bullying and anyone who thinks it was needs to go and get a life.

It wasn't the best of advice. If you disagree with a claim for payment, best NOT to pay it, but to ask for an explanation and if the explanation does not stack up, then to dispute it. Nothing should be added to a credit record while it is under dispute. And if you pay it under protest, is anyone going to listen when you demand your money back?

I do maintain that to put people in fear of their credit rating when there is a genuine dispute is credit rating bullying. Ignore the feeble hearts who would make you pay up money you don't owe.

In reply to a post by DFScale:

I do maintain that to put people in fear of their credit rating when there is a genuine dispute is credit rating bullying.

You can maintain anything you like when its not your credit rating you're risking. Send them out to battle while you're seating at home with your feet up, just great!!!

Edited by PCJM40 (Wed 12-Feb-25 15:40:31)

In reply to a post by PCJM40:

In reply to a post by DFScale:

I do maintain that to put people in fear of their credit rating when there is a genuine dispute is credit rating bullying.

You can maintain anything you like when its not your credit rating you're risking. Send them out to battle while you're seating at home with your feet up, just great!!!

As opposed to bullying them to pay debts that they don't owe while you are sat at home with your feet up. Your moral highground is on a flat plain with lots of different views.

In reply to a post by DFScale:

Your moral highground is on a flat plain with lots of different views.

Thats rich from you but as I have said to you before nothing you say surprises me as you're full of it.

So it's a bit rich to say that your views are not superior to anyone else's?

Is this sudden rash of futile arguments and "must have the last word" really necessary? Is it just the [censored] weather that's making people so damn miserable? How about, if you can't contribute to the theme of the thread, then just STFU.