On Thursday 01 November 2012 00:07:36 Alan McKinnon wrote: > that phone is the master base station for the other two slave > handsets. Unplug it, and the house phone stops working; this will > upset missus/daughter mightily as they can't speak to granny 10 time > a day anymore. [ don't ask, please don't ask :-) ]
Ah, sympathy duly offered. Surely you could negotiate a period of a few minutes in which to conduct a test? At least then you'd know. -- Rgds Peter