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[–]In-the-clouds[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

[–]SoCo 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You probably can't get a landline that works without power anymore. They let the old copper lines go and just do land lines over cable now, which require a powered cable box. The old copper lines ran their own power. It was like 40V DC and would give you a good hand-numbing jolt.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good for them. We should all take a break from our cell phones.