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Well said dave
I use to think that my company came first until my second divorce and I see my other kids mabey 2 times a year that sucks but I thought my customers came first now if I am busy doing someting in the restroom. Thank I can promise you Auto Attendant is a much more better response than any response I can ever offer a customer when in the john.

All I can offer is a good number to a shrink that can give you some serious life changing advice that can better you as a business owner. We are self employeed for a reason that reason is because we have a real life that does not include customers that don't pay or make us do something for nothing. I hope you get a grip on your personal time after work and enjoy your life because man we only live once.

Best of luck in the future

This topic is really going down hill. Time to flush it? :rofl: Sorry couldn't help myself. I do believe it's run it's course so unless there is more on a trimline phone, let's let it die.

Matt, I can help you rewire the sets for a six-wire connection without the need or expense for A lead adapters. If the sets are modular, I have the six-wire sliding plugs and mating jacks, or you can just hard wire everything if you prefer.

Don't use 10 volts for the dial lamp. It might seem like just a minute or so, but when you practically double the intended voltage, the heat will quickly distort the lamp socket and eventually the housing. You really need to use the proper 2012B transformer. I can help you with that too. Just let me know what you want to do.

ED TO THE rescue

OK OK OK

Maybe I didn't give enough info. 95% of the resaon the phone went in the bathroom is because I think it looks cool. It mkes people scratch their heads. There have been occasions, however, when I have company who are using the bathroom and get a call.

It's also great fun to get a personal call when taking a dump. Especially if it's a sales call. In this event, I make no effort to suppress bathroom noises.

Also, my goal is to have 30 phones in my house (The ringer is only turned on in a few of them). I'm 40 - 45% there. Why do I wnt this? Same reason as above, and... it's a hobby that consumes my time and teaches me new things. Most impotantly, it introduces me to great people such as are in this forum.

I'll probably never take (and certainly never make) a work call when I'm in the bathroom. But it could happen, and it could happen to be a very important call. I like to be prepared.

Dave - been there, done that. 7 Years at an LD working 24x7, 70 - 80 hours a week, 2 cells, a pager, and my desk phone.... and every project I worked on was a multimillion deal that had no chance at success. NONE.

My typical day was either going to meetings, creating meetings, or ordering people to do things that made no sense. The blame game, risk escalaions, dealing with fiefdoms.....

For example I had to make a plan for the Y2K fiasco, which nearly cost me my job because I pointed out how silly it was. I knew lots of people buying generators, food, you name it... OMG! the world is ending.

My repsonse: You f***** idiot. What you don't know is this software you think is going to crash and cause the earth to spin out of orbit crashes EVERY DAY (a bit of an overstatement), and has since software was invented.

So there I was, from 8 PM to 2 AM on 12/31, with a crew of about 10, monitoring DMS 250's and ATM swithces, waiting for the great apocalypse. Midnight rolls around, not so much as as hiccup or even an incorrect log entry.

Health eventually went down the tubes; mentally and physically. It taught me my limits, and how to acheive balance. The thing is - I enjoy my work now, and I may work 12 hours a day..... if I want to. But the deal is: I enjoy it. Before I know it the clock has ticked to 5.

Also I went to the doc this week: Weight: fine. BP: Fine. Cholesterol: 145. Triglycerides (whatever they are) more than fine. The only thing slightly off was my hemoglobins, as I'm a smoker, but not off enought to worry about. LUng cancer is something else, but that's my choice.

Another thing - I have no kids, no wife. No family life to miss out on, although I do get together with my siblings for some poker or to watch a football game from time to time. But you're point is very valid. The LD experience put me in the hospital for a week. If I feel I'm approaching my pain threshold, I tell my boss to f*** of, this is too much, and I'm not going to do it.

Right now though, I'm really enjoying everything I do, from work to my new 1A2 hobby. Also I walk the dog a couple miles a day. I have to think all this is helping my overall physical health, cerainly my mental health. I'm happier than I have been in years, and am learning to live life all over again.

I really appreciate all your concern....but I'm having a ball.

Well, gotta go now - the trimline is ringing.

Thanks -
Matt


company drove me to the brink.

Agreed -

Ed -

Yes, please help.... I ran high quality cat 5; so I have an extra pair for a lamp; right now it's punched into into my KSU. Simple matter to mount a new transformer. May have to think about getting one of those outlet strips like what is in your pictures though.

He needs a 2012A, 6-8 volts. A 2012B has a voltage that is too high.

I ran high quality cat 5...

:rofl: :rofl:

CAT 5 in the same topic as Trimline is blasphemy!

-Hal

Yikes! Nice catch, Arthur. The "B" would be a little bit high, like three times!