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  1. Mr_D.

    MY LORD IT'S HOT (Summer attire questions)

    Ok, I know it is October and weather is cooling off. But I have been offline for almost a year now and just now able to get back on this site and ask this. This past summer was HOT AS (input term you like here). For this reason, I decided to drop the vintage attire and just blue jean and...
  2. Mr_D.

    Sunbeam Mixer

    Great mixers everyone. Sorry my photos were deleted. I will take new ones and post again. Sadly I can not take new photos of the original condition since I have already repainted it.
  3. Mr_D.

    EXchange names for phone numbers

    Vintage phone numbers Edit: Didn't know there was already a thread for this. My Number is CYpress - 8 2120 And lets not forget the world famous, UNion -7 5309
  4. Mr_D.

    What are you so dressed up for?

    Anyone else gt this comment a lot? When I go out wearing nice pants and a sport coat Everyone (even total strangers) ask 'What are you so dressed up for?" I always reply something like "I am just dressed that way a man should dress." Most the time I get a smile. some times I just get an "Oh."
  5. Mr_D.

    Vintage Phones

    Yes have already been told that. I am going to get a new ringer over the Easter weekend when I go to my mom's. That or I may just go to the flea market where I got it and pic up a 2nd phone and use the ringer from it and keep the 2nd phone as an extension.
  7. Mr_D.

    Vintage Phones

    Tried that and many other suggestions form other sites, like the one mentioned above. Still no ring. So either the coil is bad, or as some have said, frequency ringers don't work on today's systems.
  8. Mr_D.

    Vintage Phones

    Well, my moms neighbor used to work for Bell and now collects old phones, mostly WE. he has a box full of parts So I am going to see if he has a ringer. I want to keep the frequency ringer since they are so rare.
  9. Mr_D.

    Vintage Phones

    Ok, was just told on another site that it is a frequency ringer. so I guess I will have to get a 4 wire ringer and replace it.
  10. Mr_D.

    Vintage Phones

    The only markings on the bottom are (written in white) A/6 (I think it's a 6) 591 2-59 From what I see in my phone vs what I see online everywhere it is the original ringer.
  11. Mr_D.

    Vintage Phones

    Ok, So it is not "missing" those wires. According to THIS site. And then I found THIS forum that said: The guy on that site that has the same problem as me did this and it worked. I did this and still not working. Here is the current set up. Just as described above.
  13. Mr_D.

    Vintage Phones

    I see solder points but not sure which wire goes where. I have tried both and still no ring. Here is the front (closest to the bells) of the coil. Here is the back.
  14. Mr_D.

    Vintage Phones

    Ok, according to this site: http://www.porticus.org/bell/telephones-500.html and the schematic he has, there should be 4 wires coming from the ringer unit to the network box. Red, Black, Gray, and Red/Gray. My model 500 only has a Red and Black. can anyone please post a photo of a ringer unit...
  15. Mr_D.

    Vintage Phones

    WD-40 is made to lubricate.
  16. Mr_D.

    Vintage Phones

    http://www.amazon.com/Xtreme-Technologies-BT-Bluetooth-Gateway/dp/B00135XU7Q
  17. Mr_D.

    The Moustache

    I have always kept mine short. I don't like the feel of the hair down around the corners of my mouth.
  19. Mr_D.

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Correct. From Wikipedia: Originally, the 500 was available only in black and had a rotary dial with a black-painted metal finger-wheel. Black remained the most popular color throughout the model's production. Within a few years the Model 500 was available in a variety of colors, and the...
  20. Mr_D.

    Shoe shine:Do your own or take out??

    After many years of JROTC, CAP and life in the Air Force. I take pride in shinning my own shoes. However I would like to go to an old vintage shine booth some time and get them done.
  21. Mr_D.

    Vest color help needed.

    They were a silver color. I didn't like them. Too "prep school" or "navy uniform" look.
  22. Mr_D.

    Vest color help needed.

    Ok, I replaced the buttons to look less "navy uniform" (please ignore shirt and lack of tie. just threw coat on for photo)
  23. Mr_D.

    Vintage Phones

    Where I live (currently) we have to dial 9 to get an outside line. The rotatory does this just fine. I pick up the phone I hear the beep of the inter system. I dial 9 and when the rotatory gets back around to its stand by position I get a dial tone and dial out. So I wonder if this would work...

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