The British want to stop illegal immigration, but without any unpleasantness. It's going to take a couple of rounds of trying this before it's concluded that it can't be done pleasantl… (View Post)

I'm sure I've had online forms which requiremeto provide an 0161... number. Possibly the local leisure centre, or the council for a missed bin collection, or one of the kids' schools. … (View Post)

That street would be enough to supply tge habit of the whole of Greater Manchester. (View Post)

I suppose it was that you had to say something - and if you said '5305' your caller would instantly know whether he had got the end of your number wrong or right. Saying "hello" a… (View Post)

My understanding is that one of the first problems to address was how you start a conversation. At first, people simply picked up the phone and listened and waited. Which given the lack of dialling t… (View Post)