How to untangle the cord on your phone

[DanielW]

Can't afford a cordless phone just yet

Anyway the cord on the house phone is all bleedin kinked and is a pain for dragging the base off table so....

Feed a rod through all the cable so that its unkinked,then get a heat source(hair dryer,Paint stripper gun) and heat the cable all over up and down and around evenly,then let it cool.....take the rod out...hey presto looks like a new cable been put on.

 

[chunkolini]

For about three days until some idiot gets hold of it.

 

[DanielW]

You must have a lot of red marks on your neck,Chunky

 

[Shox Dr]

Or buy a DECT phone and be done with it

 

[norlander]

until some idiot gets hold of it. Picking on me again I see.Every village needs one so I consider myself as providing a service to the community.

 

[julianthegypsy]

Two words. Tangle fairies. Neatly coil extension leads, headphones, usb leads etc. Put them away and two days later when you need them they will always have metamorphosised into a complete birds nest.

 

[normspanners]

Most of the reason a phone cable gets tangled is where the phone is situated on the desk, if you are right handed and the phone is on the left that is no problem you pick it up with your left hand put it to your left ear, write with your right hand, then replace the phone on its holder with your left hand. The cable stays straight. If the phone is on the right you pick it up with your right hand swap it to the left hand /ear ONE twist and write with the right then swap it back to the right hand to put it down, thats the second twist. etc etc I used to have major rows with my missus in the office coz even though the phone was on the left she insisted on putting it to her right ear then swap it, to write. Trouble was when she went home and the phone rang I would run into the office grab the receiver to answer it and drag the ******thing off the desk, Coz there was only one foot of cable left .

 

[Cyberprog]

until some idiot gets hold of it. Picking on me again I see.Every village needs one so I consider myself as providing a service to the community.

Yep, as a warning not to breed!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

....Feed a rod through all the cable so that its unkinked....

Or, just hang it out the window.

 

[julianthegypsy]

Or, just hang it out the window.

I've tried that. It unwinds beautifully. Then tangles up again as soon as you put it back on the cradle.

 

[Dave Sherwood]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AB-Anti-T...t=UK_Phones_PhoneLeads_RL&hash=item4840b72d0e+

works like a dream, not had a tangle for over a year.

 

[chunkolini]

Remember to unravel it from the neck it is wrapped around.

 

[normspanners]

I think once they have been well wrapped up, the cores twist within the 'suzzie' and causes amnesia, coz that is where the 'memory' is stored.