Twist doorbell

iwasaki filted:
[nq:1]I read about a twist doorbell in an American short story I've just finished. A man in the story "twisted ... with those twist type of doorbells, but is it still used there? Or just at the good old days' houses?[/nq]
They still exist (my parents had one into the mid 1980s) but they're very old-fashioned...about the greatest thing in their favor today is that they're me

Nobuko Iwasaki:
[nq:1]I read about a twist doorbell in an American short story I've just finished. A man in the story "twisted ... with those twist type of doorbells, but is it still used there? Or just at the good old days' houses?[/nq]
Doorbells like that are quite unusual now. The idea is that you twist the **** hard in order to supply power to ring the bell. Ordinary doorbells today ar

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[nq:1]I read about a twist doorbell in an American short story I've just finished. A man in the story "twisted ... with those twist type of doorbells, but is it still used there? Or just at the good old days' houses?[/nq]
A large selections of twist doorbells are still availabl

[nq:1]I read about a twist doorbell in an American short story I've just finished. A man in the story "twisted ... with those twist type of doorbells, but is it still used there? Or just at the good old days' houses?[/nq]
I'd forgotten all about them. I haven't seen one for a l-o-o-o-ng time. But they were around in the UK in the 50s and 60s. Maybe still are in some places.
Google shows a

[nq:1]iwasaki filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]I read about a twist doorbell in an American short ... used there? Or just at the good old days' houses?[/nq]
[nq:1]They still exist (my parents had one into the mid 1980s) but they're very old-fashioned...about the greatest thing in their favor today is that they're mechanical, so if the electricity is out, the doorbell still works..r[/nq]
There's a pl

iwasaki infrared:
[nq:1]I read about a twist doorbell in an American short story I've just finished. A man in the story "twisted ... with those twist type of doorbells, but is it still used there? Or just at the good old days' houses?[/nq]
I still have one on my bicycle.

Peter Moylan peter at ee dot newcastle dot edu dot au

[nq:1]iwasaki infrared:[/nq]
[nq:2]I read about a twist doorbell in an American short ... used there? Or just at the good old days' houses?[/nq]
[nq:1]I still have one on my bicycle.[/nq]
I can't remember the last time I saw a bicycle with a door.
John H
Yorkshire, England

[nq:2]iwasaki infrared: I still have one on my bicycle.[/nq]
[nq:1]I can't remember the last time I saw a bicycle with a door.[/nq]
That puts a different twist on the whole thing.

Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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[nq:2]I can't remember the last time I saw a bicycle with a door.[/nq]
[nq:1]That puts a different twist on the whole thing.[/nq]
Hmm. This rings a bell...

[nq:2]iwasaki infrared: I still have one on my bicycle.[/nq]
[nq:1]I can't remember the last time I saw a bicycle with a door.[/nq]
You are so basic up there in the North. I suppose you just climb straight onto the bicycle, calm as you like? Uncouth, I call it. And they say Australian foreplay consists of the words "You awake?"

Mike.