"The Drone" <wsne@zzmail.org.uk> wrote in message
news:B33n8RQxPb+FFwMj@zzmail.org.uk...
> In article <q9bjv29d3o0m6jbq994anlajgauatp49pg@4ax.com>, JohnT
> <spam@ukt.clara.co.uk> writes
> >On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:58:12 +0000, hsg@h-gee.co.uk in message
> ><15kiv2htcr10cb1o47eealkcbmggiumiiv@4ax.com>, wrote:
> >
> >> >So old Nokia "Mars Bar" phones like the 6110/6150 still have a
use then...
> >> >
> >> >
> >>and the nokia 3310 ?? might be wrong number but the one all the
kids
> >>had about 4 years ago! and many fascias available........... Nice
> >>resurgence of the antique phone market.
> >
> >No, because the reason will be hospital staff cannot be expected to
become
> >experts on all the hundreds of different mobile phones, including
which
> >are, and which are not, capable of taking photographs and video,
therefore
> >the ban will still, for some, be quite justifiable.
>
> They can still screw it by letting Patientline have the contract for
> renting 13A sockets to patients so they can charge their phones.
>

....but they won't let you use your charger on their 'lectric as (a) it
will not have been PAT tested and (b) it costs £100,000 a year to
leave a charger plugged in but not charging (according ti, I think it
was, Scottish and Southern.)