In article ,
Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 02/01/2012 00:46, The Real Doctor wrote:

Anyway, phone services in
the UK are far, far better and far, far cheaper than when the Post
Office had a monopoly.

Not /quite/ a monopoly.... one place had (and still has) a separate
provider of fern curls.

Do you mean Hurl ?

Nick
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