It was a better world.
Check out this beauty for sale in Brno, Czech Republic. You can still find these here.
http://www.sbazar.cz/simir.breibin/detail/1863607-prodam-stary-telefon
It’s selling for about $20. Not bad.
I remember my mother dressing like the lady in the film just to go to the grocery store.
I remember the good ole days when I only had one cell phone; now I have three. One for business with a number that is given to many, one for business that is available to only a few select people in the office, and one for personal use with a number that only family and close friends can have.
Anyone here try dialing the radio station to request a song....on a rotary phone?
I was an expert at it back then.
Remember when phones sat on a table. Were a foot tall and the receiver hooked on the side?
I didn’t think so. Lol! ( but I do)
I remember when you didn’t actually own that black phone. It was Ma Bell’s property.
We had an AT&T rotary-dial wall phone in the kitchen that looked like an old-time set. Our kids were born in ‘86, ‘88, and ‘91 and we decided to keep the old phone going just so the kids could experience it. It was great fun to watch their friends come over and not have a clue how to use it. They were genuinely perplexed and stumped. We finally pulled the phone out about four years ago, but have it stashed in the attic. The kids complained about us retiring it — “Oh no, we LOVED that phone.” Of course, none of them used it anymore with their mobile phones at hand all the time. Great fun.
Years ago an elderly woman asked me if she could borrow my cell phone to make a call. I said “sure, just press the numbers and hit send.” She held the phone to her ear and asked “where’s the dial tone?”
"If you need me, just call. You know how to dial, don't you? You just put your finger in the hole and make tiny little circles. "
-PJ
I remember being bored by this while waiting for the cartoon that came before the movie. Then a few days later the new phone came and I couldn’t listen in to the neighbors anymore.
You mean to tell me that there is no App for a rotary dial on your smart phone! LOL
We bought a house built in 1952 from the folks that were the original owners. In the garage they left a black General Telephone rotary dial desk top.
I confirted the connection line to the new style so I could plug it into the wall socket. We could receive calls but couldn’t dial out due to the tone system.
It is a real conversation piece. We had to turn the ringer off because even on it’s lowest setting it would scare the crap out of you when someone called.
And when you had to go through a switchboard operator (whose name was always Sarah)?