[SamAdams76]

To all the old-timers laughing at the clueless kids who can't work a rotary dial phone, don't you be feeling so superior unless you know how to work one of these!

[Political Junkie Too]

Two shorts and a long.

-PJ

[beelzepug]

Had one of these hanging on the wall in our kitchen. I was five, the house was 50 years old and the phone could very easily have been in the house since it was built. We amused ourselves listening in on the party line.

[GingisK]

Ya pick up the ear piece and hold it to your ear. Then you turn the crank, and wait for the operator to state "Number please"....

I've never used one, but know full well how it was done. Sucks, I even know what the operators would have to do in order to complete the calls.

Do you know what the telephone terms "tip" and "ring" mean?