“We lost our freedom* to use rotary phones decades ago yet we have still survived.”
Much Like Vinyl, Rotary Phones Are Making a Comeback — Here Are 12 You Can Buy Online
https://www.yahoo.com/news/much-vinyl-rotary-phones-back-230002691.html
By the way, I’m hungry. *picks up receiver* Sarah, could you connect me to Papa John’s?
Years ago, I was reading the International Herald Tribune in Italy (Verona, to be precise.)
I saw an article in which someone had taken old rotary dial phones and replaced the inner working with electronics. The resulting device sold for $300. I told my wife that if they sold for half the price I’d buy one.
I can’t remember if the numbers generated electronic signals or if the user had to really use the dial. (I hope it was the latter.)
Can you imagine how great it’d be to whip out an enormous, clunky, black metal phone at a restaurant and start dialing with it loudly clicking away?
To this day I regret not buying it.
P.S. Speaking of vinyl, I have maybe 3000 LPs, heavily classical and opera, not one of which I’ve played on my turntable in years. Want to make an offer?