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In reply to the discussion: Can you remember the dark ages? [View all]madamesilverspurs
(15,798 posts)16. Twenty-some years ago
the state's department of revenue took a tentative step into higher tech by offering tax filing via telephone. I figured what-the-heck and gave it a try.
The call was answered by a recording that gave instructions on how to proceed, it went something like this: "If you have all your information prepared, please press 1. If you are calling from a rotary phone, please press 2."
I filed a paper return.
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My grandmother had a telephone table (antique even then) holding a rotary dial black phone
hlthe2b
Jan 2019
#1
Dear H and I had a party line until the late 80's, as I remember it. We only quit when the tel. co.
Shrike47
Jan 2019
#54
In the kitchen, no privacy, & your father nonstop saying "Get off the phone, someone might call"
lindysalsagal
Jan 2019
#22
We still had an old rotary on kitchen wall few years ago. Young teenage friend of my son asked
empedocles
Jan 2019
#26
That is as much fun to watch as showing someone their age how to use a typewriter.
Delmette2.0
Jan 2019
#31
Can you still call the operator for the correct time or for directory assistance?
Kaleva
Jan 2019
#35
well, I just pressed "0", after pressing 'talk", on my cordless phone and nothing happened.
Kaleva
Jan 2019
#37
When I was a kid, my maternal grandmother had a phone that was kinda scary
Rhiannon12866
Jan 2019
#43
Just as a point of information...my dial phone sits on a table in the kitchen..
Stuart G
Jan 2019
#50