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Can you remember the dark ages? [View all] True Dough Jan 2019 OP
My grandmother had a telephone table (antique even then) holding a rotary dial black phone hlthe2b Jan 2019 #1
Yes, we had that same set up. nt tblue37 Jan 2019 #3
I had an aunt who had a phone table Harker Jan 2019 #5
sounds NJCher Jan 2019 #12
My Mom had the same thing. Here's a picture: Towlie Jan 2019 #18
We had that same ugly thing when we first got married! LeftInTX Jan 2019 #33
They were called gossip benches. Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #46
Yep. Even the black rotary dial desk phone (with party line)! nt tblue37 Jan 2019 #2
In my first house MuseRider Jan 2019 #4
Yes, I remember letting the receiver dangle True Dough Jan 2019 #6
I dunno. It was kind of satisfying. nt Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #47
Technology dies hard and fast these days. Harker Jan 2019 #7
LOL! n/t MuseRider Jan 2019 #10
Still have to do that now and then for the blow dryer BlueSpot Jan 2019 #41
Two teens try to figure out how to use a rotary phone. area51 Jan 2019 #8
I saw this somewhere else but did not watch it MuseRider Jan 2019 #9
Ha ha! True Dough Jan 2019 #11
I'm still messing up my ring tone! nt zanana1 Jan 2019 #44
I love how, every time they ran out of ideas, they would pick the receiver up Aristus Jan 2019 #20
Right Now, today, in my kitchen..I have rotary dial phone.. Stuart G Jan 2019 #13
Have one on my laundry-room wall FiveGoodMen Jan 2019 #28
That is one of the facts about those phones. They still work. Stuart G Jan 2019 #29
Remember When RobinA Jan 2019 #40
Grandma Freddie Jan 2019 #14
During my youngest years, pre-teen... Wounded Bear Jan 2019 #15
Remember party lines? Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #48
Never had one... Wounded Bear Jan 2019 #49
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
Twenty-some years ago madamesilverspurs Jan 2019 #16
That would be a fitting story for True Dough Jan 2019 #17
Remember 20ft of the coiled cord so you were mobile around the house. nt Hotler Jan 2019 #19
I remember when 20ft of straight cords would mysteriously shrink Brother Buzz Jan 2019 #21
In the kitchen, no privacy, & your father nonstop saying "Get off the phone, someone might call" lindysalsagal Jan 2019 #22
What? I still live like that. hunter Jan 2019 #23
At some point in time, True Dough Jan 2019 #24
The black one was probably used to inflict harm on people now and then LeftInTX Jan 2019 #34
Those were the Good Old Days jmowreader Jan 2019 #25
We still had an old rotary on kitchen wall few years ago. Young teenage friend of my son asked empedocles Jan 2019 #26
So true matt819 Jan 2019 #27
....and boldly announcing, "Smith residence, John speaking" Lars39 Jan 2019 #30
That is as much fun to watch as showing someone their age how to use a typewriter. Delmette2.0 Jan 2019 #31
The students used one of these at my college. It was a party line. struggle4progress Jan 2019 #32
Can you still call the operator for the correct time or for directory assistance? Kaleva Jan 2019 #35
That is a good question True Dough Jan 2019 #36
well, I just pressed "0", after pressing 'talk", on my cordless phone and nothing happened. Kaleva Jan 2019 #37
I wonder if it would be the same result True Dough Jan 2019 #38
My cordless is a landline. Kaleva Jan 2019 #39
Right! True Dough Jan 2019 #42
When I was a kid, my maternal grandmother had a phone that was kinda scary Rhiannon12866 Jan 2019 #43
Bryant Pond Maine had crank telephones until 1983 jpak Jan 2019 #45
Just as a point of information...my dial phone sits on a table in the kitchen.. Stuart G Jan 2019 #50
I remember an anecdote of an aide to George Soros, who came from a small empedocles Jan 2019 #51
Mine came with the house and it still works, just fine. Siwsan Jan 2019 #52
click click... Hello.. Sarah?... give me CE-401. defacto7 Jan 2019 #53
Teaching folks to use dial phone: Thunderbeast Jan 2019 #55
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