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Aristus

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20. I love how, every time they ran out of ideas, they would pick the receiver up

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 02:13 PM

Jan 2019

and place it back down again. I guess they thought they were resetting or rebooting it.

Interesting way of showing that technological bafflement goes both ways. I'll bet those young men have had no end of frustration trying to show their elders how to use computers or smart phones.

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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