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In reply to the discussion: Can you remember the dark ages? [View all]matt819
(10,749 posts)27. So true
And when I was a kid and went to a friend's apartment (no houses when I was growing up, just lots and lots of apartments) and they had a wall phone, I thought they were doing pretty darn well. A wall phone. Wow. And double wow if anyone had a princess phone. All we had was a table top phone, green if memory serves.
And I'll bet we answered the phone with a normal Hello, not the Hello? we use today because if there's no caller id we don't trust who might be calling.
I hate the phone.
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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