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Anyone else sonetimes miss rotary phones?

Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:15 pm
Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:15 pm
The deliberate mechanical act of placing a phone call.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75183 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:16 pm to
I miss pagers
Posted by AUCE05
Member since Dec 2009
42560 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:17 pm to
And horse and wagon.
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
9356 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:23 pm to
I miss these. Not the phone itself, but instead because of the simpler times it represented. I was in college at the time and this stayed under my truck seat and I think it was a 10 minute per month plan.


Posted by cleeveclever
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2008
2046 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:23 pm to
My grandma does.

She also died ten years ago.


What about the Tone/pulse transition phones. They looked like a touchtone but you'd hear a numbered pulse after every button pressed. Nobody misses those. They suck.

Back several years ago, I got a really cool rotary phone at a garage sale and thought it'd be cool to use it. While I liked the weight of it and the nostalgia, too many phone functions rely on key entry. So it got old having to hang up and call back on my cell.
Posted by Woobie
Member since Jan 2017
2820 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:25 pm to
Simpler times.

Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
27104 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:27 pm to
No
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:27 pm to
quote:

too many phone functions rely on key entry. So it got old having to hang up and call back on my cell.


I wouldn't have thought of this....I could see where it would be a pain in the arse. I guess progress happens and we don't even realize it.
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
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Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:30 pm to
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This post was edited on 5/26/17 at 2:22 am
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
26532 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:30 pm to


This was my first cell phone... and I thought I had the best shite ever..

It was 50 bucks a month for 100 minutes... back in the early 90's... No texting or internet, just a phone...

Man conserving phone minutes really sucked...
This post was edited on 1/16/17 at 9:34 pm
Posted by Bullfrog
Institutionalized but Unevaluated
Member since Jul 2010
56221 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:31 pm to
Let your fingers do the walking.
Posted by ULL Cool J
Member since Jun 2008
924 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:38 pm to
Remember also when it was a status symbol to have that little antenna on the back glass of your car, because it meant you had a mobile phone.
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43030 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:41 pm to
You can still have one and get back to the OG 3 watts transmit and receive signal with a booster
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
26532 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:45 pm to
Remember the scumbags that actually put fake gold ones on their cars...
This post was edited on 1/16/17 at 9:49 pm
Posted by ldts
Member since Aug 2015
2677 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:49 pm to
Me too, that's why I went and ordered one off of ebay to use. Had to get a converter box to transform the tone so dialed numbers would go through.
Posted by dkreller
Laffy
Member since Jan 2009
30288 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 9:51 pm to
Hell no
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
101387 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 10:03 pm to
GOAT phone.

Posted by Bistineaubengal
Member since Aug 2008
798 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 10:28 pm to
quote:

The deliberate mechanical act of placing a phone call.


I miss the deliberate mechanical act of slamming the phone down when hanging up on someone who pissed me off.
Posted by SamuelClemens
Earth
Member since Feb 2015
11727 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 10:49 pm to
I saw one this past weekend at a retro store. It was one of the yellow ones that hangs on the wall. I wanted to buy it but the price was stupid

This post was edited on 1/16/17 at 10:57 pm
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
110820 posts
Posted on 1/16/17 at 10:52 pm to
quote:

Anyone else sonetimes miss rotary phones?
I miss the days when those darn kids weren't on my lawn.
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