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Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:16 pm to weagle99
Nope. Don't miss them at all.
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:22 pm to northshorebamaman
When I was a kid, my school had an after school program for parents that couldn't get their kids as soon as school let out. My dad and used to tell me to page him when I needed something because he didn't want me to call him at work. The only phone that was available for kids to use was a rotary phone and you couldn't page anyone with it because it didn't send an actual signal for the numbers so I had to call him (he'd get super pissed). I told him 10 times that I couldn't page him and he wouldn't believe me until he took out an old rotary phone we had and tried it himself. 
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:25 pm to northshorebamaman
I remember back when radio stations had give-aways and contests and such, they would take a certain number caller, such has caller #9. We would dial the number to the radio station and hold that last digit on the rotary phone, finger to the metal, already coiled. You could sit at that phone for an hour like that, but if your finger slipped...
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:26 pm to weagle99
greatest phone of all time
This post was edited on 1/16/17 at 11:27 pm
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:32 pm to weagle99
My grandmother still has 2 rotary phones hanging on her wall. One of them, in the kitchen, has like a 50' cord on it. It's awesome. Lol. She had to end up getting a simple cordless phone to use when she has to call a company with a phone menu, so she could press 1 for English, etc. I've told her I could probably sell them, since they are in mint condition, but she doesn't want to get rid of them.
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:33 pm to Slim Chance
Those sons of bitches are handy when the power goes out and you want to make a call.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 1:04 am to weagle99
I miss everything about the days when things were built to last forever.
The king of rotary dial phones was the Western Electric model 500, they were made at a plant in Shreveport. The Originals were made of bakelite and weighed a ton, more than one person was beat to death with one of these phones, usually by their spouse. Until the Bell Telephone system was broken up you had to rent them from the phone company, most people only had one in the house. We had two because my dad's employer paid the extra charge so he could be available by phone in his home office.
The king of rotary dial phones was the Western Electric model 500, they were made at a plant in Shreveport. The Originals were made of bakelite and weighed a ton, more than one person was beat to death with one of these phones, usually by their spouse. Until the Bell Telephone system was broken up you had to rent them from the phone company, most people only had one in the house. We had two because my dad's employer paid the extra charge so he could be available by phone in his home office.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 1:32 am to EA6B
Sometimes I forget that the average age of the OT is dead.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 3:34 am to weagle99
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Posted on 1/17/17 at 3:43 am to weagle99
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Anyone else sonetimes miss rotary phones?
This is stupid. "sonetimes" I miss western union. I like horses.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 3:45 am to AlonsoWDC
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Sometimes I forget that the average age of the OT is dead.
That's not cool.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 4:06 am to EA6B
My brother was killed with one of these; By a woman.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 4:36 am to upgrayedd
Perhaps your dad knew all along it wouldn't work which meant you coukdn't bug him.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 5:31 am to weagle99
No more than I miss having "party" (shared) lines for cheaper rates.
This post was edited on 1/17/17 at 5:32 am
Posted on 1/17/17 at 5:05 pm to JawjaTigah
The feeling of empowerment from slamming the phone on someone. Can't really do that with the phones of today.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 5:13 pm to Honky Lips
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greatest phone of all time
Nope. This was...
Posted on 1/17/17 at 5:35 pm to weagle99
Had a girl make an emergency break through one time while my dad was on the phone he was pissed when he found out nobody died.
he was pissed when he found out nobody died. Posted on 1/17/17 at 5:53 pm to weagle99
Not really.
I do remember at my grandparents house picking up the phone and woman's voice on the other end asking what/who was I calling
I do remember at my grandparents house picking up the phone and woman's voice on the other end asking what/who was I calling
Posted on 1/17/17 at 7:21 pm to weagle99
I worked at a place whose # was 888-8998. It took forever to dial that f***ing #.
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