I now have only a single cell phone that’s turned off most of the time. But I do remember the rotory phone. I think my Mom wa the last one to change it out for a touch-tone phone.
We have 2 landlines with a mix of touchtone and rotary phones, both lines accessible with both kinds of phones. Phone company technicians tend to stare at it in disbelief.The only problems we tend to have are when critters chew on the underground wires, or sometimes we get interference from the hi-freq welder in the shop.
I remember the first touch tone phone we had wasn’t truly touch tone. You’d press a number, such as 5, and instead of a singular “beep” you’d hear “beepbeepbeepbeepbeep”.
The phone lines hadn’t caught up with the technology.
ellisaana Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Hey! We still have one of those.
Agent54 almost 13 years ago
I still have a rotary butt set hanging in the shop, next to the push button one.
doc white almost 13 years ago
Anyone remember, two longs and a short? I didn’t think so.
InTraining Premium Member almost 13 years ago
There were phones prior to that….. Just a cradel…. “Hello.. !… Number Please…?”
Sisyphos almost 13 years ago
Haven’t had one for a while. But I do still have only landline phones! So, there!
cabalonrye almost 13 years ago
I have seen a teen faced with one, trying to call home. She ended up pleading for help.
GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago
I now have only a single cell phone that’s turned off most of the time. But I do remember the rotory phone. I think my Mom wa the last one to change it out for a touch-tone phone.
whitecarabao almost 13 years ago
Ya gotta love Pierpoint’s response.
ellisaana Premium Member almost 13 years ago
We have 2 landlines with a mix of touchtone and rotary phones, both lines accessible with both kinds of phones. Phone company technicians tend to stare at it in disbelief.The only problems we tend to have are when critters chew on the underground wires, or sometimes we get interference from the hi-freq welder in the shop.
KEStuck almost 13 years ago
I remember the first touch tone phone we had wasn’t truly touch tone. You’d press a number, such as 5, and instead of a singular “beep” you’d hear “beepbeepbeepbeepbeep”.
The phone lines hadn’t caught up with the technology.
Goblinopolis almost 13 years ago
My mother was an AT&T operator in the ’40s. She never lost the habit of yelling into the phone.