How far we’ve come

"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
11/01/2019 at 22:47 • Filed to: None

Yes, those were the dark ages.

DISCUSSION (9)

facw > Just Jeepin'
11/01/2019 at 23:53

Rotary phones are fun! Not efficient in any way, but fun. We had one in my kitchen when I was a kid. Touch tone phones were already the thing, but this was a big wall mounted unit that wasn’t worth changing, so it got left up there.

lone_liberal > Just Jeepin'
11/01/2019 at 23:54

We had a party line when I was a kid. Try explaining that to a kid.

Just Jeepin' > facw
11/02/2019 at 00:06

I may be one of the few people on earth who have won radio “be the nth caller” contests on touch tone, rotary, and pay phones.

Chariotoflove > Just Jeepin'
11/02/2019 at 00:18

Then I too am part of the select brotherhood.

That was hilarious and also a little bit sad.

Longtime Lurker > Just Jeepin'
11/02/2019 at 00:30

We had a rotary phone in the baseme nt when I was a kid.

fintail > Just Jeepin'
11/02/2019 at 00:50

My grandparents house had two rotary phones (one a pink “Princess” model) in use until around 1990. I remember thinking they were quaint, but they weren’t perplexing. Ah youth, wasted on the young.

GLiddy > Just Jeepin'
11/02/2019 at 01:00

I think I’ve still got a Touch-Tone converter in my junk box. You would unscrew the mouthpiece on a standard phone and screw the converter on it. It had a membrane keypad with the numbers and symbols. It was mainly useful if you had an old line without TT active (it was extra cost for awhile to upgrade from rotary to tone service ) but you needed to access either alternative long-distance services or remote PBXs.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Just Jeepin'
11/02/2019 at 07:14

Im 35 and those were on their way out when I was a kid. However my parents are technological dinosaurs / “don’t fix it of it ain’t broke” mentality. So it was funny when I’d have friends over and my folks would invite them to stay for dinner and say “call your parents to see if its okay.” And my friends would just stare at the phone like........

My folks finally got rid of their last rotary when the local phone company went all digital and no longer supported them. And you can bet my folks held out till the last day.

I also remember pay phones!

NojustNo > Longtime Lurker
11/04/2019 at 22:00

Nvm wrong thread lol