rotary telephones?

[Pawsitive Thinking]

What about the trim phone? remember that????

[Catsnclay]

Growing up our phone number was JE7-xxxx, and we had a bright yellow rotary in the kitchen with a very long cord.

Then in my teenage years I had a pink Princess phone

My father STILL has an old rotary phone in the TV room. Several years ago I got him a cordless phone for the kitchen, he uses it, but doesn't take it out of the kitchen

I also bought him a thinner, lighter, smaller answering machine - which he STILL doesn't know how to use - and discarded his brick of a answering machine (that old thing weighed a ton, and took up SO much space!)

its tough getting your parents into the 21st century!

[kuhio98]

We will have a bright red rotary phone in the house. Our cordless phones went out last month so we plugged it in. Kinda scared the cats when it rang. They are used to the more modern beeps and trills and songs.

[shais_mom]

In my Grandparents old house - they had one of the old black ones that actually connected directly into the wall.
My parents still have their old one from the telephone company out in their shed.

[davidpizzica]

We will have a bright red rotary phone in the house. Our cordless phones went out last month so we plugged it in. Kinda scared the cats when it rang. They are used to the more modern beeps and trills and songs.

I know what you mean. The first time it rang it scared Nikki & Daisy and sent them running!

[Vette]

When we first moved up here,, there was no 'push button' phones.. everything was
rotary for a long time... i was pretty little,, but i remember those days.

my parents thought it was funny since we moved from CA which used push button phones..
and then coming up here was like a blast from the past

[moosmom]

ReddHedd,

PBX!!! Just before the Hartford Times went belly up, I worked part-time as a PBX operator. Now THAT was a switchboard with a live person, not today's "automated" system that rattles off so many numbers, you forget who you're calling or why. The PBX also made it very easy to eavesdrop on one's conversation, not that I ever did that, mind you!!!

Davidp,

Nothing wrong with OUR minds, right David?? What was this thread about again?????

[Pam]

Ours was Melrose ####. It was wierd when someone would be
using the line when mom wanted to make a call. She knew everybody
on our line.

Liz, we must have been neighbors at one time Mine was MELROSE 5 XXXX .

[lizbud]

Liz, we must have been neighbors at one time Mine was MELROSE 5 XXXX .

Funny. I know it's a small world but, you didn't happen to live in
Indianapolis did you?

[RedHedd]

The PBX also made it very easy to eavesdrop on one's conversation, not that I ever did that, mind you!!!

I NEVER did that

[davidpizzica]

ReddHedd,

PBX!!! Just before the Hartford Times went belly up, I worked part-time as a PBX operator. Now THAT was a switchboard with a live person, not today's "automated" system that rattles off so many numbers, you forget who you're calling or why. The PBX also made it very easy to eavesdrop on one's conversation, not that I ever did that, mind you!!!

Davidp,

Nothing wrong with OUR minds, right David?? What was this thread about again?????

Donna, I think it has something to do with old telephones? Donna, we're not getting older, we're getting BETTER!

[Pam]

Funny. I know it's a small world but, you didn't happen to live in
Indianapolis did you?

Nope I'm a born and bred Pennsylvania girl.

[davidpizzica]

Nope I'm a born and bred Pennsylvania girl.

Pam, what part of Pa?

[KYS]

Yep! I remember the rotary telephones along with the party lines.

[*iluvskipper*]

those are those spinning ones right? ya i have one of those and i like to use it sometimes lol.