rotary telephones?

**davidpizzica** · 03-19-2006, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by Pam

Nope I'm a born and bred Pennsylvania girl.

Pam, what part of Pa?

**KYS** · 03-19-2006, 06:45 PM

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

**Pam** · 03-20-2006, 06:07 AM

Originally Posted by david p

Pam, what part of Pa?

David I was born in Philadelphia and raised in a little town in the suburbs of Philly called Elkins Park.

You know the other day I was just thinking about the change in technology in my lifetime. It is just astounding. The other day I was on the phone with my four year old grandson and he said "wait a minute Nannie I want to put you on speaker phone." He truly will think I am an old lady when I someday explain to him about rotary phones and party lines.

**davidpizzica** · 03-20-2006, 07:08 AM

Originally Posted by Pam

David I was born in Philadelphia and raised in a little town in the suburbs of Philly called Elkins Park.

You know the other day I was just thinking about the change in technology in my lifetime. It is just astounding. The other day I was on the phone with my four year old grandson and he said "wait a minute Nannie I want to put you on speaker phone." He truly will think I am an old lady when I someday explain to him about rotary phones and party lines.

Pam, as you can probably tell, I represent the western end of Pa. Born & bred in Pittsburgh.

**shais_mom** · 03-20-2006, 10:01 AM

we use to have the party line - we'd pick up the phone and my grandma would be talking to my aunt and my mom would join in. Now you can't do that without 3 way calling.
My other grandparents (the one that had the phone) still had it when they moved - and so did her neighbor b/c (in 2002) she didn't want to pay for the private line!