A rotary dial phone

[Medusa]

Um, careful there. I've never even been to Pittsburgh, and there's a wringer and a washboard in my basement!

LOL, that's funny! Probably the difference is that my sister actually uses hers. Plus she still wears her hair in a huge beehive like Marge Simpson.

Randi, I remember the old prefixes, now that you mention it. Ours was OR for Orchard. Goodness, the memories this has brought back!

[Pam]

Yes I remember the old rotary phones too. In fact there is one in our basement right now (hubby never throws anything out without me begging ) I can still remember picking up the phone when I was a child and hearing an operator say...."number please.." and our phone number started with ME for Melrose. Thanks for the little trip down memory lane.

[pitc9]

My dad still uses one in his garage!!
It's the funniest thing!
It's brown too!!

Growning up we had a yellow one in the kitchen with a SUPER long cord so we could reach the bathroom and shut the door for private phone conversations. With 4 girls in the house, that was done all the time! My parent's finally put a phone booth sign on the bathroom door!

[kitten645]

Really funny...at a trade show recently I saw someone who is selling a rotary phone you can plug into your cell phone! LOL! You just plug it in and you can use it like the old rotary phone. I still have fond memories of my light blue princess phone I grew up with.
Claudia

[Ginger's Mom]

Ah yes, Devonshire (DE) was our exchange. I really do miss those old exchanges. They were so nice and homey. It's funny we think of rotary phones as so slow now, and in a few more years we will probably think of dialing at all as being slow. We will all be used to just saying "call (whomever)," and the phone will connect.