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The over 40 crowd will appreciate this one

Remember them well. Used them often. Rotary phones too lol
@Jeephikelove lol yessss! You can't dial fast enough be 9th caller

Only so fast you can slin that dial with your finger. And damn if half the time was in too big a hurry and didnt turn that little circle hole all the way and screw up my call
Jeephikelove · 46-50, F
@Bexsy lol exactly!! I think I got through like 3 times.
uncalled4 · 56-60, M
@Jeephikelove They pick up a random caller and say "You're the ninth! You win!" anyway.
“Please deposit 10 cents or this call will be interrupted.”
fortycreek · M
We had a rotory phone when i was a kid, and was a party line , when i bought my current house 22 years it had them still, so i kept it for nostalgia thinking it was cool, did not last long at all, miss one number and start over or too many zeros suscked so it didn't last long
black4white · 56-60, M
Kids dont even know how to roll down car windows manually...most have never seen those handles on car doors... LoL
Driver2 · M
Want to freak them out ? Show them a typewriter
chuck7882 · 61-69, M
@Driver2 true story. My town's school system had their computers hacked just before final exams. The kids had to take thier finals on, gasp, paper and pen. Parents and students protested saying the results shouldnt count because of the hardship
Driver2 · M
@chuck7882 I believe that

Child abuse
BarbossasHusband · 36-40, M
I remember calling Sylvias mother on one of those. The operator kept nagging for more money. So annoying 🙄
MellyMel22 · F
[i][c=BF0080]Well they used to get blown up once replaced where I come from 😆 Was a b*tch when I needed to use one 😡 [/c][/i]
LOL! My family fled the Bronx in the late 60’s. @MellyMel22
MellyMel22 · F
@stratosranger [i][c=BF0080]Well I’m not sure if pay phones were around back then 😆[/c][/i]
@MellyMel22 Sure. With rotary dials. “Hello operator? Could you connect me with Pelham 2400?”
smiler2012 · 56-60
ha ha ha it is a relic when i was coming home from work in the united kingdom i saw one of the old red telephone box in an grounds of an hotel rather took me aback slightly [chuck7882]
SoLeRiMix · 31-35, M
Accessible contact sources of then.😇
Pay-phones and Telephone Booths, I miss them. Telephone Booths/Phone Box were better as they gave people privacy. Pay-phones were quite open.🙂
graphite · 61-69, M
I took my kid on a tour of the USS Hornet, an old navy ship used to bring in the Apollo astronauts, and showed him how to use the rotary phone that was on it.
Indy74 · 46-50, F
Oh yes, of course!! 😂😂 good lawd!! Calling cards and such!! Geez!!
MrAboo · 36-40, M
I remember as kid checking each one for quarters with my brother
zerofuks2give · 41-45, M
I think I know where that is 😂😂😂
Chelsiegirl · 46-50, T
My niece was being snarky with my middle sister (not her mother) when they were visiting and Sis had a question about her new smart phone. I challenged my niece to call [b]my[/b] iPhone number from my landline, using [b]this[/b] phone (which still works):
Justenjoyit · 56-60, M
Gives me the shivers looking at that lol
SkeetSkeet · 100+, F
Those were the days
Driver2 · M
iamonfire696 · 41-45, F
Those were the times when you had to keep change on hand to make a phone call while you were out
Lilnonames · F
I was in Walmart and the guy in front of me was paying by check. The young cashier didn't know what it was and the manager had to show her
chuck7882 · 61-69, M
@Lilnonames I handed a young cashier a twenty dollar bill for a 17.50 purchase. The computer in the register was down and she asked me what is 20 minus 17.50?
iamonfire696 · 41-45, F
@chuck7882 OMG 🤣

 
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