I Remember Rotary Dial Phones

Showing my age now, but they do have a sense of nostalgia. Unfortunately, when they replace everything with fiberoptic lines, we will no longer be able to dial out on the rotary.😞 However we will still be able to receive calls.🙂 I would love to have one in my living room just for laughs and see my guests' reactions when they see it and ask 'what's that?'😁

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Bri89 · 36-40, M

I wish I were alive when they still used rotary dial phones. I always joked about using one in place of my current phone, but in this day and age, it's not possible. There are too many scam calls to be wary of.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Bri89 The type of 'phone makes no difference to the scam attempts.

There may be more such calls now, but there were plenty of criminal attempts about decades ago, too. They differed in style and method, that's all. Many were cold-calling sales of which some may have been genuine, but others were attempts to sell rubbish or non-existent goods or services.

There were also many postal attempts such as the "Nigerian Prince", trying to find a money-launderer or your bank details .