Cursive and stick.....

[mrvette]

this is good.....

[Yadkin]

And dial telephones.

[markids77]

And slide rules.

[Bruze]

And analog clocks.

And real English.

[Yadkin]

And paper maps.

[Unsuspicious]

And beating your kids

[6spdC6]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

And dial telephones.

I still use one. Years back when I first moved in up here at the lake we had constant power failures. That of course killed the portable phones we had. (No cell up here at that time) Using the old dialier meant it would always ring or work in a power failure.

Its still hanging on the wall and it works just fine. Of course it hardly gets used now. Its not that bad only takes a couple seconds more to dial out, and of course your tied to that about 4' cord!

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by markids77

And slide rules.

You mean 'Slip-Sticks' don't you????

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by 6spdC6

I still use one. Years back when I first moved in up here at the lake we had constant power failures. That of course killed the portable phones we had. (No cell up here at that time) Using the old dialier meant it would always ring or work in a power failure.

Its still hanging on the wall and it works just fine. Of course it hardly gets used now. Its not that bad only takes a couple seconds more to dial out, and of course your tied to that about 4' cord!

I had one up until 2007, for the same reasons. If the power went out I could still use it -- however one time a tree took the power lines down, including the phone line. But that didn't usually happen.

I have a WH generator now, so don't worry about lines coming down or the power going out. Except if the Spectrum line went down then I would lose my land line. Not sure how that would affect cell with Wifi calling.

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

And paper maps.

I burned all mine a couple of years ago.

[Onebadcad]

Give them one of these:

[roadpilot]

Cause a total melt down, get rid of the internet.

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by 6spdC6

I still use one. Years back when I first moved in up here at the lake we had constant power failures. That of course killed the portable phones we had. (No cell up here at that time) Using the old dialier meant it would always ring or work in a power failure.

Its still hanging on the wall and it works just fine. Of course it hardly gets used now. Its not that bad only takes a couple seconds more to dial out, and of course your tied to that about 4' cord!

Rotary dial or touch tone?

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

Rotary dial or touch tone?

The one I ditched in 2007, as previously noted, was a dialer. I bought it in 1984 after living here for 2 years with no phone (nobody actually lived here before I did, and I didn't want a phone, but between the GF and my mom, I got voted down).

I didn't use the dialer much after around 1990 when I got a wireless phone.

[Unsuspicious]

[6spdC6]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

Rotary dial or touch tone?

Originally Posted by Bruze

The one I ditched in 2007, as previously noted, was a dialer. I bought it in 1984 after living here for 2 years with no phone (nobody actually lived here before I did, and I didn't want a phone, but between the GF and my mom, I got voted down).

I didn't use the dialer much after around 1990 when I got a wireless phone.

Over 50 years old and the old ROTARY still works well! Its now mounted downstairs on the garage wall. It still dials out but a bit slower than the modern stuff.

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by 6spdC6

Over 50 years old and the old ROTARY still works well! Its now mounted downstairs on the garage wall. It still dials out but a bit slower than the modern stuff.

Mine was a typical all black (Stromberg Carlson probably) bought new in '84. The only change I made to it was to put on a longer cord.

Remember NOT having caller ID, and how differently we answered the phone when it rang?

The best inventions of the modern generation:

Intermittent wipers
Online banking
Climate control in vehicles
And, of course, caller ID

[6spdC6]

Originally Posted by Bruze

Mine was a typical all black (Stromberg Carlson probably) bought new in '84. The only change I made to it was to put on a longer cord.

Remember NOT having caller ID, and how differently we answered the phone when it rang?

The best inventions of the modern generation:

Intermittent wipers
Online banking
Climate control in vehicles
And, of course, caller ID

We got ours in 1970 when we got married. Way back then you rented (AKA Leased). Had that one down stairs and a desk dialer in the living room

Somehow in the course of time the phone company said the phone was obsolete and would no longer lease it, or fix it and gave us the phone. I had called for service (the bell was broken) That was the period that the big phone monopoly was broken up!


Figured out a way to affro engineer the bell and the old phone just keeps on a working!

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by 6spdC6

We got ours in 1970 when we got married. Way back then you rented (AKA Leased). Had that one down stairs and a desk dialer in the living room

Somehow in the course of time the phone company said the phone was obsolete and would no longer lease it, or fix it and gave us the phone. I had called for service (the bell was broken) That was the period that the big phone monopoly was broken up!


Figured out a way to affro engineer the bell and the old phone just keeps on a working!

Yes, I remember when Ma Bell was broken up, by the Reagan admin I believe.

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by 6spdC6

Over 50 years old and the old ROTARY still works well! Its now mounted downstairs on the garage wall. It still dials out but a bit slower than the modern stuff.

In high school one of my friends had a home phone number: xxx-1111.