rotary phone

[Colt45]

for teh win.

anyone else still use one of these? they're impossible to kill.

http://www.bellsystemmemorial.com/images/1949_500_type_desk_set.jpg

 

[imported_Doghouse]

Still have a wall mount rotary. 3 generations of abuse.

 

[BriGy86]

Originally posted by: Colt45
for teh win.

anyone else still use one of these? they're impossible to kill.

http://www.bellsystemmemorial.com/images/1949_500_type_desk_set.jpg

good for bludgeoning people to death with too

 

[Shawn]

I wish. My great-grandmother used to have several of them but I think my grandparents threw them away when she died. Those phones were awesome.

 

[JMWarren]

http://cgi.ebay.ca/RED-ROTARY-PHONE-BEL...5QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It'd be like calling the President....or Bat Man....


Mike

 

[jadinolf]

Mine is a Mediterranean phone circa 1975.

I always wanted one and now it's in a box in my garage.

 

[Zenmervolt]

I have a mid 1970's (earliest sticker is 1977) white 500DM that I still use. It still has the little sticker on the underside that says, "Property of Ohio Bell. NOT FOR SALE." I've made my parents promise that if they ever get rid of the old wall mount rotary in our kitchen that they'll give it to me rather than throw it out.

ZV

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: BriGy86

Originally posted by: Colt45
for teh win.

anyone else still use one of these? they're impossible to kill.

http://www.bellsystemmemorial.com/images/1949_500_type_desk_set.jpg

good for bludgeoning people to death with too

:laugh:

 

[Colt45]

When you guys mention wall mount, do you mean 554?

 

[George P Burdell]

there was one at my grandpa's place until five years ago...dunno what happened to it.

 

[Colt45]

..................

 

[Eli]

Haven't had a land line in a few years, heh.

 

[Xyclone]

Hell no!

 

[DainBramaged]

nope

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: JMWarren
http://cgi.ebay.ca/RED-ROTARY-PHONE-BEL...5QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It'd be like calling the President....or Bat Man....


Mike

No...those phones have no dial on them, just a blinking light and when you pick up the headset it's instant connect - no dialing. Or operator dialed, whatever.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: JMWarren
http://cgi.ebay.ca/RED-ROTARY-PHONE-BEL...5QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It'd be like calling the President....or Bat Man....


Mike

No...those phones have no dial on them, just a blinking light and when you pick up the headset it's instant connect - no dialing. Or operator dialed, whatever.

Those are usually preprogrammed with a phone number that is automatically dialed.

We had a rotary dial phone on our wall for years - it also read "Property of Ohio Bell. NOT FOR SALE"... until we got rid of it, when it stopped working.

I think we still have a rotary desk phone at grandma's, somewhere...

 

[zmaster]

I recently upgraded my grandma's rotary to a huge button dialer. she wasnt wery pleased...it ran on batteries. she was like...if i have to buy extra batteries for it why do i need it? i should of gotten her a wireless...but shed have lost it.