Electronics

[Bookplate]

I remember my grandparents' rotary phone had a cloth-covered cord, which I hadn't seen anywhere else.  This was in the 1950's.

[gardenman]

My old Hematologist's office in Philly was still using a rotary phone in 1990, which drove his receptionist/secretary, Monica, absolutely insane. She'd make a call and be instructed to "Press one" to connect with someone and couldn't do it. She had to hold on and wait for a different option. 

[Puppy Lips]

Recently we took our grandkids out for ice cream in a retro ice cream shop. We sat at a table and in the middle of the table, as a decoration, was a big yellow rotary phone, not the slim kind, but the big ones that sat on a desk. Our six year old grandson looked at it, played with it a bit, and then said, “How do you send a text?”

[Mz iMac]

@Puppy Lips   

 too  cute!

[candys mine]

Sometimes I Wish we had them back.  The WORLD NEEDS an EXERCISE IN PATIENCE these days.

[Tinkrbl44]

Here's a handy tip ...

Thinking back to the days we had a phone number before they added the three-digit area code.   Just seven numbers.

Well, I recall reading that those seven numbers will make up the basis for a password no one will ever guess ... and you'll never forget.  

[Puppy Lips]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

Here's a handy tip ...

Thinking back to the days we had a phone number before they added the three-digit area code.   Just seven numbers.

Well, I recall reading that those seven numbers will make up the basis for a password no one will ever guess ... and you'll never forget.  

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@Tinkrbl44 Here is something I will never, ever forget.  Back when I was in grade school, we had to go sign up for something - I don't remember if it was for school or camp, or what.  There was a table outside in the parking lot.  The woman asked me for our home address and our home phone number.  I gave it to the woman, and she did not believe me.

We had an Uncle who worked for the phone company.  He was able to get  us a phone number that was "33" and then our 5 digit house number.  So our house number was in our phone number.  It was kind of cool actually.  But I was "incensed" as a little kid that this woman did not believe me, thinking I got the numbers confused.