"... it's not just a show-and-tell piece... My intent is to use it as my primary phone. It fits in a pocket; It's reasonably compact; calling the people I most often call is faster than with my old phone, and the battery lasts almost 24 hours."Details at Justine Haupt, via Dark Roasted Blend.
I was born in 1981 and used rotary phones extensively as a kid. I think your timeline is off a bit. From the ages of 5-10 I saw push button phones slowly replace rotary phones in my area (Northern IL). There are even a few still around, I know a guy who has one in his basement but I'm not sure if it's still functional. It was about 10 years ago.
ReplyDeleteMy parents had a rotary phone line and working rotary phone until they moved about a year ago.
ReplyDeletewe have a rotary phone on the farm; touchtone service costs more. to get around the need to use touchtone for the 'press 3 to reach whatever', the phone has a pulse / tone switch. you pulse to dial out then switch to tone to make your selections.
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the farm is on a party line, too. however, now the phone only rings when it is for us. in the old days, one long ring was for us.
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