Trollheart

That's no joke, though you think it is. It was quite some time before our house got its own telephone. We used to have to use the public box on the corner, handy for me as I could see it from my bedroom so didn't have to stand for ages in the rain (Ireland, remember!) waiting for whoever was in there to finish up. We thought we were great when we got our housephone: oh the comfort! The class! The luxury!

Tell me something, seriously: would you know how to make a call on one of these?

Clue: it does not connect to the internet and has no USB slot.


I'll thank you not to call me British. I am Irish. Please remember that. It could save your life one day.

As for "PTO" it was not ALWAYS used, but where say a letter would end maybe with "I'll be coming over in December" and then the author ran out of space, and it COULD have been the end of the letter, PTO would have you checking the back where it might say "assuming grandpa makes it through" or whatever. Important information could be on the back of the page, so if that was the case, the attention of the reader was drawn to it. It became a thing in my youth and before. A lot of official letters would have it. Also "Encl", just in case someone didn't check the envelope...

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Exo

How do you sell a deaf man a hot dog?

*inhale deeply and shout*

WANNA BUY A HOT DOG!!!???

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Engine

^That's a Blackberry, right? I don't do BlackBerry OS.
Actually I'm sure most people here know how to use a rotary phone, but today's children have no clue.

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Isbjørn

That's where I learned it

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Plankton

Alright... I gotta chime in here. I had a Mickey Mouse rotary when I was a kid, and PTO means "Power Take Off" on any motorized mechanism that has a gear actuational system.

I know I just made up some words but yeah, Dad time.

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RoxyRollah

[QUOTE=Trollheart;1432847]
Tell me something, seriously: would you know how to make a call on one of these?

Clue: it does not connect to the internet and has no USB slot.




I am answering you seriously. Yes I would use this, yes I know how to use it, but I won't reconsider using this, until I have a sterling silver telephone dialer.

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ladyislingering

[QUOTE=RoxyRollah;1437337]If there are people out there over the age of 18 that don't know what this thing is, or how to use it, that makes me very sad. If I had any reason whatsoever to have a landline in this apartment, you bet your ass I'd hook it up to a rotary telephone. I love those things.

How could you not want one??

LOOK HOW CUTE THIS ONE IS

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RoxyRollah

[QUOTE=ladyislingering;1437424]
Right so where is our sterling silver dialer to go with this pink prize?

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Trollheart

[QUOTE=RoxyRollah;1437452]How did you get a camera into Vanilla's apartment? And we should talk...

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