Pluggers by Rick McKee for January 11, 2017

oh, those were the days

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We grew up with those. First the rotary dials were made of metal, then later clear plastic.

Hello Central. Give me the doctor’s office please.

The only new thing I like about the new format is the strips are larger.

I remember my grandparents having a party line into the 1970’s.

I often tell people my cell phone is so old is has a rotary dial. Some of the younger folks have no idea what I mean. Talk about making you feel old!

For those interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_dial

We moved into a new apartment building in 1966. They had a new kind of wall phone: push-button instead of a dial. It was part of the apartment. I thought they were wonderful and my friends were jealous.

And he’s STILL paying the phone company $7 a month to rent it. Even though it was paid for 100 times over and the phone company went belly up 10 years ago!

I’m so old, I recall our phone in the late 40s (in Denver) did not have a dial. You picked up the receiver, and gave your number to an operator. Where the dial was to go was just a circle with your phone number.

Back then, I used a phone so much I had a callous AROUND the tip of my index finger

Rotary phones still exist?

I doubt if you can use a rotary phone today. But I too, like the digital advantages….

Just going to make this one comment today and I will make it on only those strips where I enjoy commenting. I am truly disgusted with the new GC management, and I am looking around for another source of “daily” entertainment. It’s too bad, because there are a lot of really great folks here and I am going to miss all of you! I am not leaving immediately, mind you, but I am looking around for other options. Some folks just left in disgust and they are already missed.

I am cancelling my automatic “GCINSIDER” billing, and after it expires on May 7, the chances are high I will never renew it again. I did it not entirely to eliminate the annoying ads, but to help support the organization. Considering I no longer support what they are doing, my financial support ends, enough said.

I may stop by occasionally and say high, but don’t expect much!

Good bye friends…

Up until about 3 years ago, the phones at my husband’s business were on a mongrel 1/2 digital -1/2 rotary system. Occasionally a phone tech would stop by just to look at the system. Some had never seen a rotary phone in use.

Strangely enough, old rotary phones still work on our modern network. Not that I would every want another rotary phone. I went to Touch-Tone™ as soon as I could, and now have a smart phone in my pocket. I still remember growing up with rotary, though.