Pluggers by Rick McKee for February 01, 2022

And has a dial instead of push buttons.

Party line AND an outhouse. The Lone Ranger on the radio.

Hey, I remember those!

I suspect you’re well on your way to pluggerdom if you still answer the phone.

Eh, it been long time since we gave up landline.

and REAL mac and cheese on the plate – none of this powdered nonsense. (with strawberry jam mixed in…)

And a ringer loud enough to hear.

Dad would get mad at us teenage girls, stretched that bad boy to @ 18 feet and had to wrap it up over the phone (hung on the wall) so we wouldn’t trip on the rest laying on the floor.

And the cord was always tangled up, so you had to stand next to the base anyway.

And likely hangs on the wall.

When I finished our basement, I put in a phone line for a wall jack. But with the proliferation of Robo Calls and the domination of Cell Phones, it probably will never be used.

Count me as a plugger then.

Well … mine’s a charger. :)

know of anyone who still has one (in their house, not workplace’s office)?

Most of my “home” phones are cordless, but the one on the desk still is corded. It just isn’t very long.

“Where is my phone?” said no Pluggers. It’s attached to the wall in the kitchen.

Even if you had a long cord, there likely was a chair under the phone on the wall. In the kitchen.

I hate them! I have one in case the electricity goes out (cellphones don’t work here) and the portable won’t work.

And a land line, which no one understands.

I have one that is wood and the receiver and mouth pierce are separate.

Arthur Godfrey calling, do you know today’s word of the day?

I haven’t had a landline for 8 years.

The phone company kept twisting it up from the other end.