Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for June 28, 2023

…..or a landline.

Rotary phones are landline phones.

We have a rotary phone hanging on the kitchen wall. It used to be on the wall in my wife’s late parents’ apartment, and she loves it.My son, who works in IT, can hook it up so it will ring if someone calls the house line, but we can’t call out on it because the phone company no longer supports pulse dialing. To be able to call out, we would have to install an adapter.

I remember rotary phones—my mother told me that I used to pull it off the cabinet and it would hit my head. Good thing it left no effects. Good thing it left no effects. Good thing it left no effects…

Here are some guys having trouble using a rotary telephone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OADXNGnJok&t=104s

“Please listen carefully as our menu options have changed …”

Press ‘one’ to continue in English ….

I remember that type of phone, from my dad’s old office, back when my brother and i were kids.

If you use your mobile phone while navigating a rotary does that make it a rotary phone?

Back when Ma Bell was the only choice, they charged extra for push-button so my parents stuck with rotary. And that was a stupid policy because the equipment for push-button was cheaper and more reliable, but people were willing to pay so they took the profits.

they have a club for people with phones like that

The only reason I have a land line phone is to get my internet, fiber optic needs a telephone line where I live.When I moved here and got the internet it took two crews and three days to complete, they had a lot of rock to go thru since I live on a rocky bluff. I paid 83 dollars for install, best deal I ever got. Somebody made an error in my estimate.

I’ve been thinking about buying a rotary phone for the house. A friend warned me about telemarketers. But you can’t slam down a cell phone. It just doesn’t feel the same.

He could always nail his cell phone to the wall…

I’ve yet to actually lose my smartphone. Mislay? All the time.

I remember those phones. I used to call my Grandma in the morning after breakfast. Her phone number was one of the first combinations of numbers I learned after our family’s of course. Fun memories. (⁠✿⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠)

If flip phones are back, can phone bricks be far behind? I’ll wait and get a wireless desk phone to carry around.

Biz’s journey in life never left the ‘roundabout’.

That’ll solve that problem.

The one on his desk at work has been missing since 1978.

Cosmo’s going to need a LONG cord to carry a rotary phone with him!

As the phone cords got longer, people did actually lose their rotary phones occasionally. It wasn’t like you had another phone handy to make it ring. :)