Brings to mind an incident in the church youth group. We told the kids to call their parents and tell them what time to come pick them up. Well, the church actually had an old rotary wall phone in the kitchen. One of the girls came back and said she doesn’t know how to use that kind of phone. And that really happened just here recently!
I remember not just using the rotatry phones but also the long cords attached to phone base on the wall. My sisters while growing up had that cord rapped all over the place. You had to really watch your step going around furniture and corners so you didn’t get tripped. Ahh the pre cordless days.
Ahh, the days of rotary dials and party lines. And yes … it is really a sad state of affairs when young people today cannot tell time on a conventional clock or watch.
I grew up with both the rotary phone and the party line.
My late maternal grandmother even had a rotary phone (no party line however.)
One time, many years ago, when my cousins were visting, they tried using the rotary and didn’t know to “spin” the dial rather than just pushing the “buttons”.
Black and white TV. Water from the well. Outhouses. The good old days when kids were kids instead of marketing devices though Sonny did say teeny bopper was our new-born king.
Thank You Alexander Graham Bell for paving the way for the information Superhighway! Ziggy, if you are calling from a rotary phone you may qualify for a lot of things. Take it while you can still get it.
The digital ease of not needing to understand a clock face is what texting will likely do to the accuracy and comprehension of our future, American ‘spellers’. Ahhh progress!
LittleSister18 almost 14 years ago
vlechtja almost 14 years ago
And if you’re also not wearing pants while making the call you will be bailed out.
gjsjr41 almost 14 years ago
He’s talking on a phone, not a web cam. lol
gforgina almost 14 years ago
@Teresa…WOW!
davidf42 almost 14 years ago
Teresa - So do I. Looong time ago.
Brings to mind an incident in the church youth group. We told the kids to call their parents and tell them what time to come pick them up. Well, the church actually had an old rotary wall phone in the kitchen. One of the girls came back and said she doesn’t know how to use that kind of phone. And that really happened just here recently!
Commentator almost 14 years ago
Thanks for answering my question Newenglandah, I was wondering of those old rotary phones still work with today’s phone lines.
stewartava almost 14 years ago
davidf42 and Newenglandah, I know this to be very common amongst contemporary (American) generations. Kind of scary really.
kc7vpj almost 14 years ago
When I was driving city bus I told a girl that the next bus was 1/2 hour behine me she asked me how long is that. This was a high school girl.
annamargaret1866 almost 14 years ago
Teresa, davidf42, me three!
GreatCujo almost 14 years ago
I remember not just using the rotatry phones but also the long cords attached to phone base on the wall. My sisters while growing up had that cord rapped all over the place. You had to really watch your step going around furniture and corners so you didn’t get tripped. Ahh the pre cordless days.
magnamax almost 14 years ago
Cordless phones are nice, but my corded phone will call for pizza when the power is out and the electric ignitors on my stove don’t work.
tahoeh2o almost 14 years ago
Remember HeHaw, Call BR-549…
Redhead55 almost 14 years ago
Ahh, the days of rotary dials and party lines. And yes … it is really a sad state of affairs when young people today cannot tell time on a conventional clock or watch.
frrykid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
me 5
I grew up with both the rotary phone and the party line.
My late maternal grandmother even had a rotary phone (no party line however.) One time, many years ago, when my cousins were visting, they tried using the rotary and didn’t know to “spin” the dial rather than just pushing the “buttons”.
RadioTom almost 14 years ago
I feel old…. Very very old….
freeholder1 almost 14 years ago
Black and white TV. Water from the well. Outhouses. The good old days when kids were kids instead of marketing devices though Sonny did say teeny bopper was our new-born king.
DrMoses almost 14 years ago
Thank You Alexander Graham Bell for paving the way for the information Superhighway! Ziggy, if you are calling from a rotary phone you may qualify for a lot of things. Take it while you can still get it.
Keith Messamer almost 14 years ago
Figures.
stewartava almost 14 years ago
The digital ease of not needing to understand a clock face is what texting will likely do to the accuracy and comprehension of our future, American ‘spellers’. Ahhh progress!