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Posted: 3/25/2014 8:28:46 AM EDT
"Dial tone....I think I've heard of that!"
I'm only 23. I shouldn't be feeling this old 
Kids react to rotary phones |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 8:38:15 AM EDT
[#1]
I remember having party lines.
Thinking of generational gaps, My aunt taught junior high for a number of years. In her class she would try to explain how things have changed between now (1980's at the time) and when her mother was young. She told the class how her mother used a wood stove when she was younger and now everyone has electric or gas stoves. One kid raised his hand and asked "if the stove was made of wood wouldn't it burn up?" |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 8:39:06 AM EDT
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Rotary phones? They're new-fangled! I can remember when you just picked up the phone, clicked the cradle button a couple of times, and waited to talk to the operator to make your connection. And it was a party line!
(I'm too young to remember when you had to crank the phone.) |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 8:40:22 AM EDT
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No ones got time fo that. HTF do you tex?
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Posted: 3/25/2014 8:41:37 AM EDT
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I always like watching these videos. They're oddly entertaining
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Posted: 3/25/2014 8:41:55 AM EDT
[#5]
I'd like to see their faces when you told them that you rented the phone, it wasn't yours.
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Posted: 3/25/2014 8:46:55 AM EDT
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I rember having party lines. I grew up with party lines. Our house, Grandparents, Aunt/Uncles house, Farm Shop, and a neighbor. I am only 31.. I think we still had it into the early 90's |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 8:47:43 AM EDT
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I am only 30 and when we lived in Michigan we had rotary phones until I was maybe 6 or 7. We also had a party line until a little bit after that. I remember getting yelled at for picking up the phone and listening to people. We did'nt get 911 till quite a bit later.
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Posted: 3/25/2014 8:50:31 AM EDT
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Tell them how if you were out in public, you used to have to actually stop what you were doing, find a phone, and put money into the phone! Minds will be blown
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Posted: 3/25/2014 8:51:44 AM EDT
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What intrigues me is the fact that we're quickly approaching a point where an entire generation of young people will continue to use the phrase "hang up the phone" and have no idea what it means. I'm willing to bet that the average 12 year old doesn't, and will never, understand that at one point the telephone hung from a hook on the kitchen wall (which it was attached to via a curly wire).
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Posted: 3/25/2014 8:52:43 AM EDT
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"I wasn't born in the 40s, so I have no idea what you're talking about."
  I lost. |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 8:54:52 AM EDT
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I was telling my brother in law a story about "burying the needle" in an old suped up Monto Carlo. My nephew then asked "Why are you burying needles uncle F350, someone could stick their foot on one." LOL
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Posted: 3/25/2014 8:55:06 AM EDT
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Last week my daughter came to my Martial Arts class .She takes a different style from the same instructor . She asked him the difference
between the two . " Your Dad takes a Filipino style , it's like fighting in a phone booth" She said " whats a phone booth?" 
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Posted: 3/25/2014 8:56:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What intrigues me is the fact that we're quickly approaching a point where an entire generation of young people will continue to use the phrase "hang up the phone" and have no idea what it means. I'm willing to bet that the average 12 year old doesn't, and will never, understand that at one point the telephone hung from a hook on the kitchen wall (which it was attached to via a curly wire). She doesn't know why you "dial" a number, either.
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Posted: 3/25/2014 8:56:20 AM EDT
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I rember having party lines. Yep….me too. |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:00:50 AM EDT
[#15]
Very cute video.
Those phones look like covered wagons to those kids! |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:01:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Tell them how if you were out in public, you used to have to actually stop what you were doing, find a phone, and put money into the phone! Minds will be blown http://pqliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/payphone.jpg Last time I used a pay phone was in 2002 when my cell died, and I really needed to make a call fast. I remembered there being a payphone in the lobby of Big Lots, so I stopped there. Thank God it was a number I knew before I got a cell phone. I think that phone was removed less than a year later. |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:02:14 AM EDT
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What intrigues me is the fact that we're quickly approaching a point where an entire generation of young people will continue to use the phrase "hang up the phone" and have no idea what it means. I'm willing to bet that the average 12 year old doesn't, and will never, understand that at one point the telephone hung from a hook on the kitchen wall (which it was attached to via a curly wire).
She doesn't know why you "dial" a number, either. Six things our kids just plain won't get It's not just the save icon. |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:04:10 AM EDT
[#18]
Remember when we actually had to remember everyone's numbers?
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:05:02 AM EDT
[#19]
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Remember when we actually had to remember everyone's numbers? No. We wrote numbers down in an address book so we wouldn't have to memorize all of them. 
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:05:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Remember when we actually had to remember everyone's numbers? |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:06:21 AM EDT
[#21]
I still have one in the basement. I wonder if it still works.
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:10:42 AM EDT
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What intrigues me is the fact that we're quickly approaching a point where an entire generation of young people will continue to use the phrase "hang up the phone" and have no idea what it means. I'm willing to bet that the average 12 year old doesn't, and will never, understand that at one point the telephone hung from a hook on the kitchen wall (which it was attached to via a curly wire). I agree completely, but anachronist phrases are fairly common. For example the word for "brakes" in Spanish is "frenos", the verb being "frenar". Frenos is also used for braces on one's teeth, and before that, was used mainly for the word to describe the bit in a horse's mouth. So how do you stop the horse? You pull back on the bit (the frenos), the action being "frenar". Now the word for brakes and braking in a car are used the same way, nobody bothered to think up a new word for brakes or braking. |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:11:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That one occurred to me the other day. I barely remember my own phone number. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Remember when we actually had to remember everyone's numbers? To be fair, it was easier when an entire family only had one number. |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:12:42 AM EDT
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Yep….me too. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I rember having party lines. Yep….me too. I always think about the late night infomercial "pick up the phoooooooone" when somebody mentions party lines. |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:15:19 AM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
I rember having party lines. 
Oh, right... wrong kind of party line!
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:16:44 AM EDT
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Last time I used a pay phone was in 2002 when my cell died, and I really needed to make a call fast. I remembered there being a payphone in the lobby of Big Lots, so I stopped there. Thank God it was a number I knew before I got a cell phone.
I think that phone was removed less than a year later. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Tell them how if you were out in public, you used to have to actually stop what you were doing, find a phone, and put money into the phone! Minds will be blown http://pqliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/payphone.jpg Last time I used a pay phone was in 2002 when my cell died, and I really needed to make a call fast. I remembered there being a payphone in the lobby of Big Lots, so I stopped there. Thank God it was a number I knew before I got a cell phone.
I think that phone was removed less than a year later. I got my first cell phone when I was 14, so I have some experience using pay phones. I remember when my parents got me a phone in my room when I was 7 or so. I thought it was the coolest thing ever to be able to call up friends and ask if they want to hang out whenever I wanted. It was even one of those cool clear ones 
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:17:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: To be fair, it was easier when an entire family only had one number. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Remember when we actually had to remember everyone's numbers? To be fair, it was easier when an entire family only had one number. |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:23:12 AM EDT
[#28]
Usage of the phrase "record" or "album" is going to be lost on many in that age group too.
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:23:43 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:29:31 AM EDT
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I am holding out for the episode when they show a kid a book. I'd say it will happen in the next 30 years or so.
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:42:15 AM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: To be fair, it was easier when an entire family only had one number. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Remember when we actually had to remember everyone's numbers? To be fair, it was easier when an entire family only had one number. |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:42:33 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:45:11 AM EDT
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I still have one in the basement. I wonder if it still works. I am quite sure it does. Mine still works. |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:45:35 AM EDT
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Tell them how if you were out in public, you used to have to actually stop what you were doing, find a phone, and put money into the phone! Minds will be blown http://pqliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/payphone.jpg Where's Superman going to change now? |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:47:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah, you call someones house and ask if they are there. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Remember when we actually had to remember everyone's numbers? To be fair, it was easier when an entire family only had one number. |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:49:46 AM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I rember having party lines. Party line and nosy neighbors. Had to speak in code so they wouldn't learn your business. 8 year old Primuspilum in party line code to mom at Aunt's house: "Grandmom is making orange juice again." Translation: "Grandmom is passed out in the laundry room and is choking on her own vomit." |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:53:56 AM EDT
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I bought an old black, bakelite rotary phone at a pawn shop a few years ago for a few bucks. It was exactly like the one my grandmother had when I was little. Then before I had a chance to hook it up, we ditched our landline.
I need to find a device that lets me route it to my cell phone.  |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:56:23 AM EDT
[#38]
A few years ago when I still had a land line, my young nephews were blown away by my candlestick phone.
They wanted to call everyone they knew because they were fascinated that the thing actually worked..... 
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:56:24 AM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I bought an old black, bakelite rotary phone at a pawn shop a few years ago for a few bucks. It was exactly like the one my grandmother had when I was little. Then before I had a chance to hook it up, we ditched our landline. I need a device that lets me route it to my cell phone. You read that right - I have a working rotary phone on a VoIP phone system at home. Where there's a will... |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 9:59:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Mine goes into a device that converts pulse to DTMF, which is then plugged into an ATA, which is then registered as a phone on my IP-PBX. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I bought an old black, bakelite rotary phone at a pawn shop a few years ago for a few bucks. It was exactly like the one my grandmother had when I was little. Then before I had a chance to hook it up, we ditched our landline. I need a device that lets me route it to my cell phone. You read that right - I have a working rotary phone on a VoIP phone system at home. Where there's a will... |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 10:01:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do people leave voice mails on wax cylinders? |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 10:03:10 AM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No, the ATA it plugs into ring-no-answers to a Cisco Unity Connection server. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Do people leave voice mails on wax cylinders? |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 10:04:15 AM EDT
[#43]
When I was younger, we didn't have dial phones, you would pick up the receiver, wait for an operator, they would announce "operator", then you would ask for a number, as an example our business number was 407, that was it, just 3 numbers, 4 numbers were more common, our home number was 5432, later we got dial phones and the old numbers were upgraded to BR3-0407 and BR3-5432, then finally all numbers 273-0407.
If you wanted to call police, fire or ambulance you would ask for that and the operator would connect you. |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 10:04:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Do people leave voice mails on wax cylinders? |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 10:05:28 AM EDT
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Remember when we actually had to remember everyone's numbers? Hah. Do you remember when you had to call a phone number to get the weather forecast? |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 10:06:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: It would be cooler if you did it on wax cylinders and could forward them via autogyro to the Prussian consulate in Siam.Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Do people leave voice mails on wax cylinders? Rotary phone is still cool though. |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 10:06:44 AM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Hah. Do you remember when you had to call a phone number to get the weather forecast? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Remember when we actually had to remember everyone's numbers? Hah. Do you remember when you had to call a phone number to get the weather forecast? |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 10:08:49 AM EDT
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Anybody remember dialing popcorn to set your clocks?
"At the tone, Eastern Daylight time will be...two...oh eight...and thirty seconds...beeeeeep. At the tone..."
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Posted: 3/25/2014 10:11:43 AM EDT
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I bought an old black, bakelite rotary phone at a pawn shop a few years ago for a few bucks. It was exactly like the one my grandmother had when I was little. You have to hand it to AT&T--that design is an absolute classic. Mutant cockroaches will be using them after a nuclear war. They can double as a blunt instrument melee weapon. And there are a lot of small details in the design; it's hard to upend when you tug on the cord, for example. |
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Posted: 3/25/2014 10:17:34 AM EDT
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When I was younger, we didn't have dial phones, you would pick up the receiver, wait for an operator, they would announce "operator", then you would ask for a number, as an example our business number was 407, that was it, just 3 numbers, 4 numbers were more common, our home number was 5432, later we got dial phones and the old numbers were upgraded to BR3-0407 and BR3-5432, then finally all numbers 273-0407. If you wanted to call police, fire or ambulance you would ask for that and the operator would connect you. Christ! Which side were you on in the war? The north, or the south?
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