Anyone Had One Of The Old Dial Around Telephones?

My mom still had those types of phones when she moved into the assisted living home. That was only about 7 years ago. I had to use that kind the entire time growning up. It drove me nuts! All my friends got the push button phones and I still had the older one. OH and no call waiting when I was living at home either. We were the only ones I knew of at the time that did not have that either.

growing up we had one, in fact my parents had one until about 3 years ago, it still worked and everything. they finally did get a new one but they actually had to rewire because the rotary phone was built right into the wall and they had to have it rewired to have a regular phone jack put in place.

Yes, I remember those telephones very well. They had letters at the side of the numbers, but unlike the practice of today whereby they are used for sending text messages, the letters were part of the telephone number that you would dial. I lived in Bolton at the time and my telephone number began with BN for the Bolton exchange. I also remember the same format in the telephone boxes. These also had 2 buttons marked A and B, so after placing the money in and dialling the number you would press A when the call was answered or B if the call was not answered and your money would be returned. As you rightly say, this really demonstrates how far technology has advanced in such a short period of time.

Oh I had one and remember them well. I wanted a Princess Phone as a kid. Phones have come a long way since then. Just dialing a number is so much easier. You goof up the number no biggie now but back then? Oh it took forever to dial out sometimes. I was never much of a phone person so I didn't have to worry about my parents locking me out of it. I do remember the ringtones of it though and kind of miss it. The new ones can be very annoying.

yes very much so and you will still find a lot of these in india...they are mostly black in color with a white dial

We used to have those kind of phones before, like in the mid-80's. Nowadays, you'll rarely see those kind of telephones here in the Philippines. =) I used to play around with those kind of phones before.. LOL

We had that type of phone in my dad's office a few years ago. It was green in color but we had now thrown that phone away as it has become very old fashioned and we needed a fax in our office.Those kind of phones are still in use in India specially in the rural India

wow, hadn't thought of these in years!..i hated those things. They were awfully noisy, it took forever to dial, but they made some really awesome looking ones. They were so heavy though, i'd much rather have the newer ones, but i'd like to have one of the really nice ones just to put out and look at,,,thanks for bringing back those memories!

Yeah, I sure remember those phones. The phone in my house before the fire was like the old time crank ones and the dialer was actually buttons to push. It sure looked nice and was nice to use with the drawer for paper at the bottom. Nice old time handset too. Hung on the rung thing to hang up. These old phones sure do harbor memories. Thanks for sharing yours.

I used to have one years ago, but not any more... i barely ever use the phone, mostly my cellohone is my source of communication

Yeah we used to have that kind of phone when I was around 5-6. And I think it's really cool. I would wanna collect phones with manual dial.

Lol! yea i had one of these growing up, i think if my mom hadn't of bought my grandmother a new phone she would STILL be using one of those! lol. Some people do not like change!

Oh wow what a memory from the past. I remember this phone all too well. That used to be such a pain to dial it when you had to put your finger in the hole and dial the number. Some people used a pencil or pen to dial the numbers instead of their fingers. I wonder if any people still use that phone. Just imagine if that was the only phone you had you would be able to call a business and talk directyly to someone. You cannot go through all those prompts with a rotary phone. I hate when you call a place and it tells you DIAL 1 for this, IF you want this Dial 2 for something else Dial 3. That drives me insane.

My mom still has one of those things!! Those are so back in the day!!

Wow I remember that kind of phone and funny thing is I use to fight with my little sister over the phone too. Im so glad my dad didnt do that. He bought us a princess phone for our bedroom, remember them? And them would fight over that phone.heheheh

yeah, phone sure has come a long way. I am impressed, I had almost forgotten about those phones =) They were just horrible.. no call waiting on them *he he he*

Ah, the good old days. Dial-up has a whole other meaning to those of us who remember the dial phones. Heck, I remember when pay phone calls were 10 cents and you went in a little wooden booth with a bi-fold door and there was a nice little wooden seat. As for dial phones, they were also accompanyied by party lines. To this day, I still pick up the phone and listen to see if there is anyone on it. Of course, I am listening for a dial tone now, but I remember the days when we would hear someone speaking and it was just courtesy to hang up right away.

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we had one like that years ago. it was kinda fun using it coz as kids we've never encountered anything like it. so everytime we use the phone it was like play coz its seems like we went back in time. and those round thingie was fun to use. but it is kinda troublesome most of the time since it is slow and noisy. ^_^

Oh yeah, I grew up with rotary dial phones. My aunt still uses one at her house-- it's kinda slow, but it works just as well as any other phone.