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Are you even old enough to remember number 1? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For a long time I thought that a rotary phone was one of those old wall mounted phones with the horn that you had to crank to make a call because all of those "things people born after 19XX don't recognize" lists had rotary phones on them. I was born after 19XX and basically everyone I knew had one of these so it couldn't be a rotary phone.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Hah! Those horn phones were rare in antique stores when I was a child. :)

    I remember my parents telling me we didn't own the phone (pictured) in their bedroom. Turns out it was rented from AT&T. Young me was shocked at the notion. "But it's in our house!"

    At some point we upgraded to a push button version, of our own. Don't think AT&T wanted the old one back. Got one out of the trash, sitting here now, wife wants me to toss it. "No! That and mom's cursive typewriter stay!"

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