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PrecariouslySane t1_iubcavq wrote

Kids will have no clue wtf that is

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AitchyB t1_iuc0qwg wrote

My daughter knows it from one of the Toy Story movies.

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inFAMOUS_Hero t1_iuclgc5 wrote

“You wanna get out of here? Get rid of that monkey!” I still say that line in my head when I want to leave work

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IamRick_Deckard t1_iubg197 wrote

They still make these actually. Stock up!

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tylamb19 t1_iuei7mn wrote

Are they touch tone nowadays? Or still rotary??

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IamRick_Deckard t1_iuej59n wrote

Still rotary.

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tylamb19 t1_iuejcpe wrote

That’s awesome haha. I have an early 1950s rotary phone (WE 5302) in my house and anyone younger than about 20 has serious trouble figuring out how to dial it haha. Guess none of them had one of these as a kid

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IamRick_Deckard t1_iuejfti wrote

I have a 1933 phone and I also love it. Long live the landline.

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tylamb19 t1_iueju65 wrote

I have mine hooked up to a modern IP phone switch via an analog station card installed in the switch. It actually natively supports converting the pulse dial signal into a modern SIP trunk (VoIP service) which means I can have the best of both worlds, no expensive monthly landline fees and can still use my nice old phone. It’s great.

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cedarpark t1_iuevxgp wrote

Kids will have no connection from this to a telephone. They’ll probably think it’s some weird robot or something.

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