How to Use a Rotary Phone

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[Ditter]

I remember those tall phones. I used to use one at my grandparents house. I loved it! Then they got a “modern” phone, only it was very modern. :)

[BunnySlippers]

The Princess phone was awesome [at the time]. Beige. Then there were beige regular phones. Then the pink Princess!!

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

I remember when we finally got a rotary phone. It was a big deal for us. Here's a pic of the type of phone we had on our wall, until I was about 15 yrs. old.

[23 Everest]

LOL We just pick up the ear piece and if no one was talking we’d asked Velma to connect us to Uncle Bill! She knew every bodies business.

[Nea Wood]

I remember when push-button phones first came out. Everybody wondered what the pound key and star key were for, and the phone company would just reply, “That’s for the future.” I kept my rotary phone long after most people had push button. I remember people visiting me and asking to use my phone, and they’d complain and gripe about the rotary. But I always liked it. Somehow it was more satisfying to dial on a rotary.

[Mears]

They were called Candlestick Phones.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

I remember those numbers. Ours was HUnter-8.

[Ditter]

I never heard that before. ha ha!

[Exit148]

I didn’t know the tall phones were called that either!

Our tel.# was Ocean 3262, and then things got complicated when it became Ocean 3262W! What a long way we’ve come!

[Ditter]

The phone that I remember was my grandparents phone and it had a circular dial down on the base. I was about 12 so that would have been 1952 when they got a new phone. I remember being disappointed.

My father in law had a party line out on his ranch in the 60’s. That is a trip! LOL! People listening in on other people conversations.

[Fightin Whitey]

My father in law had a party line out on his ranch in the 60’s. That is a trip! LOL! People listening in on other people conversations.

Now only Washington does.