http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/2008/09/07/blanche-bates-1902/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:37:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/2008/09/07/blanche-bates-1902/#comment-295 Mark Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:36:22 +0000 http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/?p=109#comment-295 I can't help but think of "The Honeymooner's", when Ralph didn't want a phone because the bus company would call him to pull extra shifts. I had a similar experience in the '80s with cell phones and pagers... they made it impossible to forget about work! I can’t help but think of “The Honeymooner’s”, when Ralph didn’t want a phone because the bus company would call him to pull extra shifts. I had a similar experience in the ’80s with cell phones and pagers… they made it impossible to forget about work!

]]> http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/2008/09/07/blanche-bates-1902/#comment-294 Heath McClure Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:10:57 +0000 http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/?p=109#comment-294 Interesting that this woman is on the phone only 25 years after it's invention. My mom tells me that their first phone was in 1956. Dad hated the telephone his entire life, mainly because it allowed work to find him at home and so he saw it as an invasion of his private life. It was his job that required them to get a phone in 56', and until his death in 96' he never made peace with the telephone. We used to go up in the mountains to a little mobile home at the lake on weekends, mainly so dad could fish and escape the dreaded phone. (there were no lines up there) I imagine that he would hate with a passion the cell phone era. Interesting that this woman is on the phone only 25 years after it’s invention. My mom tells me that their first phone was in 1956. Dad hated the telephone his entire life, mainly because it allowed work to find him at home and so he saw it as an invasion of his private life. It was his job that required them to get a phone in 56′, and until his death in 96′ he never made peace with the telephone. We used to go up in the mountains to a little mobile home at the lake on weekends, mainly so dad could fish and escape the dreaded phone. (there were no lines up there) I imagine that he would hate with a passion the cell phone era.

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