Comments on: Then and Now http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/2008/09/19/then-and-now/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:25:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Chris Tucker http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/2008/09/19/then-and-now/#comment-521 Chris Tucker Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:06:48 +0000 http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/?p=118#comment-521 Very good choice! No wondering if the phone is ringing with one of those. I am no fan whatsoever of the electronic warblers in modern telephones. Those brass gongs can all but wake the dead. "<em>any more than we can imagine what will be there thirty years from now</em>?" Well, very likely, the 354! Very good choice! No wondering if the phone is ringing with one of those. I am no fan whatsoever of the electronic warblers in modern telephones. Those brass gongs can all but wake the dead.

“any more than we can imagine what will be there thirty years from now?” Well, very likely, the 354!

]]> By: Heath McClure http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/2008/09/19/then-and-now/#comment-370 Heath McClure Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:28:42 +0000 http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/?p=118#comment-370 Unique and cool that you live in the same house your parents had. In my experience that's uncommon. Our house was built in 1966 and is a classic mid-century ranch style house. While it has no family ties to us we feel a pretty strong connection with the builders, much of their furniture is still in the house and we have the blueprints as well. Our 354, which is a 357 I found out with the forums help, was in the garage and we have it in the kitchen now, I'll have to put a picture up. Sorry that your white 554 is gone, now that would have been great to still have the original phone. But having the house and the picture and family ties are pretty special. Unique and cool that you live in the same house your parents had. In my experience that’s uncommon. Our house was built in 1966 and is a classic mid-century ranch style house. While it has no family ties to us we feel a pretty strong connection with the builders, much of their furniture is still in the house and we have the blueprints as well. Our 354, which is a 357 I found out with the forums help, was in the garage and we have it in the kitchen now, I’ll have to put a picture up. Sorry that your white 554 is gone, now that would have been great to still have the original phone. But having the house and the picture and family ties are pretty special.

]]> By: Dennis Markham http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/2008/09/19/then-and-now/#comment-368 Dennis Markham Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:00:32 +0000 http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/?p=118#comment-368 Mark, that is a great photo of your father and the surroundings as well. How lucky you are to have that photo. It's nice too that you currently live in the home and although some cosmetic changes have been made, it's still pretty much the same. As I study that photo from 1965 and look at the desk, where your computer now sits, I try and imagine a modern contraption like a computer sitting there. Who would have even imagined such a thing in 1965, any more than we can imagine what will be there thirty years from now? Nice posting. I'm glad you like your model 354. Mark, that is a great photo of your father and the surroundings as well. How lucky you are to have that photo. It’s nice too that you currently live in the home and although some cosmetic changes have been made, it’s still pretty much the same. As I study that photo from 1965 and look at the desk, where your computer now sits, I try and imagine a modern contraption like a computer sitting there. Who would have even imagined such a thing in 1965, any more than we can imagine what will be there thirty years from now? Nice posting. I’m glad you like your model 354.

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