What's all this about these newfangled rotary dial phones? Can't we just get back to asking someone to connect us? Just like our kids do? Actually i always enjoyed the physicality of real dialing - the weight of a metal phone, the sound of a single dime dropping into a pay phone- the numbness caused by holding the phone between head and shoulder - especially with a stupid princess phone. Most of all, like a good detroiter I love phones available in any color I want= as long as it's black.
We hear ya Don, we hear ya!
And welcome to the NFCRPF! (New fangled classic rotary phone forum)!
Terry
Welcome to the forum Don. The membership here is a bit heavy in Michigan, especially metro Detroit. Our fearless leader, Dennis Markham, is also a metro Detroiter.
Larry
Quote from: don zee on April 03, 2013, 12:40:50 AM
What's all this about these newfangled rotary dial phones? Can't we just get back to asking someone to connect us? Just like our kids do? Actually i always enjoyed the physicality of real dialing - the weight of a metal phone, the sound of a single dime dropping into a pay phone- the numbness caused by holding the phone between head and shoulder - especially with a stupid princess phone. Most of all, like a good detroiter I love phones available in any color I want= as long as it's black.
I am with on that and I agree about the comment regarding the princess phone,but more imparticular the black rotary phone. anyone who has seen my collection photos will know that I am partial to the 1950s black 500 although I will still say that the black 302 is my favorite.
Actually, its the trimline I find particularly uncomfortable, and I left detroit for points west long ago-a decade in ann arbor followed by too many years in San Francisco.
Quote from: don zee on April 04, 2013, 02:33:09 AM
Actually, its the trimline I find particularly uncomfortable, and I left detroit for points west long ago-a decade in ann arbor followed by too many years in San Francisco.
You're welcome to come back here :)