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This video will make some of you feel old as hell. OMG! (Original Post) Yavin4 May 2019 OP
Let them try and figure out a party line. nt Phoenix61 May 2019 #1
The 2 guys won't be rocket scientists. democratisphere May 2019 #2
That doesn't make me feel old. Dem2theMax May 2019 #3
Hint: Pick up the receiver before dialing ProudLib72 May 2019 #4
That's hilarious! 2naSalit May 2019 #5
So funny!! n/t Control-Z May 2019 #6
I love the way they hang up the phone and then start dialing!!!!!!!!!! Maraya1969 May 2019 #7
Actually, it makes me think these two kids aren't too bright Downtown Hound May 2019 #8
do you have onethatcares May 2019 #9
Takes more than a dial phone to make me feel 'old as hell!' elleng May 2019 #10
I remember relatives out on farms that still had hand-crank ringers... KY_EnviroGuy May 2019 #11
Let him deal with exchanges Wolf Frankula May 2019 #12
Doesn't make me feel old, but very funny. Just think, you don't even have to go that far back.... Fla Dem May 2019 #13
Reminiscent of the apes trying to figure out the monolith in "2001." VOX May 2019 #14
I miss those! nt Laffy Kat May 2019 #15

Dem2theMax

(9,637 posts)
3. That doesn't make me feel old.
Fri May 10, 2019, 07:29 PM
May 2019

I grew up with those phones, and I'm using a smartphone right now, so that video actually makes me feel smart.

That was too funny.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
4. Hint: Pick up the receiver before dialing
Fri May 10, 2019, 07:31 PM
May 2019

The phone is not avocado in color; therefore, the experiment is worthless.

Maraya1969

(22,461 posts)
7. I love the way they hang up the phone and then start dialing!!!!!!!!!!
Fri May 10, 2019, 08:52 PM
May 2019

It never gets in their heads that they have to keep the phone off the hook.


Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
8. Actually, it makes me think these two kids aren't too bright
Fri May 10, 2019, 09:10 PM
May 2019

Born in 1976 here. Never owned a rotary phone in my life and neither did my family. Never used one until I was maybe eight or nine and stayed at my grandparent's house for a week, and they had one. Figured out how to use it within less than a minute with no one showing me. Which means 8-year-old me is a lot smarter than these two.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
11. I remember relatives out on farms that still had hand-crank ringers...
Sat May 11, 2019, 12:16 AM
May 2019

and the phone was a big oak box on the wall. All calls were patched through an operator (1950s).

The first phone I can recall in my childhood home was the old black rotary dial Ma Bell phones and I think we only had to dial three or four numbers for local calls. All long distance (including neighboring towns) went through operators.

I need a grandpa emoji..........

Wolf Frankula

(3,598 posts)
12. Let him deal with exchanges
Sat May 11, 2019, 12:21 AM
May 2019

You know, numbers called ALpine 6-4823, TRansylvania, 6-5000 and more.

Wolf

Fla Dem

(23,586 posts)
13. Doesn't make me feel old, but very funny. Just think, you don't even have to go that far back....
Sat May 11, 2019, 09:44 AM
May 2019

Would they know what a cassette tape, or 8-track tape, CD or DVR player, or even what a dvd is, would they know what Block Buster was?

So many advancements in such a short time frame.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
14. Reminiscent of the apes trying to figure out the monolith in "2001."
Sat May 11, 2019, 07:02 PM
May 2019

A lot less animated, though.

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