The 20-something daughter of one of my wife's

[MineralMan]

30. I have an old oak farm-style wall phone on

the wall in my kitchen. I installed the guts of a rotary dial phone in it, and it's plugged in and works just fine. I kept the old earpiece and microphone as is, and they still work, too. It rings the old bell, too, which lets everyone know that someone has called on the landline.

What's funny is getting someone young to answer it when it rings. Most people can't immediately figure out what to do. They don't understand holding the earpiece up to their ear while talking into the mic on the wooden box. The rotary dial is inside, so you have to open the front of the whole thing to dial.

I have several antique phones connected to my landline service. Different ones in each room. We rarely make calls or answer them on that phone line, but I keep it for nostalgia's stake. I have a candlestick rotary dial phone from the 1920's on the end table in the living room where I sit. I do answer it sometimes, after looking at the cordless phone that's also there to check the Caller ID.