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brewens

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6. I didn't know I was in a room with an old school phone one day and about shit my pants when it rang!

Reply to Upthevibe (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2018, 05:45 AM

Apr 2018

I hadn't noticed it and hadn't heard a real phone bell go off for who knows how many years. It was push button but otherwise just like the one in the video.

I was working in a small town in eastern Washington state. The building was their city hall and library combined with fire house adjacent. They still had that old phone working.

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I'm laughing so hard! [View all] Upthevibe Apr 2018 OP

And I'm sure YOU know how to use a button hook to fasten your shoes. Binkie The Clown Apr 2018 #1

My very first car, a '59 Beetle, had a manual choke. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #3

And similarly the younger generation can mock us old people PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #2

I know-right! n/t Upthevibe Apr 2018 #4

How cute is that. applegrove Apr 2018 #5

I didn't know I was in a room with an old school phone one day and about shit my pants when it rang! brewens Apr 2018 #6

my grandpa had one. he was a MA BELL man. pansypoo53219 Apr 2018 #7

One can only imagine what she'd do if she saw THIS phone Siwsan Apr 2018 #8

I Don't Get People Sometimes Leith Apr 2018 #9

This was before your time ....do you see that long cord? lunasun Apr 2018 #10