Jeezusss the error rate and time it took to correct tho. Mis-dials were costly in finger skin. Especially if there were lots of zeros in the number. Sigh. I remember them too! The best part was that those old phone 📞 were amazing weapons you could really do some damage with! Easy to locate during a potential home invasion.
The one on the wall in my mom’s kitchen in the 60’s had an extra long cord and she would use it to chase us out of the kitchen when we bothered her on the phone. Threat only. No actual contact but you could never be sure it wouldn’t come down on your head. My dad got the special cord at a business store. He wanted her to keep cooking while she talked. She would get involved in conversations and burn dinner.
Yes, we used to stretch the long cord from the single home phone into other rooms to talk privately! Haha, I always knew my sister was home when I saw the cord stretched to her bedroom.
My parents had a wall phone in the kitchen and then a little "princess" style phone in their bedroom. Occasionally I would use the wall phone to call a friend, but I never did any phone chats at all...no privacy in the kitchen anyway!
Jeezusss the error rate and time it took to correct tho. Mis-dials were costly in finger skin. Especially if there were lots of zeros in the number. Sigh. I remember them too! The best part was that those old phone 📞 were amazing weapons you could really do some damage with! Easy to locate during a potential home invasion.
The one on the wall in my mom’s kitchen in the 60’s had an extra long cord and she would use it to chase us out of the kitchen when we bothered her on the phone. Threat only. No actual contact but you could never be sure it wouldn’t come down on your head. My dad got the special cord at a business store. He wanted her to keep cooking while she talked. She would get involved in conversations and burn dinner.
Yes, we used to stretch the long cord from the single home phone into other rooms to talk privately! Haha, I always knew my sister was home when I saw the cord stretched to her bedroom.
Yes. A good weapon. I don't remember spending any time on the phone. Everything was in person. Good times. 😄
My parents had a wall phone in the kitchen and then a little "princess" style phone in their bedroom. Occasionally I would use the wall phone to call a friend, but I never did any phone chats at all...no privacy in the kitchen anyway!