Great old video here on how to use a dial phone. About half way through I must admit I laughed out loud at the demonstration model and the tutorial given.
How on earth they would do that for the likes of win7 I don't know. Of course.. youtube!!
http://www.howtogeek.com/news/now-you-can-dial-geek-historyvideo/5177/
Kathleen Sebelius told us how to sneeze into our sleeves in order not to spread germs. This promo sort of comes off with the same "I'm an adult and let's face it, you're a child" condescension.
I like the oversized dial though.
I remember those phones and loathed them, much more prefer their replacement.
My parents had one of them phones many years ago before they switched to digital.
I used to dial numbers by tapping the off-hook just for fun, most of the time I was successful.
Richard S.
I uses to dial numbers by tapping the off-hook just for fun, most of the time I was successful.
Richard S.
That also avoided the meter and money trap and the need to put pennies in the slot in the old Red Royal British Post Office public call boxes.
These Lounge topics always perc my interest because my RSS feeder makes them seem like somebody's spam LOL
Believe it or not, but I still have one of these black phones in full working order, had it converted / rewired for use with current wall plugs......hell I only recently removed it from my office desk (no space)...I love those old phones, especially the loud twin bells that ring. I will admit it takes a bloody long time to dial a phone number.
However, not all is lost I also have a 4 digital hands/cordless phones and base station that work along side the old blunder bus.
Thanks Hazelnut for a reminder of yesteryear.
I loved those old black phones. They meant that I might be home and willing to receive a phone call...if I felt like it.