tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post3521355902658685393..comments2024-03-28T13:29:38.430+00:00Comments on Eccentric Amblings and Ramblings From Gnat Bottomed Towers: Give me a ringArilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-85411269375672515812020-09-15T19:51:17.004+01:002020-09-15T19:51:17.004+01:00I had one when I was temping as a student in the m...I had one when I was temping as a student in the mid 80s. Noise went right through you! ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-62749938889347674092020-09-15T16:51:27.383+01:002020-09-15T16:51:27.383+01:00I remember in the 70s as a child our first phone w...I remember in the 70s as a child our first phone was a Trimphone, remember them? horrid noise and when you lifted the receiver the base flew of the table!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-6902471375524387352020-09-14T20:13:06.297+01:002020-09-14T20:13:06.297+01:00I love a rotary dial one. When our son first saw o...I love a rotary dial one. When our son first saw one he didn't realise that you had to take your finger out so that it would go back before you could dial the next number. He's totally of the mobile phone generation! ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-52867643635052995042020-09-14T20:11:57.996+01:002020-09-14T20:11:57.996+01:00What a fabulous memory. I don't think I've...What a fabulous memory. I don't think I've ever answered a phone that wasn't bog standard. ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-60585111608669805142020-09-14T20:11:00.618+01:002020-09-14T20:11:00.618+01:00You are in good company then! ArilxYou are in good company then! ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-80712815925264390052020-09-14T20:10:48.667+01:002020-09-14T20:10:48.667+01:00I can see it as a tripping hazard, however it'...I can see it as a tripping hazard, however it's good to keep a plug in phone as a spare incase of a power cut [as we found out!] ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-20389296325854324302020-09-14T20:09:43.124+01:002020-09-14T20:09:43.124+01:00I hadn't noticed those buttons....wish I'd...I hadn't noticed those buttons....wish I'd photographed the details for it now! ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-65540517606427939992020-09-14T19:12:09.399+01:002020-09-14T19:12:09.399+01:00We still use our red rotary dial phone, So stylish...We still use our red rotary dial phone, So stylish! xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-64393131949319101872020-09-14T12:20:13.001+01:002020-09-14T12:20:13.001+01:00Many years ago I cat sat for a very posh employer ...Many years ago I cat sat for a very posh employer whose study was an elaborate recreation of a scene set in a jazz-age stately home. On his desk, along with a genuine leather blotter and faux Egyptian antiquities, sat a stick phone -- a stalk with a speaker on the end that looked like a daffodil and an ear piece attachment. It rang as I was in transit with the cat on my arm, I picked up the ear piece, but it took me several minutes of squawking "hello? hello?" into space to recognize the need to pick up the stalk and speak into the flower.... Beth Waltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02720634636307254576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-2214208560704503312020-09-14T09:32:52.139+01:002020-09-14T09:32:52.139+01:00I have the chameleon phone! I have the chameleon phone! Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729719876504930455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-77946547339169285162020-09-14T08:35:40.153+01:002020-09-14T08:35:40.153+01:00My Mam still uses 2 phones like this.They are year...My Mam still uses 2 phones like this.They are years old and we have begged her to let us get her the ones that are cord less,but refuses.Saying that they still work fine!.Her mobile we got her she never uses either.Even after having a fall and breaking her wrist in the garden,I tried explaining that with a cord less phone in her pocket she could have rang us straight away,but she still wont change!xxDebihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04322981174694253908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-56210237618082871912020-09-14T05:59:22.665+01:002020-09-14T05:59:22.665+01:00I love the rose decals! Whatever could the 'se...I love the rose decals! Whatever could the 'secret' or 'normal' buttons signify, I wonder? And the handy pull-put bit for your telephone booklet - back when you only needed a dozen in your life, tops. If you were posh, you could have your phone customised in all manner of materials, like having a custom car mascot. I've seen photos of an old touchtone phone with a blue Wedgwood jasperware housing - very fancy! I've a 50s bakelite jobbie that you can hear ringing from all over my apartment block. Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.com