RandallAug 11, 2024
Heliograph
didn't happen often but oh buoy when it did 😆  so liberating #phone #slam
Aug 10, 2024 at 7:54amWeb
Show threadBoneyM 🌲🌳🌿Aug 10, 2024

@Heliograph I remember thinking my little kid fingers would break trying to dial a number on one of these bad boys, those dials were really heavy to turn, but you know, that rasping noise it made when you turned that dial is forever stuck in my memory.

Thanks for the little nostalgia trip! 💙

Show thread@stevewfoldsAug 10, 2024

@BoneyM @Heliograph You could dial numbers w/o using the rotary dial by clicking a cradle buttons like a trumpet player n+1 & pause. A zero was 11 clicks.

Does anyone else remember their home phone number from 1960? :)

Show threadMhairiAug 10, 2024
@stevewfolds @BoneyM @Heliograph new didnt have one until I was in my teens ,but I remember the area code it was 0204
Show threadxs4me2Aug 10, 2024

@Heliograph

Yup!

Show threadSmart58Aug 10, 2024
@Heliograph I believe it is an EB 67 Modell. I have repaired those.
Fun fact, the microphone and the loudspeaker was the same type. Open the phone by losening one screw and shake the phone a bit, switch the wires to the microphone and the loud speaker, you had to hold the hand sett upside down to use it.
Show threadHeliographAug 10, 2024
@Smart58 I remember seeing handsets where the microphone and or speakers were hanging out of the handset 😁 slamming did its thing too
Show threadSmart58Aug 17, 2024
@Heliograph Yes it could do that, but the modell used before this was easier to break. The old modell was made of bakelite and could break if you slammed it down, I have done it myself.
My experience of course is from Norway. And other countries may have used different materials.
Show threadHeliographAug 17, 2024
@Smart58 now i wished i could make one from driftwood ;D would be nice on the ear
Show threadRay Gulick, he/him/wtf 🇺🇦 ❌👑Aug 10, 2024
@Heliograph
Who else can recall slamming the phone down 3-4 times to make sure they got the point?
Show threadJennifer Kayla | Theogrin 🦊Aug 10, 2024

@rgulick @Heliograph

I won't say I did that just the other day, but I do have a professional landline on my desk which makes a satisfying slam noise upon hanging up on a scammer.

Show threadHeliographAug 10, 2024
@theogrin well done 😸 nice work @rgulick
Show threadWilliam HamiltonAug 10, 2024

@Heliograph
“We need a new phone.”
— Boris Shcherbina (Stellan Skarsgård), “Chernobyl: The Happiness of All Mankind” (Johan Renck, 2019)

Gloriously, horribly #NSFW YouTube clip:

https://youtu.be/KnsEocGIL9c

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Show threadBeniAug 10, 2024
@Heliograph better than slamming doors!
Show threadPaul H 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺Aug 10, 2024

@Heliograph

Ah! The favourite past-time of Mr Angry (Steve Wright in the Afternoon)

Show threadHippo 🍉Aug 10, 2024
@Heliograph I actually have one of *these* to house our SIM card when we're at home! 😉
Show threadHeliographAug 10, 2024
@badrihippo nice!!
Show threadHippo 🍉Aug 10, 2024

@Heliograph I actually meant to paste a link woops 🤐

https://www.beetel.in/beetel/fixed-wireless-phones/

Fixed Wireless Phones :Beetel Teletech Limited

Show threadHippo 🍉Aug 10, 2024
@Heliograph but I'd love to have a rotary phone edition!
Show threadMostlyTatoAug 10, 2024
@Heliograph
I still have one of those...
Show threadHeliographAug 10, 2024
@MostlyTato *rengdengedeng* 😹👏
Show threadMostlyTatoAug 10, 2024
@Heliograph
Mine is disconnected. But yes, it was such a friendly sound.
Show threadHamster HueyAug 10, 2024

@MostlyTato @Heliograph

Oh, the times when conversations were in person or in a specific place only...

:nostalgic:

Show thread𝓜𝓪𝓾𝓻𝓸 𝓥𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓮𝓻Aug 10, 2024
@MostlyTato 😍
@Heliograph
Show threadAlexanderMarsAug 10, 2024
@Heliograph this is apparently deep muscle memory for me, as I’ve cracked a few mobile screens from slamming my phone down at the end of a conversation… it’s not quite as satisfying.
Show threadHeliographAug 10, 2024
@AlexanderMars uuuuh 😆🙈 also expensive
Show threadGeorgeAug 10, 2024
@Heliograph Unravelling the cord was a pain in the ass. But that hand held part was a lethal weapon...
Show threadJulesceltAug 10, 2024
@secoiqq @Heliograph I remember more than one movie where that thing was used to smack someone up side the head... ouch!
Show threadHeliographAug 10, 2024
@julescelt01 oh yes ouch these things were heavy as heck >.< @secoiqq
Show threadIdyllAug 10, 2024

@Heliograph oooh you had me thinking about a certain night in 1984 when I had an epic slam down!

You’re right. Cellphones just leave the room quietly.

Show threadPass the DutchieAug 10, 2024
@Heliograph maybe this is where it all went wrong! We all have some built up anger b/c we can't slam our phones anymore!
It did feel pretty good!
Show threadHeliographAug 10, 2024
@kcanales02 saved you oodles on therapy 😆 😂
Show threadrail [see pinned posts]Aug 10, 2024
@Heliograph amazing
Show threadWyatt (🏳️‍⚧️♀?)Aug 10, 2024
@Heliograph still got two of these phones
Show threadPointing DeviceAug 10, 2024
@Heliograph Thankfully, the era of slammable phones lasted longer than expected thanks to flip phones.
Show threadStuartBAug 10, 2024
@Heliograph
Yup!
I love the handheld computer that is (very) occasionally used for phoning people that I am typing this on, but the last thing I want to do is slam down it to end a call!
@noondlyt
Show threadHeliographAug 10, 2024
@stuartb yes these things now break if you just type too hard 😬 also yes to *very occasionally* (if at all) phoning people 😆 @noondlyt
Show threadStuartBAug 10, 2024
@Heliograph
"Hey, gorgeous, I just finished work, do we need anything? Okay, I'll be home in an hour..."
And that's about it, phoning my wife to check if we need any shipping...
Maybe 20 seconds, 5 nights a week!
@noondlyt
Show threadBruce Heerssen Aug 10, 2024
@Heliograph
And those phones didn't usually break when you did that. Don't try it with a smartphone.
Show threadUpLateGeekAug 10, 2024
@Heliograph I had the technique down, the trick is to make sure the microphone made good contact before the earpiece hit the hook switch. Not so easy with those older phones where the hook switch is pressed by the handle, but worked well with 80s/90s style phones.
Show threadRichardusAug 10, 2024
@Heliograph Also you could just pull the plug and nobody would know that the phone is not ringing when the call !
Show threadkorin 🔜 kodiAug 10, 2024
@Heliograph if it helps, i remember when you could throw cell phones across the room without breaking them
Show threadHeliographAug 10, 2024
@korin lol yes you would rather break the window with that brick, yes i remember those as well >.<
Show threadStrypeyAug 10, 2024
Anyone under 30 who ever wondered why we "dial" a number, that image in @Heliograph's post might shed some light ; )
Show threadThe1goit Aug 10, 2024
@Heliograph what's the mobile phone version of this?
Show threadHeliographAug 10, 2024
@the1goit therapy
Show threadDoug 🌈🇨🇦 Aug 11, 2024
@Heliograph the other end just heard Click but it was still satisfying.
Show threadBlippy the Wonder Slug 🇩🇪Aug 11, 2024

@Oldfartrant @Heliograph
I'd to put it in a paper bag and rustle it until they hung up.

The best part? 😜 It still works today!