AI6YR BenRing.... ring.... ring... ring... #phone
Anne Ominousi just realized that there are prolly many adults out there who have never heard a phone like this ringing
@rustoleumlove Here's the phone ringing! (rings better now, I actually went in and cleaned all the contacts since)
Ring.... Ring.... Ring...
Lenora@ai6yr @rustoleumlove my parents owned a phone like that
Elyse M Grasso@rustoleumlove @FaithinBones @ai6yr People did not own phones like that in the US (for most of the years they were in use). The phone company owned the equipment and the price of leasing them was part of your bill. It was not until 1980ish that people could own their telephone equipment. Maybe the late 70s.
@FaithinBones @rustoleumlove @ai6yr The rentals I lived in during the late 70s were in old buildings that had the phones hardwired into the wall. Then in 81 I moved into a newly constructed building that was wired for phone connectors, so I bought my first landline phone...