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Ocelot II

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2. You can't *slam* a cell phone.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 07:46 PM

Jul 2024

The great thing about the old phones is that if you wanted to end a call dramatically you could slam down the receiver, and the person on the other end of the line would hear a sharp *whack!* sound. It was a way of telling someone to fuck right off without having to say it.

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Damn, I kinda wish we still used the phones of the movies back in the 1940's... [View all] a kennedy Jul 2024 OP

I remember the old black desk phone at my grandma's house Diamond_Dog Jul 2024 #1

You can't *slam* a cell phone. Ocelot II Jul 2024 #2

I love seeing them ms liberty Jul 2024 #3

And you didn't lose your signal. Lochloosa Jul 2024 #4

That's what I miss - the reliability, and the sound quality was better, too. dgauss Jul 2024 #9

Even when your power went out, the phone worked. Lochloosa Jul 2024 #11

And dialing took longer (before buttons) so you had the chance to *not* make that call Coexist Jul 2024 #5

I still have a couple of those.... getagrip_already Jul 2024 #6

Some of the best scenes in the movies were on a DIAL PHONE ....... a kennedy Jul 2024 #7

Dial M for Murder comes to mind. Ocelot II Jul 2024 #8

I have a old box phone. duncang Jul 2024 #10

Loved the old rotary dial phones.... anciano Jul 2024 #12

Cumbersome old things, but I miss them. madamesilverspurs Jul 2024 #13

I need that! Lulu KC Jul 2024 #14