A Box Of Old Telephones - From The Dump

[mojjax]

I got a box of old phones off the free table at our local transfer station .
I was there at the right time ( he was just setting the box on the table ) I looked inside , and smiled . The old man looked at me and smiled . We said no words .

But , Anyway i got some cool phones !

 

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[captain flintlock]

One ringy dingy! Two ringy dingy! [emoji38] those are great finds. I would have taken them too!!

 

[jeff of pa]

Looks like 3 Nice Rotary Phones there

Especially the Black one.

Do you or someone you know have a Land Line yet , so you can check them out ?

 

[SDIceMan]

That pale green one is very cool! I have never seen one like that before, although admittedly I'm not very knowledgeable about vintage rotary telephones.

 

[jeff of pa]

That pale green one is very cool! I have never seen one like that before, although admittedly I'm not very knowledgeable about vintage rotary telephones.

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[AlienLifeForm]

I like the funky green one.

 

[digging440yrs]

Oooh the flashbacks of the party lines are hitting me

 

[jeff of pa]

Oooh the flashbacks of the party lines are hitting me

yep I remember more then once picking up the phone & hearing My Neighbor 2 Doors up Gabbing away

 

[lockster99]

Special ring for each house on the party line.

And don't let mom find out you were listening to someone else's conversation or it was a whoopin'.

 

[jeff of pa]

Special ring for each house on the party line.

And don't let mom find out you were listening to someone else's conversation or it was a whoopin'.

I don't remember a Special ring Here.

Actually we had a Private Line, But they would get crossed with the party line on occasion.


There was Choices you could Make in my time

Party Lines
Private lines

Public Numbers that went in a phone book}
(still have them)
Private Numbers that don't get listed........}


Now I don't have a Landline at all.
When I bought a Cell Phone I figured why pay for both ?

 

[mojjax]

yes - the party lines in Rural America .

 

[mojjax]

And don't forget about those 800 frequencies in the - on your Scanner - cell

 

[lockster99]

I was pretty young, but I want to say our special ring was two short rings ---- then two more short rings. I believe the neighbors ring was three ---- then three more.

 

[JimDon]

The two shared glances....at the moment they both knew what they wanted....one left satisfied...

 

[GibH]

I was pretty young, but I want to say our special ring was two short rings ---- then two more short rings. I believe the neighbors ring was three ---- then three more.

I remember getting what might be described as a "ghost" ring when someone else got a call. A couple of very faint dings. I was very young at the time also.

 

[cyberdan]

Now I don't have a Landline at all. When I bought a Cell Phone I figured why pay for both ?

Boy am I behind the times. I just got rid of my landline 6 months ago when I moved up north. (had a cell phone since cost was 25¢ a minute and I don't even think you could text back then. at least I never did)

Now that I am settled in I still have a land line, sort of. When I got my cable and internet connected I chose to have phone too. I got the best price that way. But what phone did I use for my landline? A beige push button just like the one next to the funny green one. It has a very loud bell for the ringer and my wife hated that. I ended up getting a wireless home base phone with answering machine not because I wanted to but because half the time when I would "dial" a number the buttons would dial a different number. (lots of wrong numbers)

Do you notice I said DIAL? That is so antique. Since real dial phones there have been button phones and now smart touch screen phones and I still only hear DIAL a number. Boy do I get sidetracked. (that's an antique word too)

 

[ivan salis]

the pink princess line phones

 

[btripp6]

I remember growing up we had one exactly like the green one. Cool finds and the price was definitely right.