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Topic: When Did You Stop Using Rotary Phones?  (Read 2433 times)

ghunter

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Re: When Did You Stop Using Rotary Phones?
« Reply #30 on: June 06, 2016, 09:02:56 am »
As soon as the push button phone came out.  I think I was a little girl.

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Re: When Did You Stop Using Rotary Phones?
« Reply #31 on: June 06, 2016, 09:43:10 am »
I haven't actually had one in my home, but in my grandparents house I used one but that was so many years ago lol.

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Re: When Did You Stop Using Rotary Phones?
« Reply #32 on: June 06, 2016, 10:55:24 am »
The last time I used one was at my grandmothers house in 2007. She passed away and the phone was thrown out with a lot of other things. I would have took it if I knew no one wanted it.

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Re: When Did You Stop Using Rotary Phones?
« Reply #33 on: June 06, 2016, 12:42:35 pm »
I stopped using rotary once touch tone was created.  It was great-it would take forever and a nail breaker.
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Re: When Did You Stop Using Rotary Phones?
« Reply #34 on: June 06, 2016, 12:46:48 pm »
I stopped using rotary once touch tone was created.  It was great-it would take forever and a nail breaker.

Do you mean you enjoyed switching to touch tone phones after calling numbers with rotary phones took too long for you?
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Re: When Did You Stop Using Rotary Phones?
« Reply #35 on: June 08, 2016, 07:21:24 am »
Maybe the late 80s?

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Re: When Did You Stop Using Rotary Phones?
« Reply #36 on: June 08, 2016, 07:25:26 am »
I think late 1970's or early 1980's.   

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Re: When Did You Stop Using Rotary Phones?
« Reply #37 on: June 08, 2016, 07:56:24 am »
Too many rears, can't even remember!!

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Re: When Did You Stop Using Rotary Phones?
« Reply #38 on: June 08, 2016, 08:48:37 am »
I remember that my parents used to keep one at the house for when the electricity went out. I've only seen them use it a few times and that was quite a while ago :) I think they upgraded to a push-button phone rather quickly. I just remember seeing that old pink phone under their bed in case of emergencies. I think it is becoming a rare occurrence for a millennial to have even seen a rotary phone. Though I have seen one, I'm not entirely sure how it works, aside from watching the show "I Love Lucy" :D

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Re: When Did You Stop Using Rotary Phones?
« Reply #39 on: June 17, 2016, 07:46:37 am »
I would say the late 70's

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Re: When Did You Stop Using Rotary Phones?
« Reply #40 on: June 17, 2016, 07:51:00 am »
I was a very little girl when they disappeared from my life!

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Re: When Did You Stop Using Rotary Phones?
« Reply #41 on: June 18, 2016, 05:03:48 am »
about 10 years ago

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