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Born Free · 05-13-2003, 12:10 PM

I want one sooooo much!!!

We had one of these though only it was two tone blue, my partner can do the ring tone perfectly!!!!

Soyin Milka · 05-13-2003, 08:36 PM

Hm.

What are they?
They look like metric clocks.

The colors are flashy. I like that

Soy

id.s · 05-13-2003, 09:46 PM

I'll have you know that as soon as I get the snow off my iglii (WE have a 2 storey) and beat a path out to the mailbox 3 kilometers away I'm gonna get me one of them new fangled talking machines. I hear they's gonna git the phone lines up in the spring nigh about june. They are a damn purdy sight tho' ain't they. I luv the colors. Eh, Eh?

Born Free · 05-14-2003, 12:08 AM

Soyin Milka they are old telephones from the 70's and were still in use in the early 80's but you knew that anyway didn't you????

The top one had a bell ringer that sort of sounded like derrling derrling, and the bottom the new fangled trim phone's ringer was sort of a shrill high pitched I can't even begin to write that but it was more like what you'd hear today. We have two rings instead of the more usual one longer one that is used on the continent and the states.

Anyway there's quite a market for them, a lot of people are rewiring them for today's phone system so you can plug it in and have your retro phone working. Very much a talking point if you had it in your home I'd say. I can't wait to grab the top one.

I've seen old American ones too but they don't bring back memories for me although they are gorgeous themselves.

Soyin Milka · 05-14-2003, 03:01 PM

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Originally posted by alli
Soyin Milka they are old telephones from the 70's and were still in use in the early 80's but you knew that anyway didn't you????

Well, yeah...
Of course.
Hm.
Gotta go!

Bye

Soyin

Catseye · 05-14-2003, 04:22 PM

I still use one!

My fiance's parents gave it to us to save us buying a new phone. The nostalgia value wore off after about a week - I can't stand having to dial out a number rather than just push buttons. It takes up an extra, oooh, eight seconds in which I could be doing something more useful

It's interesting to see how many people my age (I'm 22, and I remember these phones pretty well) can't actually remember how to use it, though.

Born Free · 05-15-2003, 12:08 AM

You lukcy girl!!! What colour is it??? I showed the pic to my son (13) and he said "very nice but how do you use it??" I thought it can't be that difficult to work out surely!!! I asked his pal if he'd seen one "aye in the films" he said laughing.

I think they're lovely and I'm going to get one come hell or high water.

ju'iblex · 05-15-2003, 12:21 AM

i used to have one, i think we finally got rid of it when i was about 9. It was this off cream colour

BigJim · 05-15-2003, 05:33 AM

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Originally posted by alli
Soyin Milka they are old telephones from the 70's and were still in use in the early 80's but you knew that anyway didn't you????

Wow, I've heard of those. They don't look really conveient. Too big to put in your pocket or clip on to your belt. Did people just leave them in their cars back then?

Treacle Worshipper · 05-15-2003, 08:38 AM

We had one like the top one at home until I was in my early teens, except that it was all that cream colour. It did have a "derrling derrling" ringtone. I dropped it when I was about 12 and after that every time you dialled a number the bell rang:

1-dling-4-dliiiing-8-dliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing

The longer it took the dial to swing back round, the longer it dlinged for

It was fun!

TW

05-13-2003, 12:10 PM	#1
Born Free Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,177	Look at this beauty I want one sooooo much!!! We had one of these though only it was two tone blue, my partner can do the ring tone perfectly!!!!

05-13-2003, 09:46 PM	#3
id.s Regular Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: VICTORIA B. C. CANADA Posts: 206	wow I'll have you know that as soon as I get the snow off my iglii (WE have a 2 storey) and beat a path out to the mailbox 3 kilometers away I'm gonna get me one of them new fangled talking machines. I hear they's gonna git the phone lines up in the spring nigh about june. They are a damn purdy sight tho' ain't they. I luv the colors. Eh, Eh?

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05-13-2003, 08:36 PM	#2
Soyin Milka Regular Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Absurdistan Posts: 299	Hm. What are they? They look like metric clocks. The colors are flashy. I like that Soy

05-14-2003, 12:08 AM	#4
Born Free Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,177	Soyin Milka they are old telephones from the 70's and were still in use in the early 80's but you knew that anyway didn't you???? The top one had a bell ringer that sort of sounded like derrling derrling, and the bottom the new fangled trim phone's ringer was sort of a shrill high pitched I can't even begin to write that but it was more like what you'd hear today. We have two rings instead of the more usual one longer one that is used on the continent and the states. Anyway there's quite a market for them, a lot of people are rewiring them for today's phone system so you can plug it in and have your retro phone working. Very much a talking point if you had it in your home I'd say. I can't wait to grab the top one. I've seen old American ones too but they don't bring back memories for me although they are gorgeous themselves.

05-14-2003, 04:22 PM	#6
Catseye Regular Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: UK Posts: 145	I still use one! My fiance's parents gave it to us to save us buying a new phone. The nostalgia value wore off after about a week - I can't stand having to dial out a number rather than just push buttons. It takes up an extra, oooh, eight seconds in which I could be doing something more useful It's interesting to see how many people my age (I'm 22, and I remember these phones pretty well) can't actually remember how to use it, though.

05-15-2003, 12:08 AM	#7
Born Free Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,177	You lukcy girl!!! What colour is it??? I showed the pic to my son (13) and he said "very nice but how do you use it??" I thought it can't be that difficult to work out surely!!! I asked his pal if he'd seen one "aye in the films" he said laughing. I think they're lovely and I'm going to get one come hell or high water.

05-15-2003, 12:21 AM	#8
ju'iblex Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sydney Australia and beyond the realms of Gehenna Posts: 6,035	i used to have one, i think we finally got rid of it when i was about 9. It was this off cream colour

05-15-2003, 08:38 AM	#10
Treacle Worshipper Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 931	We had one like the top one at home until I was in my early teens, except that it was all that cream colour. It did have a "derrling derrling" ringtone. I dropped it when I was about 12 and after that every time you dialled a number the bell rang: 1-dling-4-dliiiing-8-dliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing The longer it took the dial to swing back round, the longer it dlinged for It was fun! TW

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