Please admire my thrifting find. I have been looking for one of these for the better part of a year. - ThreadSky

highnessophelia.bsky.social • 33 days ago

Please admire my thrifting find. I have been looking for one of these for the better part of a year.

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anxiousrage.bsky.social•33 days ago

It’s beautiful. I loved the weight of the receiver on those things

thedarkrattler.bsky.social•33 days ago

It's even got an old Bell System logo on it! Great find.

andymcconkey.bsky.social•33 days ago

If the current national trends continue we’ll be back to using rotary dial phones in just a few years

highnessophelia.bsky.social•33 days ago

I won't lie - having a working landline will probably come in handy very soon.

xardex.dev•32 days ago

Now you can finally call E.T.

tcg14.bsky.social•33 days ago

haillemmy.bsky.social•33 days ago

Oh, this is rad!

The noise the dial makes is etched into my brain.

kitchenisdads.bsky.social•33 days ago

Christ, I haven’t touched one of those since my childhood.

davidcol.bsky.social•32 days ago

Nice

Satisfying thunk when hanging up

smartarse.bsky.social•33 days ago

One ringy dingy
Two ringy dingy

I think of Lilly Tomlin’s character Ernestine (telephone operator) when I see this phone.

jaysulk.bsky.social•33 days ago

Nice. Just like the one my grandmother had until AT&T (formally Illinois Bell) stopped supporting pulse dialing on their lines in the early 2000’s.

popsfury.bsky.social•33 days ago

So satisfying to slam that down.

artemisnee.bsky.social•33 days ago

What are your plans for it? Do you have a land line?

hansf.bsky.social•33 days ago

Oh man! That brings back memories. My old church had one and when my bff first moved to our (tiny) town from the city she tried to call her parents and couldn’t figure out how to use it. This was 2000 and we were 13.

calizaybak.bsky.social•33 days ago

I miss being able to hang angrily with one of those.

highnessophelia.bsky.social•33 days ago

I'm going to do it therapeutically when I'm mad.

calizaybak.bsky.social•33 days ago

It's the slam followed by the bell slightly ringing in sympathy that makes it such a satisfying release.

calizaybak.bsky.social•33 days ago

*hang up angrily

senatorjohn.bsky.social•33 days ago

that is absolutely gorgeous

amazing to find with bell system logo too

dalighieri-fib.bsky.social•33 days ago

Since you're clearly expecting a call from the 80s, can you ask them of I can have my hair back?

sipher6.bsky.social•33 days ago

Nice find 👍🏽 those are rare antiques now, the wife bought 2 a while back. We used one as a house phone for a year. 😁

bonsaibean.bsky.social•33 days ago

Love it! I’m old enough to have grown up with these

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