Monday, July 06, 2009

Seen On The Intarwebz

Sometimes I feel old. Saw this picture of an item offered on an auction site, description: "Shiny old telephone, but the part you talk into is missing..."Um, no. No. Really, no.
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7 comments:

  1. OrangeNeckInNYJuly 7, 2009 at 12:46 AM

    Duh, the part you listen to is missing.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 7, 2009 at 4:24 AM

    Some people... gee whiz. I'll bet the seller wouldn't know how to make a call on it even if it did have the part you talk into! :P

    Jim

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  3. DrangJuly 7, 2009 at 4:55 AM

    Well, face it, Central is in Bangalore these days...

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  4. Roberta XJuly 7, 2009 at 7:17 AM

    Ah, D.W., it just makes the operator's, "Numbah, pleeeeze!" all the more musical -- and besides, with a phone like that, you'd only need Central to make long-distance calls. If that. :)

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  5. JoannaJuly 7, 2009 at 8:30 AM

    I just had a mental picture of a frustrated, 20-something hipster pushing harder and harder at the numbers beneath the dial, wondering why the buttons felt so stubborn -- and what's that wheel there for, anyway?

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  6. BobGJuly 7, 2009 at 4:41 PM

    "and what's that wheel there for, anyway?"

    It's a guide to help you aim at and hit the buttons correctly...

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  7. AnonymousJuly 7, 2009 at 6:22 PM

    Golly Gosh! I've got an original Marconi spark-gap transmitter (with functional de-coherer, no less)that could be converted to voice with that device as a microphone. If I could only find a DeForest Audion valve. -sigh-

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