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True Dough
(17,305 posts)Last edited Tue Nov 7, 2017, 11:49 AM - Edit history (1)
You've never used one? They can be pretty handy.
mia
(8,361 posts)True Dough
(17,305 posts)Or a reasonable facsimile?
mia
(8,361 posts)My father gave me one in the 3rd grade, because I wanted one that was like his. Carried it a mile to school everyday, too.
True Dough
(17,305 posts)Nice memories.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)mia
(8,361 posts)Mine was a little smaller than his.
malthaussen
(17,202 posts)... lugged it for years before it fell apart. My father got it sometime in the 1940's.
-- Mal
Girard442
(6,075 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)mercuryblues
(14,532 posts)since I was 13 years old.
Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)Nevah!
unblock
(52,250 posts)rurallib
(62,422 posts)peacebuzzard
(5,174 posts)And quarters for pay phones.
mia
(8,361 posts)and you had to have extra coins if you wanted to talk longer than 3 minutes.
peacebuzzard
(5,174 posts)FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)It sort of looked like the one in the photo but I don't think my Dad's phone was cordless. You could only use it for calling while in the car. I can't remember the brand name, but the receiver and the unit were both attached to the car.
onethatcares
(16,172 posts)was the cord?
FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)Sorry!
All I remember is that when my Dad was driving in his car (for work) only he could use the phone. The cord wasn't long enough to hand it off to anyone else. So maybe 15 to 18" (?) but I can't be sure.
malthaussen
(17,202 posts)... sort of brown and bronze, as I recall.
-- Mal