oh my god i’m cleaning out my desk and i found my first phone

teambuckaroo:

lavenderprose:

angelswatchingover:

notevensneaky:

teaboot:

scotchtapeofficial:

princess-peridot:

scotchtapeofficial:

it was a fucking house phone that i was so stoked to have because it was mine that i kept in my own room and i cannot believe technology has progressed at the speed of FUCKING light to the point where this is a hilarious artifact to have had in like 6th grade and now theres kindergarteners with iphones

How did you know if you dialed the right number

each button made a different tone so the numbers you dialed a lot became a subconscious melody in your head and if you hit the wrong button by accident it would sound like a wrong note in a song you know by heart

i can’t beleive that is a legitimate question in my lifetime

Other acceptable answer: the wrong person answers on the other end.

Also, at some point in the late 80s these came with the ability to set up 10 speed dial numbers, which was the greatest thing ever at the time.

I can still sing the melody that my home phone number used to make on a phone keypad.

i think i’d still recognise my house phone number because if you use a landline they still play it to you, i believe. I never got a phone in my bedroom but i remember the first time we got a cordless phone (we called it the wander phone) and it was amazing because i could take it to my room if i wanted to called my friends