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True Dough
(17,394 posts)Last edited Tue Nov 7, 2017, 11:49 AM - Edit history (1)
You've never used one? They can be pretty handy.
mia
(8,363 posts)True Dough
(17,394 posts)Or a reasonable facsimile?
mia
(8,363 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
(17,394 posts)Nice memories.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,015 posts)mia
(8,363 posts)Mine was a little smaller than his.
malthaussen
(17,241 posts)... lugged it for years before it fell apart. My father got it sometime in the 1940's.
-- Mal
Girard442
(6,088 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)mercuryblues
(14,564 posts)since I was 13 years old.
Cirque du So-What
(26,038 posts)Nevah!
unblock
(52,509 posts)rurallib
(62,491 posts)peacebuzzard
(5,185 posts)And quarters for pay phones.
mia
(8,363 posts)and you had to have extra coins if you wanted to talk longer than 3 minutes.
peacebuzzard
(5,185 posts)FakeNoose
(32,917 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
(16,212 posts)was the cord?
FakeNoose
(32,917 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
(17,241 posts)... sort of brown and bronze, as I recall.
-- Mal