Poll: What is the age of the members on here?

[labworm]

We have a LL as there is no cell service up here. My wife has a cell phone that she leaves in her car, I do not own one.

We also have a rotary on my desk for emergencies as all our other phones (Cordless) need electricity to work. Rotary still works well but takes a extra few seconds to dial out.

We do have a portable generator but I run it on and off, and if it’s off the rotary still rings and we can dial out without generator. Hey it works for us!

There are probably youngsters that have no idea what a rotary phone is, not even knowing how to use one.

But I sure do, here is my phone that sits on my computer desk. when this baby rings it rings. Picked up about 4-5 years ago at the Flea Market for $5.00, mint condition, just brought it home and plugged it in.

 

[vigil617]

There are probably youngsters that have no idea what a rotary phone is, not even knowing how to use one.

But I sure do, here is my phone that sits on my computer desk. when this baby rings it rings. Picked up about 4-5 years ago at the Flea Market for $5.00, mint condition, just brought it home and plugged it in.

Nice score. But can it handle +p?

 

[labworm]

Nice score. But can it handle +p?

I've got a strong trigger finger.

 

[PA Guns & Ammo]

I guess my assumption was correct! I guess to most here that I'm still "wet behind the ears"

James

 

[NYlakesider]

There are probably youngsters that have no idea what a rotary phone is, not even knowing how to use one.

But I sure do, here is my phone that sits on my computer desk. when this baby rings it rings. Picked up about 4-5 years ago at the Flea Market for $5.00, mint condition, just brought it home and plugged it in.

Nice, but how did you find a Mass legal phone?

Mine was so old I had to wire it, no push in candy ***** easy way!

 

[PA Guns & Ammo]

There are probably youngsters that have no idea what a rotary phone is, not even knowing how to use one.

But I sure do, here is my phone that sits on my computer desk. when this baby rings it rings. Picked up about 4-5 years ago at the Flea Market for $5.00, mint condition, just brought it home and plugged it in.

I grew up in the age group of record players, 8 tracks, cassettes, microwaves, CD players, VCR's, rotary phones, video games, internet, PC computers and cell phones. To see the birth of some of these inventions like the CD player, cell phone and the internet, using a record player and know what an 8 track is, it is kind of neat.

James

 

[labworm]

Nice, but how did you find a Mass legal phone?

Mine was so old I had to wire it, no push in candy ***** easy way!

Truthfully, I bought it at the Hollis Flea Market in Hollis, NH.

Put it in a locked box in my trunk but removed the receiver which was kept in my locked glove compartment.

Also have a NH Non Resident Permit which allows interstate transport.

When I got home, I waited until it got dark before moving it into the house.

One great benefit, when receiving annoying calls, I just give them the old tick tick tick tick without saying anything.

 

[WR Moore]

There was a similar poll waaaaay back when. I noted at that time that the age groupings explained a lot of the posts.

I can add to that observation: most of the youngin's are on Facebook, Twitter or some other (and non educational) way to waste time.

 

[emory]

I just turned 36.

 

[NYlakesider]

Truthfully, I bought it at the Hollis Flea Market in Hollis, NH.

Put it in a locked box in my trunk but removed the receiver which was kept in my locked glove compartment.

Also have a NH Non Resident Permit which allows interstate transport.

When I got home, I waited until it got dark before moving it into the house.

Good man use the law to your benefit!: D With age comes wisdom!

 

[jtcarm]

I'm 55.

It's funny, I was just wondering how many others like me were born under less than fifty stars. I just barely made it under the wire before Hawaii became a state.

 

[JonF]

I'm 75 til Jan. 2

 

[zeke]

black rotary, bought at flea market over 30 years ago

 

[LouisianaJoe]

69 last May

 

[OFT II]

I've got a 70 year old body and a 7 year old mind.

 

[Ben_hutcherson]

26...

I don't own a single semi-auto handgun, but have a nice round dozen S&W revolvers(at my last count) plus a couple of Colts, one of the "other" Wessons, a Ruger single action(ashamed to admit it) and even an Italian single action copy.

 

[Ben_hutcherson]

There are probably youngsters that have no idea what a rotary phone is, not even knowing how to use one.

But I sure do, here is my phone that sits on my computer desk. when this baby rings it rings. Picked up about 4-5 years ago at the Flea Market for $5.00, mint condition, just brought it home and plugged it in.

I collected telephones pretty actively at one time, although I'd mostly moved away from them and sold a lot of them

This one set on the corner of my desk for a while(connected to wartime production Western Electric subset repurposed fro an old magnetic era local battery wood box set that a couple of old time collectors told me "didn't exist" until I showed it to one of them in person).

I have since replaced this with a "Candlestick" type Western electric-a late model dial candlestick with a "Bulldog" transmitter and full anti-sidetone circuitry(makes talking on the phone a lot more pleasant). Unfortunately, candlesticks are a pain to use for very long, so I don't use it a lot.

 

[M&P Freak]

My body is 52 but my mind is 17(ish).

 

[Iggy]

Iggy, did he call you old man and ask about when Ole Yellow Hair was a boy?

T'other way around. He was an old man, and I was just a boy.

He use to come down from Pine Ridge to Frontier Days with the Lakota bunch that danced in the parade and at the shows every day.

A few years later, I would drive the old Cheyenne Black Hills stage coach in the parade and grand entry at the rodeos.

When I was growin' up we answered the phone if it rang 2 longs and a short.

Dang, I can feel my bones fossilizing as I type...

 

[Biginge]

Hey Ben,

This one goes back a ways too. Made a lamp out of it. Sits on my Grandmothers Secretary drop leaf desk (i'm 72) It is OLD. It was originally black, my Mother painted it.