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Old 10-07-2007, 08:03 PM
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I used to be able to tap-dial any number on a rotary dial phone. Useful for stealing calls when there was a padlock on the dial.

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I know what you're talking about, but i bet 90% of the people who read your post will have no idea.

I can't remember the last time I even saw a rotary dial phone.

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A friend of mine has a rotary in his living room. He calls it the "age test". Its pretty much a fool-proof indicator if someone was born after 1980 when they go to make a call, pick up the receiver, then stare at it blankly for about a minute.

Oh, and I do popcorn on the stove top.

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I encountered many rotary phones in my childhood, and I think I know what you mean by tap-dialing (sorta walking your fingers through the tiny space?)... and I was born in 1985 [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
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