Comments on: Ode to Analog

By: E. Elizabeth

E. Elizabeth — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:42:07 +0000

I miss divine patience that I needed to use my grandmother’s rotary telephone (although, in reality, I never really had that patience in the first place. Also, I will always remember the slightly concave-feeling buttons on our house phone (in the kitchen, ‘natch), perfectly molded to cradle a finger-tip!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:31:34 +0000

I miss leaving the house without it.

By: daisy

daisy — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:03:10 +0000

wow, i love this. i, too, feel the nostalgia of the home phone. i liked the fact that there was no call waiting, no caller id, and no voicemail. if you were available, great! if not, the caller would try later. i do remember the irritation of a busy signal, though, and at times trying over and over to get through. ah, good times. i do miss the corded home phone. it reminds me of the saying, “you can never really go home.’

By: Rachel Pfeffer

Rachel Pfeffer — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:36:57 +0000

My mom always complains about how she never gets to talk to my fiance on the phone since we don’t have a “home phone” for him to answer when she calls!

By: C

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:51:00 +0000

I only got my first cell phone a little over a year ago, and barely call on it. Analog phones are still wonderful. The receiver actually fit around the shape of your face! Also, it made people more on time– they had no means of sending a lame last-minute “Sorry I’ll be 15 minutes late” text excuse.