Hey guys, I wanna DOWNGRADE my bedside phone to one I can slam down on people who call me on my days off. Epay has these for relatively cheap, but if someone has one in their basement for cheaper, I'd love to take it off your hands.

I'd like push-button style, like this:

Jeez, the rotary dial one that sees daily use in my living room is even older than that:D
Tom

There are a lot of rotary dial models up for auction...and even though I like 'em, I know they'll piss me off when I am half-asleep and turn the wrong number!

I'll have to take a look at those... Mom hates pushbutton phones:lmao: Thanks for the headsup.
Tom

See 'em all the time in flea markets and pawn shops. Just look next to the empty Mrs. Butterworth's bottles! :lmao:

...when I am half-asleep and turn the wrong number!

us old-timers refer to that as "dialing"... :-)

See 'em all the time in flea markets and pawn shops. Just look next to the empty Mrs. Butterworth's bottles! :lmao:


http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Mrs-Butterworth-Glass-Bottles-set-of-4_W0QQitemZ6256524649QQcategoryZ369QQrdZ1QQcmdZVie wItem

Some people will buy anything as long as it's old......

Hey guys, I wanna DOWNGRADE my bedside phone to one I can slam down on people who call me on my days off.

I like push-button style, like this:

This is :nutz:, but I like your logic - I hate the dial too

PS - These phones sound/work the best :yes:

Hey guys, I wanna DOWNGRADE my bedside phone to one I can slam down on people who call me on my days off. :

This made me chuckle. I had all but forgotten the not so subtle satisfation that comes from phone slamming. if I come across one, I'll let you know.

Yeah, Fro. Modern technology has replaced the "NOT INTERESTED! BAM!!!!" with "NOT INTERESTED! beep."

Besides, there's something that's so satisfying when you SLAM! the phone down on a telemarketer!

Mine usually get slammed when hanging up on an idiot customer service person or employer. Broken many a phone like that....

Maybe I should pick one of these up too. lol

Send me your address, I gots one for ya :)

Speaking of the lack of substantialness of modern phones, I remember some comic a few years ago who said something to this effect:
"remember in the old movies, when you could use a telephone as a murder weapon?"

There are times when a slam is like therapy and needs to be done.

Then there are times when you need to hang up on someone and not appear to be rude. I found the best way to do that is hang up while you are talking. They never know what hit'em.

Terry

Speaking of the lack of substantialness of modern phones, I remember some comic a few years ago who said something to this effect: "remember in the old movies, when you could use a telephone as a murder weapon?"
:lmao: Yes! Especially the WE bakelite phones with the triangular shaped handpiece! Those things were HEAVY! :lmao:

I caught an old B-movie the other night and some dude picked up his WE-style phone up and slammed another guy in the head, you know how - with the receiver still on the cradle, fingers curled around the handle/cradle? YEAH!

I haven't received a telemarketer call in over a year (thank you Do Not Call Registry!), so I could care less about caller ID at 8:00 am.

just a get new phone with the put on hold feature. Then say"can you hold one moment", and keep them on hold till hell freszzes over. The satisfaction isnt as immidioate as slamming thre reciever, but long term its very gratifying to know you may be wasting their time.

Kami, thank you very much for the phone! I opened it up, scrubbed it down w/ a toothbrush and then thew pieces in the dishwasher...now it looks shiny and new and works great. THANK YOU! I have just made a donation to AK as "payment." Thanks again.

Glad to help :)

...An' now we got the callers from Mumbai, Pondicherry, all them other places. They say the Indians can speak "English", well, if THAT'S "English", I'm a monkey's uncle. "Geiger" completely flummoxes them, guess they never heard of the Geiger Counter on the Subcontinent. And after you've TOLD Sahib, no, you DON'T want BellSouth's DSL, he just keeps jabbering away."But Meester Googur, you've been a good customer wif BellSouth for such a long time..." Listen, Swami, if I'm such a Good Customer, why can't you pronounce my name right? Huh? I called BellSouth & let 'em have it. And I WAS NOT very politically correct, either....Grrrrr...-Sandy G.

Sandy G said: "...An' now we got the callers from Mumbai, Pondicherry, all them other places. They say the Indians can speak "English", well, if THAT'S "English", I'm a monkey's uncle. "Geiger" completely flummoxes them, guess they never heard of the Geiger Counter on the Subcontinent. And after you've TOLD Sahib, no, you DON'T want BellSouth's DSL, he just keeps jabbering away."But Meester Googur, you've been a good customer wif BellSouth for such a long time..." Listen, Swami, if I'm such a Good Customer, why can't you pronounce my name right? Huh? I called BellSouth & let 'em have it. And I WAS NOT very politically correct, either....Grrrrr...-Sandy G.

Umm...is Asynchronousman back in action?!