| The Telephone Circa 1994 |
My cell was dead. Since I was at my Mom’s, I figured
I’ll just use her phone. Her land-line phone that is –
circa 1994. I picked up the phone and I dialed the
number. I stared at the phone and yelled out to my
Mom in the other room, “Where’s the Send button?”
YES I did! For the past two years, I own only a cell. I
have no "home phone", no "land-line phone". How
quickly we forget!
I try again and this time I put the phone to my ear and I
hear this “BUZZ” sound. I waited for the noise to stop,
figuring maybe it’s looking for a signal. I DID! But it’s
called – the dial tone! LOL
I hang up to try again. As luck would have it, the phone
made this strange sound that went something like this:
rrrrriiiiiinnnnnnngggggggg. I thought, what kind of a
ringtone is that?! I did, I swear!
I stood staring at the phone looking for some sort of
display telling me who’s calling. Then like magic I hear
my cousin’s voice saying, “Just calling to find out what
happened in Boston!” Oh my! This phone must have
speaker! I start shouting at the phone, “Hey! Boston
was great!” Then she says, “Call me back.” And she
hangs up! Now I’m really confused with my Mom’s
1994 telephone.
I yell out to my Mom in the other room, because I can’t
take the phone with me. It’s tied down and - get this- not
only attached to the wall but tied down with a wire that’s
stapled all along the sides of the whole apartment!
I’ll just use her phone. Her land-line phone that is –
circa 1994. I picked up the phone and I dialed the
number. I stared at the phone and yelled out to my
Mom in the other room, “Where’s the Send button?”
YES I did! For the past two years, I own only a cell. I
have no "home phone", no "land-line phone". How
quickly we forget!
I try again and this time I put the phone to my ear and I
hear this “BUZZ” sound. I waited for the noise to stop,
figuring maybe it’s looking for a signal. I DID! But it’s
called – the dial tone! LOL
I hang up to try again. As luck would have it, the phone
made this strange sound that went something like this:
rrrrriiiiiinnnnnnngggggggg. I thought, what kind of a
ringtone is that?! I did, I swear!
I stood staring at the phone looking for some sort of
display telling me who’s calling. Then like magic I hear
my cousin’s voice saying, “Just calling to find out what
happened in Boston!” Oh my! This phone must have
speaker! I start shouting at the phone, “Hey! Boston
was great!” Then she says, “Call me back.” And she
hangs up! Now I’m really confused with my Mom’s
1994 telephone.
I yell out to my Mom in the other room, because I can’t
take the phone with me. It’s tied down and - get this- not
only attached to the wall but tied down with a wire that’s
stapled all along the sides of the whole apartment!
| I say, “Hey Mom! How do you switch the speaker phone on and off?” My Mom peered in from the other room and didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She said, “Dear, that was the answering machine.” “Oh! I knew that! Just fooling you, MOM!” LOL I told my Mom, “When your phone’s battery is dead I want to see YOU try to use my cell!” Well, my Mom is much smarter than I and said, “Let’s see if your phone is working now, dear.” I should have known better! When she says “dear” she’s up to something! She pressed one button on her circa 1994 relic of a phone to call me. I hear my ringtone- Shakira- “Hips don’t lie…Baby, this is perfection”. I run to the other room where my cell was. I glance at the caller ID as if I didn't know who was calling! “Hello.” She answers, “Good. I’m glad your phone is working now, dear.” And she SLAMS the phone down hard. I hear her yell from the other room, “Now try to do THAT with your cell!” My ears were still ringing from the SLAM of the phone but I hear her loud and clear as she laughs triumphantly and says, “Can you hear me now!?!” |
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| rotary dial rrriiinnnggg off the hook party line prank calls calling for directions remembering 10 of ur friends #s long distance slam phone when mad calling & saying Guess who? making the call being so popular your phone is ringing off the hook |
| speed dial ring tones low battery telemarketers conference call mapquest remembering 10 minutes b4 bed to charge phone roaming not answering the call at all knowing who it is with caller ID sending an email hook? what hook??? |
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