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Title: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: Mike Leon on September 15, 2006, 08:37:26 AM http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RENTING_ROTARY?SITE=NYONI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
This was on Fark yesterday. They said she ended up paying $14000 for the phone. I love old people. Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: den68 on September 15, 2006, 09:00:39 AM I've got a couple rotary phones in a box somewhere. She can have them.... for a small fee.
Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: Tondog on September 15, 2006, 09:14:51 AM Quote Strogen says she's not a big fan of her new push-button phone. Hell yes! Rotary phones kick huge amounts of ass. I wish I had one though. Maybe I should ask the phone company about leasing one."I'd like to have my rotary back," she said. "I like that better." Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: Tynstar on September 15, 2006, 10:56:04 AM Rotary phones suk ass. They look cool but take to long to dial.
Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: Barracuda on September 15, 2006, 11:29:15 AM That's terrible.
Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: David_J. on September 15, 2006, 01:06:56 PM Leasing, and rent to own are always a rip off.
Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: Tondog on September 15, 2006, 03:40:06 PM Rotary phones suk ass. They look cool but take to long to dial. That's the appeal!Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: Alabama-Shrimp on September 15, 2006, 05:29:59 PM reading it theer seams nothing wrong, she rented the phone and paid the bill thats how it works, So the phone was an old kind nothing wrong with that either she liked it was good enough for her so why change?
Really pushing the buttons might save you what 30 seconds over turning the dial so what??? Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: wrldstrman on September 15, 2006, 10:23:05 PM i still use our rotary dial phone some times
Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: Tynstar on September 16, 2006, 12:35:15 AM reading it theer seams nothing wrong, she rented the phone and paid the bill thats how it works, So the phone was an old kind nothing wrong with that either she liked it was good enough for her so why change? Really pushing the buttons might save you what 30 seconds over turning the dial so what??? 30 dollars a month is the problem. Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: Hydrobond on September 16, 2006, 12:37:44 PM Rotary phones are pretty sweet now because they are rare. But I don't see how you can still get away without one, any time you have to call a company you have to use a tone phone.
Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: The Metamorphosing Leon on September 18, 2006, 12:28:49 AM The only good thing about rotary phones is that they're heavier than all the crap made nowadays. Take that house invaders!
Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: ganonbanned on September 18, 2006, 06:28:49 PM Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: Alabama-Shrimp on September 19, 2006, 06:54:43 AM yeah you love to touch them in a special way Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: Ghost Soldier on September 22, 2006, 08:16:16 AM Rotary phones where pretty nice. I still keep a couple of cord phones. Yes they do work in normal power outages unlike your cordless.
Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: Hydrobond on September 22, 2006, 11:29:06 AM Rotary phones where pretty nice. I still keep a couple of cord phones. Yes they do work in normal power outages unlike your cordless. Some cordless phones work fine in a power outage. :-) Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: SFS on September 22, 2006, 07:19:19 PM cell phones? ;p
Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: Hydrobond on September 22, 2006, 07:58:46 PM cell phones? ;p Possibly. But I was referring to our cordless phone. It has a battery backup for when the power goes out. It has come in handy on more than one occasion. Title: Re: Old woman rents rotary phone for 42 years Post by: Mike Leon on October 04, 2006, 02:18:36 PM reading it theer seams nothing wrong, she rented the phone and paid the bill thats how it works, So the phone was an old kind nothing wrong with that either she liked it was good enough for her so why change? Really pushing the buttons might save you what 30 seconds over turning the dial so what??? WTF? Did you miss the whole point of the article? She paid $14000 for a phone she could easily have bought for $30 at any department store. If she liked the phone, she probably could have bought the EXACT SAME MODEL. She's really dumb. That's it. No more questions. |