It’s safe to say that few people still use rotary phones on a daily basis. Hell, most of us don’t even use landline telephones anymore. But just because these classic phones are no longer being used ...

We suspect kids today — and some adults — are confused about phone terminology. In today’s world, “hanging up” and “dialing,” for example, are abstract words without the physical reference that older ...

A Bengaluru techie has found a creative way to blend nostalgia with modern technology. By transforming his grandfather’s old rotary phone into an artificial intelligence powered assistant, the ...

Janet McFetridge says the act of dialing a rotary phone really takes her back. "You’re at church and you’re calling for a ride home and so you dial that number and I’ll bet almost all of us remember ...

There are young people today who don’t have a clue what a rotary telephone was all about. They’re even more in the proverbial dark about the former existence of party lines and what they entailed — ...

If you enter Arlington Park Cemetery, take a right and follow the road up and around a curve, there’s a gazebo. And in that gazebo, in a wooden box, there is a tan rotary phone. “I would’ve preferred ...

Jacob Shannon (left) and Lynda Shannon Bluestein set up a "wind phone" outside the historic Ridgebury Congregational Church in Ridgefield. On a recent Sunday, Kate Bagnati approached an old, ...

I loved Jan Risher's column about an old rotary phone and old phone exchanges. Seventy years later, I still remember by best friend's phone number, Jackson 8080. And even though I've had a cell phone ...

For the duration of my childhood, a heavy, black, rotary phone sat on the corner of my father’s desk. The handset rested in a sturdy u-shaped cradle, connected to the base by a curled cord. The paint ...

Almost accidentally, we have a new addition to our living room décor that has prompted much conversation among our friends. In July, we made a trip to Monroe to visit friends who took us to all sorts ...

On a recent Sunday, Kate Bagnati approached an old, cream-colored rotary phone sitting in a grove of trees outside the historic Ridgebury Congregational Church in Ridgefield. She picked up the ...