tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post951017936912761788..comments2024-03-21T22:36:54.451-04:00Comments on HISTORIES OF THINGS TO COME: Retro Telephones - The New Must in Home DecorLC Douglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-72149229052154756842018-08-18T06:32:16.522-04:002018-08-18T06:32:16.522-04:00Woow, wow, amazing post. This blog shows the nearl...Woow, wow, amazing post. This blog shows the nearly complete <a href="https://www.sfcable.com/phone-ethernet-cables.html" rel="nofollow">Telephone</a><br />devices. It's fantastic to know that from the 19th century telephone system it gradually evolved into modern telephony system and smartphones or mobile phones which we now enjoy.<br />SFCablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217748178151944720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-22332878655635912972013-04-22T04:13:17.190-04:002013-04-22T04:13:17.190-04:00I think antique telephones are so beautiful and un...I think antique telephones are so beautiful and unique. No one really owns one anymore. I have a few <a href="http://www.worldtohome.com/antique-telephones.aspx" rel="nofollow"> antique telephones</a> at home. My friends appreciate the beauty of it every time they come over.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827432821640162026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-59887585993036902212010-11-14T14:36:53.719-05:002010-11-14T14:36:53.719-05:00@Anon,
Glad you like the blog. I don't know w...@Anon,<br />Glad you like the blog. I don't know where you could find a candlestick phone in NZ. If local dealers don't carry them, I would write to the makers of Crosley's candlestick phone, Ahern, and ask them if they make overseas models<br />http://www.ahernstore.com/index.html<br /><br />Worse comes to worse, you could buy a US model and then convert the innards to a NZ compatible phone. But you might want to ask Ahern if that's possible.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-86182729145275006062010-11-14T02:43:57.825-05:002010-11-14T02:43:57.825-05:00The candlestick retor phone is so cool... we are ...The candlestick retor phone is so cool... we are in New Zealand - can you please advise where to source one and if they will work here?<br />Cool site by the way!<br />Lyndsay, New ZealandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-91986282167278952712010-10-27T03:10:38.831-04:002010-10-27T03:10:38.831-04:00After you have taken everything into consideration...After you have taken everything into consideration: from the style of furniture to paint colors to the art and accent pieces used, you can be certain that you have decorated your home to the best of your abilities. Not only will your home flow well from room to room, but the entire home will feel warm, inviting, and complete due to your attention to the details. Home decorating completed in this manner looks greatbetty boop figurineshttp://www.bettyboopfigures.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-55786896558374689602010-10-18T03:39:07.412-04:002010-10-18T03:39:07.412-04:00@Jay It's amazing that people are demanding a ...@Jay It's amazing that people are demanding a current version of the upright.<br /><br />@pblfsda I think we live in a transitional period, which is why I put the pictures up of hybrid designs like the plug in hand-held Moshi Moshi receiver that attaches to one's mobile phone. I'm tempted to say that those transitional designs will fall away, but given that people are demanding models of 1950s' payphones as their kitchen phone, it seems that retro styles may last. So what does all this retro kitsch nostalgia mean? Does it only mean something to people who remember the way phones used to be, or will it have relevance to the operator you mentioned, who has no knowledge of older tech? I never directly experienced using an upright telephone from the turn of the last century, but I can appreciate the design and the style. Demand for retro phones may be a way of resisiting the rapid pace of technological change.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-19261945697749117022010-10-17T19:49:27.601-04:002010-10-17T19:49:27.601-04:00My parents in the US have had rotary phones since ...My parents in the US have had rotary phones since the 1960's. It's impossible to use voice mail or anything with a menu option on them. If you try to dial the number you need to 'press', it prompts no reaction whatsoever. Increasingly, I've found many large businesses and even government offices have no human operators. Those that do often hire operators who are unaware that such technology ever existed and repeatedly direct or transfer callers to prerecorded menus. It would be much less frustrating to deal with them if any of them had an ounce of honesty and simply admitted that they didn't know what a rotary phone is.<br />I'm hopeful that if this technology becomes prolific once again (even if it's only because of some aesthetic choices) that businesses make themselves more accessible instead of treating customers like criminals for using some technology for which the businesses themselves are inadequately prepared.pblfsdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07471473189061385119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-11448371995531974012010-10-17T13:43:30.623-04:002010-10-17T13:43:30.623-04:00Yeah, the 'upright' and the even earlier v...Yeah, the 'upright' and the even earlier version of the 1950s phone going back to.....1890s, I think?Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259914990173033280noreply@blogger.com