One time on Usenet, zxcvbob > said:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>
> > nancy (do they even have rotary service anymore?)
> > (or is that any more)

> Yes, rotary phones will work on touchtone phone lines. I have an old
> rotary phone I keep as a spare. (Teenage daughter hates it. I tell her
> it's "retro")

I have one on my computer desk, an old mandarin red "Ericofon":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ericofon

As a kid, I thought most phones looked like this, as both my parents
and grandparents had them. I have mine because it's nostaligic and
unlike my cordless, it doesn't die when the power goes out...

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