Ah, the old rotary phone. Those things were so heavy you could easily kill someone with one.

My parents had one for years. I don't think my dad ever upgraded to "tone" service because it was an "extra" at one time.

And remember the cool names that phone numbers had? Like FAirbanks 4? And who had a party line? We didn't in the city, but my parents bought a bungalow in Putnam County when I was about 9 and there we had one.