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| {the phone in our kitchen} |
There were many old items left here at our house when we bought it and one of those treasures was a wall mounted rotary style telephone. It was in the basement attached to a post and had been unused for many years. I have a friend that repairs old appliances and such so I took my old telephone to him to see if I could use it once again. After he had professionally tested and examined the telephone and determined that my telephone didn't require any new parts or to be repaired - it was easily modified to use with current phone jacks.
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| {inside of the phone, if you are interested} |
We have it installed in the kitchen over our island where we all like to hang out and it has been so much fun to use. It doesn't matter who is sitting next to it when it rings (it's got a really neat ring too) as anybody and everybody will answer it! It has no call display so each call is answered in a happier maybe-it's-somebody-important-calling-us singsong voice. Dialing out is much slower and when you make a mistake you have to start all over again, but that's okay. One major advantage of an old phone like this is that if the power goes out, it's still usable. Also, there is no touch tone so when "they" on the other end say "push 1 to continue in English" you can't do anything, oh well.
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| {the telephone over our kitchen island} |
My old telephone is a Canadian made Northern Electric G3 model phone. If you are interested in converting an old telephone, there are kits available on the internet and lot's of information out there too. We like that old telephone there on our DIY island that we made, but that's another story. Thanks for coming by and be sure to say "hello" in the comments section below!
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