MA AND PA, WHY CAN’T WE HAVE ONE TOO?
I wanted a wind up phone just like the phone some folks in our little town had, one ring was the Soames, two, the Jones. Three the McDonalds, a little hard of hearing?
Well, just a TAD. A good old B.C. telephone, everyone the operator KNEW. Four rings, somebody was calling US!
In the 1950s, that phone was the latest technological FAD. Sitting here, at the big mall food court, people texting on their iPhones, for some of us, it’s a bit PERPLEXING. Remembering when we wanted a wind-up phone just like some folks in our little town had?