comment: >
  
  Timeline of my reactions to this picture:
  
  Haha, that's silly
  I mean... I used rotary phones and dialing was kinda nice
  I need a rotary phone numpad
context: Though i wish it was, this is not my build. They made a whole blog post detailing the build here. >
  
  
  his grandparents had a rotary dial phone
  
  the use of grandparents here and not parents makes me feel old >
  
  The rotary phone started to be phased out in the 50’s was discontinued in ‘86. If you were born in the 90s very good chance your parents did not own a rotary. >
  
  My mom kept an old rotary phone around when I was a kid just in case power went out. >
  
  The rotary and the touch tone were both supplied power through the telephone line.  If one would have worked, the other would have worked. >
  
  I'm assuming the other phone was cordless. >
  
  Bingo. >
  
  I mean....it's impressive....but what were you drinking during the design stage?!? 🤣 >
  
  Unleaded. >
  
  are you sure it wasn't leaded? >
  
  AVGAS 100 LL >
  
  They were so preoccupied with whether they could, they never stopped to wonder if they should. >
  
  And had they stopped, the answer would have been FUCK YES.