Anyone remember these?

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Oh, this brings back memories. Especially when it rings.

[Pat McCotter]

I want that ringtone!

[Lloyd Danforth]

The mod. 500 was a fairly common phone when I was a kid.  One of my neighbors had an older model that weighed a ton and had the nicest, fine, rachet in the dial. ticity,ticity,ticity,ticity,ticity

[Lloyd Danforth]

We had a bright red Ericophone for years.  It was the coolest looking phone ever made. When you held the button in you could hear the local rock station up the road.

[Puke]

My family had a rotary phone up till the early 90's I believe.
My Dad's a bit of a luddite. 

[KBCraig]

The mod. 500 was a fairly common phone when I was a kid.

C'mon, Lloyd. When you were a kid, this was the standard model:

[K. Darien Freeheart]

(If I wanted to be really evil...)

[Pat K]

Yeah you could use those old heavy plastic
ones to beat a biker gang to death. Then
just dial up your number as it would not
have sustained any damage.

[Lloyd Danforth]

(If I wanted to be really evil...)

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Actually, I'm combining the old tech with the new:

[K. Darien Freeheart]

You rock, Lloyd!

(Totally off topic but I recall when I was like 7 or 8 years old, a summer camp I went to had "Smoke signals" on the list of activities and lessons and I never got to do it because of two tornados. The internet is so much cooler though, so I'm over it!)

[John]

I recall it was at Porcupine Freedom Fest last year when someone's cell phone rang and they had the "ring" tone set so that it was loud and sounded just like an olde rotary phone.
It was quite funny to hear some youngin convincingly exclaim, "What the hell was that?"

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I recall it was at Porcupine Freedom Fest last year when someone's cell phone rang and they had the "ring" tone set so that it was loud and sounded just like an olde rotary phone.
It was quite funny to hear some youngin convincingly exclaim, "What the hell was that?"

I'm going to have to do that. As soon as I find a microphone.

[Lloyd Danforth]

http://www.caeaudio.com/old_bell_ringer.html

[41mag]

Or try about 1/2 way down this page.

[KBCraig]

My LG phone (several years old) has that ringtone built in. I left it as the default ring for anyone not on my list.