How do you use this?

Look familiar anyone?

While I was looking around an antique mall last week, my daughter wanted to show me a "really cool vintage phone." She took me over to the shelf where a rotary phone sat looking a little out of place. I told her that was the kind of phone everybody had when I was little.

But then in the 80s, things really started to change and we were starting to get some fancy colors like blue and almond. When the slimline came out, we all thought it was really chic. It even had a push button dialer. No waiting for that so yesterday rotary thing.

She said, "Really?? How did you use it?" like she was an Archaeologist unearthing ancient Egyptian secrets.

I told her you just put your finger on the rotary face and start turning the corresponding number. I showed her my old number, Eiiiigghhht...threeeee...foouuurr....

She said, "It took you that long to dial??! I would die."

Her dad said you should've seen how hard it was to text...