Then, if a call
did come in, your grandparents got the call, sat down and focused on having a
conversation.
In addition, these
were a solidly constructed piece of communication equipment which, should the need
arise, could double as a formidable weapon. At least that’s what they would show on
TV. Some defenseless creature made a
wild dive for the phone and clobbered the prowler upside the head.
Then all sorts of
exciting stuff happened. Push buttons!
Wacky
shapes or futuristic Logan’s Run type of stream line.
Or, my favorite, the princess phone because
one of my friends not only had one but she had it in her room! The very thought
made me giddy.
Upgrade with
cordless technology, meaning the hand set would be lost approximately 75% of
the life of the phone.
That was fine because the home computer could actually
do things like connect to the world wide web (invented by Al Gore) with dial up
beeping that would leave the phone line unusable for hours at a time.
This was also when
I started my foray into being on call for a few of the ERs in the valley.
Initially that meant you stayed at home, guarding the phone line, ready to
pounce should it ring.
Then we moved to pagers! Mobility while on call though it always happened that a page would come in again, while on the freeway, forcing a search for a telephone booth.
“We were just wondering how long it will take
for you to get here.” Well, not having
to pull over and find a functioning phone booth would probably speed things up.
I distinctly remember one of the hospitals
went to the unheard of measure of purchasing a mobile phone to pass around to
the docs on call. What an extravagance.
So I guess you won’t
hear about the actual possession of my LG Quantum until tomorrow!
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