tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post4634211348283260755..comments2024-03-23T08:58:00.291+11:00Comments on Flying With Hands: B is for ...Pipistrellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-10667308366007461742020-05-26T09:56:17.618+10:002020-05-26T09:56:17.618+10:00GSL: Your lines were being staged whispered from t...GSL: Your lines were being staged whispered from the wings by Mum? Not helpful! Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-68582021586707961822020-05-26T07:03:26.784+10:002020-05-26T07:03:26.784+10:00Who is GSL to quibble telly advancement plans with...Who is GSL to quibble telly advancement plans with Bruce Partington? Nobody gave better early teen phone than GSL except when Mum decided her input was helpful which only froze little GSL solid and mistakenly encouraged my Estella that she called the shots... GSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903412564467078538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-89638899390994948072020-05-24T09:54:10.230+10:002020-05-24T09:54:10.230+10:00BPP: Hello Bruce and welcome, fellow Rotarian, to ...BPP: Hello Bruce and welcome, fellow Rotarian, to these pages! I fear we may be in the minority over looking askance at the "assumption of technology", or presumption more like it. Industrial designers don't help matters with their embrace of plastic and the ugly over the beautiful and designs for longevity. Three cheers for those who can come to the rescue of machinery otherwise Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-86803780520454600002020-05-24T02:04:39.995+10:002020-05-24T02:04:39.995+10:00Hello there; just found your blog and really enjoy...Hello there; just found your blog and really enjoying it - this post in particular. I quite agree with you about the worrying creep of "progress", or the "assumption of technology" as I call it - the inexorable rise of the "smartphone", for instance (I still get by perfectly well with an old Nokia and in fact didn't have a mobile at all until a few years ago), Bruce Partington-Planshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-88911607558505889982020-05-20T11:42:57.427+10:002020-05-20T11:42:57.427+10:00Debbie: Oh, a telephone booth would have appealed ...Debbie: Oh, a telephone booth would have appealed enormously!! Particularly if it contained some sort of chaise upon which to recline while making that call. Comfort first! Well, I was a very late adopter of the mobile phone for the simple reason that they were all so plastic and ugly and my Kettle phone was not. I was only lured into owning one many years back by the gift of another "B"Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-55969884553405247272020-05-20T11:11:19.837+10:002020-05-20T11:11:19.837+10:00I am IN LOVE with the Belgian Kettle telephone. Pe...I am IN LOVE with the Belgian Kettle telephone. Period. I would ADORE having this in my home, to gaze upon even if not talking into :) It is so handsome, old world, elegant etc. My middle name should be landline... I do not have a cell/mobile... my husband does, which works perfectly, so I can continue to be un-tethered from 'the world' and he can tend to the demands of our grown (but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-2940255681084077852020-05-20T09:45:13.896+10:002020-05-20T09:45:13.896+10:00Loree: Yes, it's such an interactive experienc...Loree: Yes, it's such an interactive experience compared to the stealthy silence of a smart phone. Bells and clicking galore! <br /><br />Mary: We, too, had red phone boxes in the Antipodes. I can still conjure their particular smell! Of course, the old and the new cohabit here and we've assorted technologies in the telephone department, but at least the landlines are beautifully designedPipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-81892013079261654272020-05-20T07:49:23.145+10:002020-05-20T07:49:23.145+10:00That is a mighty fine instrument. The trend here f...That is a mighty fine instrument. The trend here for some years now is to dispense with 'landline' service. Those who move house now can only expect to have internet phone service. I can't be arsed to hook up my old rotary (ca. 1970s) to any of that rot. We now only use mobile phones. Hey ho. Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-61124636118140004702020-05-20T02:35:21.810+10:002020-05-20T02:35:21.810+10:00I loved those type of dial phones - and I loved th...I loved those type of dial phones - and I loved the days in time when we used them only - also loved walking to the end of the lane to the red telephone box when a teen!<br />Still have a landline and a bulky kitchen wall phone along with cordless phones in other rooms, however, the iPhones are used more often!<br /><br /><br />Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-1924080516372556972020-05-20T01:13:32.688+10:002020-05-20T01:13:32.688+10:00What a lovely phone. I remember those dial-up phon...What a lovely phone. I remember those dial-up phones. I still miss the clicket-y noise they made when dialling. Oh those good old days. We still have a landline but it's a push-button one not a dial-up.Loreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520908604580765632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-20025039377443350812020-05-19T18:20:20.295+10:002020-05-19T18:20:20.295+10:00ToF: Wow! 99 1/2? You've some longevity in you...ToF: Wow! 99 1/2? You've some longevity in your family. She would have seen so much in the way of "progress". Two-steps forward, one-step back sometimes, no? I do quite like the idea that an accessory to our lives that is substantial enough to be a piece of furniture, needs its own piece of furniture. Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-52152324445229574732020-05-19T17:11:09.437+10:002020-05-19T17:11:09.437+10:00It is indeed beautiful. My grandma had a similar r...It is indeed beautiful. My grandma had a similar rotary phone, whose center circle still had the phone number from when numbers were a combination of words and digits. She used it until she moved out of her home in the mid-1990s. The cord was similarly long, but she kept it on a "phone table" that was just the right size for the beast (and for the phone book that went on a shelf below),Taste of Francehttp://francetaste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-55871657099697765652020-05-19T14:29:31.508+10:002020-05-19T14:29:31.508+10:00Contessa: Good Boy Scout planning by the Italian! ...Contessa: Good Boy Scout planning by the Italian! Sadly, if the electricity was to go down here, even this trusty Kettle will be dead as a dodo since the phone lines now travel via the internet. No modem, no landline. Crazy!! ... The Princess, another classic! We also have a 1960s Ericsson Cobra but that stopped working when the NBN took over in January - well, we didn't buy another gizmo to Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-1265442347902894562020-05-19T13:48:19.399+10:002020-05-19T13:48:19.399+10:00That is a seriously beautiful phone! I also like t...That is a seriously beautiful phone! I also like the social distancing with string and cups; very 21st C. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-66102671312976447822020-05-19T10:55:43.569+10:002020-05-19T10:55:43.569+10:00THE ITALIAN HAS ONE UNDER THE HOUSE BECAUSE IF OUR...THE ITALIAN HAS ONE UNDER THE HOUSE BECAUSE IF OUR PHONES GO OUT IN AN EMERGENCY THE ROTARY DIAL WILL WORK!!!!!!!!!!<br />HE HAS IT ALL READY TO GO!!!<br />DO YOU RECALL THE PRINCESS PHONE?HOW WE ALL WANTED ONE WHEN THEY CAME OUT IN BLUE AND PINK!<br />BRAVA TO YOU!!!<br />BRAVISSMA!!!!!!<br />XX<br />La Contessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682902106545680159noreply@blogger.com