I grew Up (i'm 26) with a rotary dial phone. My parents are cheap, the phone worked so why replace it? i moved out long ago but i go back to visit alot, one day i came back and it was gone, they got a new phone, said the old one broke. I was really sad, I wish i could have had the old phone and hung it on my wall or something, i dialed many school chums on that phone. those things are really rare these days.

Another story about phones. so I was working on this movie and we had to pick set pieces for the main scenes. The set was suppose to be a family house that hadn't changed in a long time. I wanted an old phone on the wall to suggest this. One of the girls working on the film suggested a vintage shop in uptown (new orleans) we went up there and they had a rotary phone there for sale. I forget how much but even renting it was out of the question for our budget. Its funny because the object isn't a working object, nobody is going to buy the phone to actually use it. its just something to stick on there table and look... unique.

I think young people in general these days are more interested in old junk sometimes just because its cool or "unique" I've met plenty of people who make a living finding "vintage" clothes at thrift stores then selling them on ebay. but alot of young-ins like me are interested in old stuff because it was made better or because its simpler and easier to tinker with. I love tinkering, I love fixing stuff, i love figuring out who things are put together. but I'm terrible at math, have trouble telling time on an analog clock and have trouble spelling unless i have access to spell check. (my father actually dropped out of college cuz he couldn't spell, I didn't have the problem because i have access to modern word-processing technology). I never really learned to use tools at home my dad is not a handy guy, but i had to learn how to fix my bike mostly because i'm cheap just like mom and dad.