This was a fun post to read, @apanamamama! 😅 When you're "old as dirt," I could tell by looking at it that even this phone was an "upgrade" Version 2.0 (at least), from the rotary dial phone we still have in our ... "museum" ... 🙄😉

How about writing one featuring typing on a keyboard? On a typewriter! No, no, not an IBM Selectric (electric) typewriter either. An Underwood typewriter (manual), on which I learned to type! At least it had the "ancient" QWERTY key pattern ... Hahaha ...