strange_complex: (Purple and black phone)
strange_complex ([personal profile] strange_complex) wrote2005-10-11 01:30 pm

Dring! Dring!

Whee! My purple and black phone has arrived!

I have tested it out with the help of my mobile, and it works perfectly. Outgoing calls take about a minute to make, as you wait for the dial to rotate back round to its starting position after each number. But hell - when I was a kid, that was all part of the ritual of making a phone call. And when I tried it out in the other direction, and heard it ring for the first time, I actually jumped up and down with excitement! It sounds like a real phone. *nostalgic and slightly manic grin*

In pre-emptory celebration, I made a new icon of it a couple of days ago, which I now introduce here. This will also shortly become my new [livejournal.com profile] sms_to_lj icon. It replaces Sophia Loren on the phone, which is sad, but I'm going to make a new Sophia icon soon and slot her in in place of one of the ones I don't really use, so she won't be lost forever.

Meanwhile, trying out my phone myself is all very well, but obviously nothing like as exciting as getting a Real Phone Call(TM). So if anyone is a bit bored, call me - please? Landline number is here.
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[identity profile] strange-complex.livejournal.com 2005-10-11 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Me too! I am just enjoying reacquainting myself with the rattly, ratchetty noise it makes as the dial turns. :)

[identity profile] ditzy-pole.livejournal.com 2005-10-11 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
You're making me wanting to acquire one now! I do suspect though it wouldn't last in our current household for too long. 3 new phones in 2 years, as they keep on breaking - no idea why, we only use them to order take-out...
ext_550458: (Darth Vader)

[identity profile] strange-complex.livejournal.com 2005-10-11 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, these are the guys (http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZyorkshire0071QQssPageNameZMERCQ5fVICQ5fReBayQ5fPr4Q5fPcNQ5fQ5fSI), if you really can't resist... :)

[identity profile] ditzy-pole.livejournal.com 2005-10-11 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Now that's just cruel! There must be some unwritten rule somewhere about the temptation of weak-willed people...

Fitting icon though :o)