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Toro, Toro, Toro
New York, NY - Peter - Thursday, June 24th, 2004 : goo
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Have I told you about my old orange plastic phone? If you place the receiver in its cradle upside down, it looks like an orange bull, a taurus telephone.
It really is a shame, at least in terms of aesthetics, that the rotary protocol is no longer in fashion. It speaks of an era where gaudy, colorful American design was as resonant as the duophonic bronze bells inside this shiny plastic beast; it has a four-pronged tail. It looks that it has been adequately used for many years.
It bears the number (904) 651-0139. The area code is that of a town in Northeastern Florida, directly south of the Georgia border. Imagine, an orange phone from Florida. I doubt the phones in Georgia were peach.
This phone was made to sell to people who took pride in such devices. Now, it is only a functionally-obsolete work of art, sitting pretty on its reed mat like a streamlined toro.
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Ben: This article made me smile.
Peter: 19th Apr 2005 - 18:36 GMT
thanks :) i still have that phone. never used it, but it definitely serves as a kitschy decorative piece. i love its color.
GGP: 30th Nov 2005 - 15:48 GMT
I just need to say how much I love this shot. The color, the concept, etc.
Peter: 30th Nov 2005 - 15:53 GMT
thanks. i used to have that exact phone in like 10 different colors. i found the collection in the trash near my old apartment on 108th street years ago. clearing out for the inevitable moves and de-clutterings, i had to get rid of the rest, but ive always kept that orange one, and i always will.
Jamie: 6th Jun 2006 - 23:56 GMT
i've got a rotary telephone, and it works. it's plugged into a line which i know for a fact terminates at a digital, adsl enabled telephone exchange.. it just works. and it rang today for the first time ever. it goes "ring ring!" just like a telephone should
it bears the number Mablethorpe 73570. Which isn't even enough numbers to be a phone number, so it must be pretty old. Though there's an old building in Horncastle with it's original signage which declares the companies phone number to be '17', no joke.
But i'm gonna call the phone Mable and i'm gonna keep her forever
Peter: 30th Jun 2006 - 16:01 GMT
oh wow, i missed the comment about mable the first time around!
also: please get some pics of the "17" building/sign?
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