I recently upgraded my phone. Not the phone itself, but the operating system. Apple promised a plethora of new and long-awaited features. I scanned through information and various articles. Most of the new features are nothing I was clambering for. There is one thing I wish they would add.

One thing we had when I was growing up. One thing only the phone shown below still offers.

Princess
This little lady actually works.

“I miss having the ability to slam the receiver back on the phone when I hang up!”

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94 responses to “Features Lost – 1LinerWeds”

  1. Haha! That would be a hard feature for them to add. 😜😂

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    1. It would be.Some people have never heard that sound.

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      1. The younger generation

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  2. petespringerauthor Avatar
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    I also liked the sound of dialing each number. Funny how some actions and sounds give us feelings of satisfaction.

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    1. That”s a good point, Pete. I also like the mnemonics used for the local exchange. Ours was CAnal-1

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  3. I have seen folks hit the end button very hard and then there are those who throw the phone across the room. But that could get expensive. My daughter had one of those princess phones in her bedroom. It was well used.

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    1. Our daughter had a well-used phone, but this came later. I found it in an antique shop (sorry). Oddly enough, it still works on our exchange. It’s the most comfortable phone ever.

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      1. I’m not surprised that things we had in our house 40 years ago are now in antigue shops. It doesn’t make us old. (or does it?) At least it wasn’t in a museum!

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        1. Oh, there’s one there, too. We have a communication museum in the town just south of us. It’s funny to see a lot of stuff I used, on display there. But, no, it doesn’t make us old.

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  4. Oh, yes, please! A good slam could go a long way, and we are now slam-deprived when we really, really need it. We could use a slam key on the computer too. Right next to the who-cares? key. Your close-ups of drips are wonderful. The trestle looks good in all weather, doesn’t it?

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    1. A good slam was a good feeling. Of course, then there was the obligatory explanation because everyone in the room knew that sound. Then there was the option to leave it off the hook with no option to leave an annoying voice mail. Makes you wonder why we invented some things. The trestle will be a frequent feature now that I can see it. I’m glad you like the drips.

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  5. I like those pictures of the fog especially the stop sign and car lights and the one below it with the foggy row of trees.

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    1. Thanks Frank. I do like walking in the fog. I wish those drivers had been going slower, but…

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  6. I thought you were going to say the dial…

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    1. It was a hard choice, John. Those phones held up to a lot of abuse. That Princess phone still works on our exchange. It’s a good feel.

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  7. I imagine your missing satisfaction is that feeling I get when I return the shopping cart to the corral. Man, I love that clang of the cart slamming into the one in front of it! 🤣
    I miss the sound of the rotary dial more than anything regarding the phone. I have an old fashion ring tone on my cell phone so I don’t miss that. Thankfully, that’s an option!

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    1. I have slammed few carts in my time. The rotary dial was a nice sound. You could tell what mood someone was in by the way they dialed. There’s an App called “Vintage Phone” that you have to dial and it comes close to the sound, but it’s not quite there.

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  8. I agree. There was something so satisfying about slamming down those old receivers.
    😉

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    1. And you were sending that message ;-)

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  9. Ginger Salvatore Avatar
    Ginger Salvatore

    Love today’s one-liner! There was tremendous satisfaction slamming the receiver back on the phone! Yes indeed! And there’s no 50’ curly cord to play with while you’re talking.

    Foggy here too, but yours looks denser. Love the frozen water drops, especially on the needles.

    MiMi and Sammie crack me up. He’s making sure she alerts you or the Editor to throw nuts out for him, and she’s making sure he only takes his fair share. What a pair they are.

    Old Glory shines through no matter the weather. She definitely is a grand old girl!

    Happy Wednesday Dan. Hope the rest of your day is sunny. Ginger

    Sent from my iPad

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    1. That cord brought us comfort and privacy, Ginger. Otherwise, we had to ask for permission to use the phone in our parent’s bedroom. I can’t imagine children today if they were beamed back into that time. And it wasn’t prehistoric, it was the ’60s and ’70s – yikes.

      That fog lasted a long time on Monday. Seeing frozen drops sent a chill up my back. If not for the fog, I would have had the perfect reflection of the flag. But you can still see her flying.

      MiMi loves to look out that door. Sammy and Smokey take that to mean the peanut store is open.

      Have a great rest of the week!

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  10. Besides slamming the receiver on a call, could they please extend it to a text? Every politician from any party seems to be sending texts, and I’d love to slam it on each and every one. :-) Happy Wednesday! Cold, gray and gloomy here.

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    1. Maybe that’s the app I should write – Send-a-Slam! It would be nice to have. I walked today. It’s colder than the thermometer says it is. Happy Wednesday.

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  11. Ending with the trestle and Old Glory – Thanks, Dan!

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    1. My pleasure, GP. Special doors for you, tomorrow.

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  12. LOL I remember the pleasure of slamming down the phone receiver.

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    1. It’s an odd thing. Definitely better than throwing your cell phone.

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  13. A Princess phone! I remember going to one of my parents’ friend’s home and she had a pink Princess phone in her room. I was in heaven!! A good dramatic arm movement while hitting the little red button to disconnect a cellphone just doesn’t quite get it.
    Fog and raindrops–so pretty, Dan. Oh, that sign about traffic not having to stop. They have a sign like that as soon as you turn off the main road into Walmart. My husband always says the same thing, “I don’t trust those other drivers.”

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    1. I want to take a Sharpie and add, “No One Stops!” Half the people that see me approaching that crosswalk, blow right through the stop sign so they don’t have to wait for me. And they wonder why pedestrian deaths are up, year over year, for four years in a row.

      The Princess phone is still adorable, over 50 years later. The first time AT&T marketed a phone to women. Sounds like it worked ;-)

      I’m glad you liked the photos.

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  14. Yes!! Now that would be a good update to the new OS especially since the photo cropping feature is totally messed up. If I wanted all 4 edges to condense, I’d do it myself. Doggone programmers…always messing around with the photo program and not in the best way. Grrr.

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    1. Having been one of those developers, I always wonder if they even know why people want to do the thing they’re supporting. It doesn’t seem like it.

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      1. You’re right on that score. I often wonder if they have some sort of better Beta version that was far more responsive because who would do that to others?

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  15. Great foggy shots, Dan! And the memory of slamming down a phone’s receiver evokes a dial…um…smile. :-)

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    1. Ha ha – you can still hear that sound, can’t you, Dave? Thanks!

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  16. Ha! I miss that ability too, Dan — and believe me I used it. Amazing how those phones withstood all the slamming. I doubt that anything manufactured during the past 30 years (including cars) could stand so much. Dear MiMi — lovely to see her. Hugs.

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    1. I never heard of anyone breaking those phones, Teagan. You’re right. Nothing built today would stand up to that punishment. MiMi is still hanging in there. Hugs.

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  17. It’s just so NOT satisfying to press a button to hang up on someone. Slamming your cell phone down is not optimal, either ;-)
    Love the foggy fotos (especially when there is no driving in it).

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    1. Yeah, the button just doesn’t do it for me, especially when I accidentally answer a spam call.

      I’m glad you liked the photos, Walking was only dangerous at the intersections.

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      1. Zero satisfaction.
        I bet! It was thick!

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  18. We still have the connection in the wall where a landline phone with an answering machine once held court in our home. I commented to Mrs. Chess just last night about how the world was truly turned upside down once our phones became pocket-size. We were watching a basketball game where the lights had been turned down and most of the crowd held up their phones with the flashlight feature on to create a surreal effect. It was not that many years ago you’d just see a bunch of folks sitting in the dark.

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    1. That’s true Bruce. Not only do things change in big ways, those changes are happening faster and faster.

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  19. I love to walk in the fog. We don’t get much here, but when we do it is lovely. Great photos, Dan

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    1. There’s something very peaceful about fog, John. If you’re walking.

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  20. LOL! I couldn’t agree with you more! Great photos, Dan!

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    1. Thanks Colleen. I’m glad you like the photos.

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  21. That was witty. However, it is only now that I realize that I’ve never done that in my lifetime. Sarah sometimes gets upset when I use devices slowly and gently. She is like come on you can be a bit quicker and there’s no harm. It’s durable plastic, steel, or whatever. My school computer teacher once got pissed and unplugged the PS2 keyboard from those heavy DOS-generation machines and slammed it on the floor just to show me that It will not F break.

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    1. I guess you’re just a gentle soul, Sharukh. That’s probably better in the long run,

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  22. Modern technology seems determined to take away our little hissy fits. Not being able to slam down the phone or slam a kitchen drawer. Then they wonder why everyone is all stressed out. Somebody’s not thinking…

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    1. Ha ha. My wife does not like “soft close” drawers, but that’s almost the only type of tracks available from suppliers.

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  23. Love the fog shots, Dan, and I got a good chuckle from your one-liner. My iPhone just updated recently and of course they changed any number of things that didn’t need changing along with security updates, which I’m sure they did. The update changed all my ring/alarm sounds so I had to go in and figure out where my old one was or find one I preferred. Why do that? Plenty of similar things, such as moving a button from the bottom to the top, etc. I guess they never heard the one-liner “Leave well enough alone.”

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    1. It seems they didn’t, Janet. They also don’t seem to understand that not everyone wants to sit around learning about their phones.

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  24. I miss that too! Great photos of the foggy landscape. (K)

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    1. I’m glad you like those photos.

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  25. You’re right! We need to have the ability the slam the receiver on the phone.

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    1. It was a nice option. Cell phones have nothing that compares.

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      1. Agreed! Poking a screen with one’s finger doesn’t even come close,

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        1. Although, an old boss of mine (with a terrible temper) put his finger through the touch screen of one of our multi-function printers when he kept getting error messages.

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          1. Holy Anger Management, Batman!

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            1. Ha! I only wish I could have said what I was thinking at the time.

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  26. I could certainly use that after my recent conversations with AT&T.

    My husband and I have a “ritual” of slamming a book shut with much fanfare once we get to the end. I recently read a book on my Kindle and googled the sound of a book being slammed shut so I could share that I was finished. (No, it wasn’t as satisfying.)

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    1. That was a nice effort, but I can imagine it falls short of the real thing.

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  27. Your ‘voice’ has never hinted at a phone slammer. You just never can tell.

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    1. Well, I worked with technology vendors for over 30 years.

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  28. Such a funny ending😂

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  29. Hi Dan I miss the old phones that you could hang up on.
    Boy that noise hurt …. 💜💜

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  30. Perfect – I miss that ‘clack’ as I used to slam the received down – particularly satisfying with difficult customers/enquirers. Instant stress relief.

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  31. Agreed!!  Love the droplets pics❤️

    Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

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    1. I’m glad – thanks!

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  32. I bet there’s an app for that. At least something that makes the sound 🤣

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    1. There’s “Vintage Phone” that you have to dial with your fingers (rotary) but I don’t think it slams

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  33. That was quite the foggy morning Dan. It feels a little mysterious walking in it and yes, dangerous at busy intersections. Great spooky-looking photos of your walk.

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  36. Yes! That always felt good. I begged for that Princess phone, but no. Your foggy photo gallery is very fitting.

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    1. I got that phone for my wife for Mother’s Day, many years ago, but it was already well beyond its prime.

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      1. That means it’s ‘an oldie but a goodie’.

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  37. Love the pics!! Side note: I haven’t seen a princess phone in so many years…brought back a ton of memories!!

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    1. Those phones were quite popular , Kirt.

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  38. Whole lotta fog going on there! I still remember longing for a pink princess phone. They should invent a feature like that for the iphone. And maybe an off-the-hook busy signal too. 😈😂

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    1. Remember leaving it off the hook and no answering machine.

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  39. There should totally be an app for slamming a phone, if only the sound. Although I’ve seen people make do with flip phones and looking like it satisfied the urge. As for the gallery, you know I’m all about the skies, fog, and water.

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    1. We do need that app. Sadly, fewer and fewer people would recognize the sound.

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