Awesome! My dad had the same answering machine from 1981-the early 2000s. It used full sized cassettes and I still have a tape with messages somewhere in the archives.
Call Display also sadly killed the prank phone call, an activity that kept pre-teen schoolchildren occupied for hours on a rainy day during March Break.
The first answering machine I owned had two tape cassettes within.
One for the outgoing 'answering' message of 30 seconds or so, which rewound after each incoming message, the second a full-length tape for recording all the incoming messages in sequence as left by the callers.
Now this seems primitive and awkward, much like the grey brick flip out Motorola analogue cellular telephones did back when they were still advertised as 'Cellular.'
Anyway, we were at some sort of get together where the spirits were flowing and everyone was trying to upstage the other with tales about their personal new answering machines, their features and their outgoing messages.
It became more and more ludicrous as the evening wore on and the spirits took hold.
Ultimately it was deemed the utmost in 'Gauche' when some mythical person was so enamored with themselves and their own life that they SAVED the incoming message tape cassettes from their answering machines when they were full, labelled them, and kept them in suitable holders or files as an archive, listening to them from time to time with a glass or two of wine.
Now, in retrospect, saving some of the messages WOULD have been a great idea!
Many of the callers have moved on, too many others have passed away.
Would be nice to hear their voices again.
I would like to hear my Mother's voice, today, especially.
I'll admit it, it's 2010 and I still use a tape-based answering machine!
Why should I pay Bell Canada an extra $10/month for voice mail? As is, my basic phone line (sans voice mail, call display, call waiting, long distance plan of any kind) is almost $26/month after tax.
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Awesome! My dad had the same answering machine from 1981-the early 2000s. It used full sized cassettes and I still have a tape with messages somewhere in the archives.
ReplyDeleteCall Display also sadly killed the prank phone call, an activity that kept pre-teen schoolchildren occupied for hours on a rainy day during March Break.
A performance-art piece. Model releases signed? National Gallery-worthy.
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The first answering machine I owned had two tape cassettes within.
ReplyDeleteOne for the outgoing 'answering' message of 30 seconds or so, which rewound after each incoming message, the second a full-length tape for recording all the incoming messages in sequence as left by the callers.
Now this seems primitive and awkward, much like the grey brick flip out Motorola analogue cellular telephones did back when they were still advertised as 'Cellular.'
Anyway, we were at some sort of get together where the spirits were flowing and everyone was trying to upstage the other with tales about their personal new answering machines, their features and their outgoing messages.
It became more and more ludicrous as the evening wore on and the spirits took hold.
Ultimately it was deemed the utmost in 'Gauche' when some mythical person was so enamored with themselves and their own life that they SAVED the incoming message tape cassettes from their answering machines when they were full, labelled them, and kept them in suitable holders or files as an archive, listening to them from time to time with a glass or two of wine.
Now, in retrospect, saving some of the messages WOULD have been a great idea!
Many of the callers have moved on, too many others have passed away.
Would be nice to hear their voices again.
I would like to hear my Mother's voice, today, especially.
Not so Gauche after all..
Thank You.
I'll admit it, it's 2010 and I still use a tape-based answering machine!
ReplyDeleteWhy should I pay Bell Canada an extra $10/month for voice mail? As is, my basic phone line (sans voice mail, call display, call waiting, long distance plan of any kind) is almost $26/month after tax.