If you are of a certain age, you can close your eyes and hear the sound of a rotary dial phone.
It's one of the common sounds of the beginning of the 20th century that we don't hear anymore.
As a matter of fact, while we can still hear the sound of a phone ringing, we rarely (if ever) hear a busy signal. All calls mainly go directly to voicemail, and it is easy to switch to a different call if one is coming into your cell phone.
Later in the 20th century, it was common to hear the sound of a modem connecting, but this sound is mainly gone. Same with the similar sound of a fax machine answering or connecting.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
