SteamPoweredKleenex Reminds me of a sweet "Deco-Tel" phone I used to have. It came in a leather-padded box with a chrome rotary dial. The receiver was heavier than one from a payphone. It looked like something that would have been at home on Adam West's desk at stately Wayne Manor.
Daymage It's the faux wood that makes it so handsome.
cognitivedissonance I understand that it is their thrift that made my childhood and education possible, but for Pete's sake, new equivalents cost like $15 down at Wal-Mart.
Chinballs New equivalents tend to lack the plasticy lacquered wood finish inherent in all 80's home appliances. Fake wood is the key man!
The Townleybomb Yeah, and how many important executives shop at Wal-Mart? Not many, I bet.
Camonk But their assistants do, and your wife is basically your assistant.
boner I think we had one. They always look dirty, no matter how much you clean them.
Senator_Unger We still have one that doesn't look *exactly* like that but it's very close; I always wondered where the hell it came from.