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Brother Buzz

(36,212 posts)
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:19 PM Apr 2013

So, like, if you have a rotary telephone, you can't participate in a Rassman poll

I don't condone telephone solicitation and make every effort to make it disappear, but this one, a Rassman poll, piqued my interest. I wanted to hear the pitch, the spin, look for a push poll question, and all that stuff, but my Luddite lifestyle nixed it.

Who's taken a Rassman poll and what sort of questions did they ask?

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So, like, if you have a rotary telephone, you can't participate in a Rassman poll (Original Post) Brother Buzz Apr 2013 OP
The 25 remaining Americans with rotary dial phones Codeine Apr 2013 #1
You also can't place outgoing calls. JVS Apr 2013 #2
That might mean the bill wasn't paid. robinlynne Apr 2013 #3
Nope. It was after he had his old number transferred to the new house. JVS Apr 2013 #4
The wiring in the telephone needed to be addressed Brother Buzz Apr 2013 #9
interesting. robinlynne Apr 2013 #14
I make outgoing calls just fine Brother Buzz Apr 2013 #6
What's a rotary telephone? NutmegYankee Apr 2013 #5
I have several rotary phones...they work fine.... Historic NY Apr 2013 #7
I have a pink rotary dial Western Electric "princess phone" on my desk. hunter Apr 2013 #8
You have a land line? And land lines still support rotary phones? Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #10
Yes Brother Buzz Apr 2013 #11
Dude, about the only thing you can do is take live calls. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #13
I choose to talk with with real people Brother Buzz Apr 2013 #18
Somewhere I have a manual word processor too. Historic NY Apr 2013 #20
Smith Corona, Remington, or Underwood? Hekate Apr 2013 #21
What the hell is a phone? Robb Apr 2013 #12
Too late! See post #5 NutmegYankee Apr 2013 #17
Most places, a rotary phone won't even work to make outgoing calls. And that's as... Poll_Blind Apr 2013 #15
OK, this online app will solve your problems. Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #16
LOL, by the time I hooked that shit up, Rassman would be punching the next number. Brother Buzz Apr 2013 #19
What's a Rassman poll? I've only heard of Rassmussen. Hekate Apr 2013 #22
 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
1. The 25 remaining Americans with rotary dial phones
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:21 PM
Apr 2013

are unlikely to pose a serious statistical problem.

JVS

(61,935 posts)
2. You also can't place outgoing calls.
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:22 PM
Apr 2013

A friend bought a house nearly 10 years ago and there was still an old phone hitched up. It could receive calls but not make them.

JVS

(61,935 posts)
4. Nope. It was after he had his old number transferred to the new house.
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:26 PM
Apr 2013

Also, the other phones in the house were modern and worked fine.

Brother Buzz

(36,212 posts)
9. The wiring in the telephone needed to be addressed
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:34 PM
Apr 2013

A quick study of the critical wires, and how they can be switched would have remedied the problem.

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
7. I have several rotary phones...they work fine....
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:33 PM
Apr 2013

I also have a few push button ones..They have to be for dial vs pulse.

hunter

(38,264 posts)
8. I have a pink rotary dial Western Electric "princess phone" on my desk.
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:33 PM
Apr 2013

I saw it in a thrift store and had to have it

I used to have a big black AT&T phone, but that's now on my lab bench. I can generate touch tones from the computer, so it's not a problem.

Brother Buzz

(36,212 posts)
11. Yes
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:51 PM
Apr 2013

I used to receive a discount for the dial phone service. A couple of year ago, they discontinued it when pulse tone became cheap/easier, but the dial phone is still supported.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
13. Dude, about the only thing you can do is take live calls.
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 10:00 PM
Apr 2013

Seriously. The doctor's office calls with a reminder of an appointment, and you press 1 to confirm.

You dial any store, and you have to press a button to do anything. Ditto customer service for anything.

Do you keep it for the novelty? Have the same phone your folks had when you were born?

Brother Buzz

(36,212 posts)
18. I choose to talk with with real people
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 10:44 PM
Apr 2013

My doctor's office still employs real people to talk to.

Our resident teen computer whiz does all that other button pushing on one of his hand held devices.

Wife is almost there with here cell phone skill, and hopefully will step up when our son bolts for college this fall.

I do have the same telephone I grew up with, only I use it the house my grandfather built.

I choose to talk with with real people. The operative word is choose.

Robb

(39,665 posts)
12. What the hell is a phone?
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:51 PM
Apr 2013

Sorry, I really wanted to win the thread.

I've never been polled, except by absurdist GOP messaging-disguised-as-push-poll stuff.

Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)
15. Most places, a rotary phone won't even work to make outgoing calls. And that's as...
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 10:08 PM
Apr 2013

...of close to 10 years ago.

PB

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
16. OK, this online app will solve your problems.
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 10:13 PM
Apr 2013

Just hold your phone mouthpiece near your computer loudspeaker and tell the app the numbers you want to dial.

http://sio.midco.net/dfranklin/phonedial/index.html

Brother Buzz

(36,212 posts)
19. LOL, by the time I hooked that shit up, Rassman would be punching the next number.
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 10:49 PM
Apr 2013

Have you taken a Rassman poll and what sort of questions did they ask?

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
22. What's a Rassman poll? I've only heard of Rassmussen.
Sat Apr 27, 2013, 03:53 AM
Apr 2013

As for rotary phones, dh still has one he keeps in the garage. Remarkably, it usually still works when the power goes out taking all the cordless phones to oblivion along with the lights. Just plug the thing in to the phone jack. Last big fire we had out here knocked out all kinds of cell towers in the hills, but the rotary phone kept going until things got really bad.

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