Comment by BoxOfRain
3 months ago
This would be an excellent way to make sure the standup stays terse, we could even put lead weights in the handsets to further increase this virtue.
3 months ago
This would be an excellent way to make sure the standup stays terse, we could even put lead weights in the handsets to further increase this virtue.
NB: Many of these older phones already came with metal weights insides to give a feeling of more substance to them. Not always in the handset, though it wouldn’t surprise me if some did have them.
Usually, the base of the phone itself was a sturdy metal plate. So while not the handset itself, the phone unit was usually a pretty decent self defense weapon candidate as was widely displayed in many a fight scene in movies from the time.