This was a fun post to read, @apanamamama! 😅 When you're "old as dirt," I could tell by looking at it that even this phone was an "upgrade" Version 2.0 (at least), from the rotary dial phone we still have in our ... "museum" ... 🙄😉
How about writing one featuring typing on a keyboard? On a typewriter! No, no, not an IBM Selectric (electric) typewriter either. An Underwood typewriter (manual), on which I learned to type! At least it had the "ancient" QWERTY key pattern ... Hahaha ...
Ah yes! I took typing 2 times in high school. I just loved typing class on electric typewriters. Then I remember I had a computer class in the late 90s and that was super new - in high school and in college! There is a manual cash register at a restaurant we go to that the kids like to play with. A manual typewriter would be fun to have too! I can just hear it now!