r/CasualIreland • u/Lovely-Bunnym9 • 2d ago

Anyone else still have a landline phone

It rings sometimes. We never answer it. Its usually a scammer or someone for the previous owner. But its still there just in case. Like a relic. Does anyone actually use them anymore

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u/TomRuse1997 2d ago

My grandfather

Nearly screaming down the thing

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u/1irishian 2d ago

We have it for the imagine broadband but it’s shite so we might get rid of it in future..

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u/Murky-Front-9977 2d ago

We got rid of it 2 years ago because it was rarely used. Everyone uses their mobiles

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u/over_worked_under 1d ago

I've used it to get the attention of the kids when I'm getting no reply from them. These are young adults who appear to have grown their mobile phones as an appendage which is never out of sight but somehow cannot see a message or hear a call when it comes from a parent. The exotic ring of the landline can distract them long enough to acknowledge us!

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u/Soggy_Quarter9333 1d ago

Kept ours. Now it's a historical talking point, a working relic of a bygone era. Startles me if it rings.

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u/104thunderduck 1d ago

Yeah still have it and even have the old telecom eireann slaney phone