After moving to Emeryville I got a local phone number and installed a phone. That would be way too ordinary thing to mention if not this:

1. The service I have is AT&T DSL line, with no phone service. It doesn't even have a dialtone.
2. The phone itself is an old rotary phone made by Western Electric (then a part of AT&T).
3. The phone service is Voicepulse ( Read more... )

For at least four months I carry a celphone that looks like this:


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