FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for December 07, 2020

Know of anyone who still has a wall-mounted, corded phone these days?

Paige is much stronger than she looks.

I do…

A 9-pound weakling….

Had an aunt who had a phone with a cord so tangled up it took me 30 minutes to unravel. I got her a spinner adapter to solve the problem.

Technology has advanced. I used to rewire the one and only black, Bakelite, rotary-dial phone with an extra long cord so we could carry it across the room to a convenient location.

Later on, we got “extensions” and they came in colors other than black.

Then we got them fancy push-button phones.

Then we graduated to cordless.

Now the telephone line is used to carry the internet signal into the house.

I lived in an era when television signals came over the air, and telephone signals came through a cable in the wall.

Actually, I still have a old Bell Telephone set. Down in the basement. It’s a yellow “Princess” phone landline mounted on the wall. It still works, but it doesn’t have caller I.D. so answering it when I am down there is a gamble. I have cordless landlines upstairs that I prefer. I rarely use my cell. (Yeah I’m old)

…said no one, ever.

Being a middle child with two brothers will truly prepare Paige for adulthood.

Well played Paige.

Jason Fox, the lightest weight of them all.

Jason torments Paige so much, it’s nice to see her get back at the little troll.

It does have its uses even today…..

Paige has her moments where she gives Jason a bit of payback, and I love to see it when she does!

I have one in my home office as an emergency back-up if the power and cells go down. I keep it unplugged to avoid SPAM calls.

♪ ♫ I believe I can fly ♪ ♫