rotary

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A birthday kid from Long Island phoning his father on one of the rotary phones in the lobby.

From The Wall Street Journal

The damped-action rotary controller between the front seats dates to the Late Cretaceous.

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They haven’t seen three completed passes in a row since phones came with rotary dials.

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Following consumer sentiment, Audi’s product designers intend to restore physical controls, rotary selectors, switches, even gauges, to their central place in the driver’s experience.

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Inside is an old-fashioned rotary phone that has played an unusual role in helping many move on after the disaster.

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