We had one of the first touch-tone phones in my house when I was a kid. We later moved out to the country where the phone system was on rotary: we picked up an

We had one of the first touch-tone phones in my house when I was a kid. We later moved out to the country where the phone system was on rotary: we picked up an antique handset and asked the operator for a number of 3 digits. I was perplexed and a little disappointed but also delighted - I remember feeling that I had come from the future, and having the recognition that technology 'existed'.