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This would be an excellent way to make sure the standup stays terse, we could even put lead weights in the handsets to further increase this virtue.
by BoxOfRain 11mo ago
This would be an excellent way to make sure the standup stays terse, we could even put lead weights in the handsets to further increase this virtue.
- sokoloff 11mo agoNB: Many of these older phones already came with metal weights insides to give a feeling of more substance to them. Not always in the handset, though it wouldn’t surprise me if some did have them.
- dylan604 11mo agoUsually, the base of the phone itself was a sturdy metal plate. So while not the handset itself, the phone unit was usually a pretty decent self defense weapon candidate as was widely displayed in many a fight scene in movies from the time.