[iforgotpassword]

I still have a landline at home that I basically never use, "just in case". When I had a co-worker over a few years ago he brought his ~8yo, and it was a similar story. A wired phone was totally fascinating for him. Never mind that cell phones are tiny, are powered from a battery and make your voice travel through the air to as far away as you want, and even make it possible to see the person you're taking to. No, that's normal and boring. But when I used that phone to call his dad who was over in the living room, he was completely amazed and told his dad that he's calling him with that wired phone in the kitchen.

[wodenokoto]

Reminds of a joke from Futurama, when a person from the year 3000 sees a phone booth:

“They have phones in booths now? What am I logging this thing around for!?” And throws away their cellphone.

[heurisko]

> I still have a landline at home that I basically never use, "just in case".

I have a landline that I only use to call my mobile phone, when I lose it within the house.

[squarefoot]

Also it makes a world of difference when kids learn that they can actually build an usable toy phone by connecting a battery, some long wires and two pairs of carbon mic and speaker capsules. There were kits to do that when us grey beards were kids, and I'm confident some of them contributed to a few engineering careers much later.