I hadn't noticed it, but I'm liking the proper telephone, even if it is a push-button one, it does have real bells.
There's an alternative black one
here for £30 that still has rotary dialling despite being brand new. I personally think that it's better to go fully nostalgic if you're going to do it.
If you 'had the rhythm', you could still dial out by tapping on the mouthpiece.
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Ah yes, pause-break dialling. I used to tap it out on the hang up lever though as it was actually done through brief disconnects on the phone line. I even remember when you could make a free call from most payphones doing it.
If this doesn't make sense to anyone else, then basically here's how your phone USED to dial....
In the UK - 999
click click click click click click click click click PAUSE
click click click click click click click click click PAUSE
click click click click click click click click click
In America - 112
click PAUSE
click PAUSE
click click.............. hence the American's had a far better response time for getting through to emergency services. It makes no difference these days with tone dialling, but in the pause-break days, 999 was about the worst number they could have come up with!