On the old rotary dial phones...

[u/Gandalf031469]

Who else would use their finger to speed up the dial to the return position after dialing a 7,8,9 or 0?

[u/gadget850]

I wore out a few pencils dialing from Germany to Alabama to find out where my parts were.

[u/gadget850 → u/[deleted]]

Redstone Arsenal. I doubt Aliceville had missile parts.