This one's for Chris, still looking for that perfect rotary phone...
I'm just old enough to remember telephone exchanges. When I was a tot, phone numbers began with a two-letter EXchange code (mine was AL, for ALpine) and we always began our number "AL5" rather than "255".
Today, I came across the Telephone EXchange Name Project, a way-cool way for we ageing boomers to get our retro rocks off. Thanks to the site's mammoth database, I now know that our current phoneEX is HOward. Next time I have a batch of biz cards printed, I'm gonna use the old-fashioned phone number style.