Do you remember this phone?

My dad didn't like computers.He was a man of the old school.Reliability, reliability and accessibility...but within the limits of the ordinary, of the normal.Pretty basic, I guess.
Yet the phone was a hugely important part of life.Especially when we as children were out of the house and live contact became more difficult.

This memory of the older phone includes exactly 140 words.
The keyword gourd has been incorporated into this contribution in the challenge led by @Dewaputra .
