Remember that unusual little shelf often placed between the refrigerator and the kitchen door? Too high to be a real work surface, too narrow to put anything on it…
Remember that unusual little shelf often placed between the refrigerator and the kitchen door? Too high to be a real work surface, too narrow to put anything on it…

The voice in the receiver… and the whole house listening

In the 1980s and 1990s, long before cell phones and discreet voicemail conversations, the phone had its designated place: in the busiest room in the house. He was immediately recognizable by the spiral cable that ran like a hose to the living room door and by the yellowed phone book he always had at hand. And of course, that famous shelf, often fitted to the countertop, that seemed designed specifically for him.