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31 Epic Responses To A Young Woman Asking If Pay Phones Were Actually A Real Thing
In this fast-paced world, it is quite easy to notice how things that were once so common are now considered relics. Or even worse, their existence is not known by younger people at all.
For example, one day on X, a woman wondered if pay phones are actual things that exist or if they were created only as props for the movies. Well, let's just say that her wondering caused some intense reactions in the replies.
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Arthur Waite 2 years ago
When my Wife was in hospital for a two-weeks stay, the only telephone in her area was a pay phone - cells not allowed because of 'interference with medical equipment''. So, every time I came to see her I'd bring a couple of quarters and put one in the coin return as I passed. I heard from the nurses that people were charmed to be 'lucky'. Made someone's day.
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Anna Stephenson 2 years ago
MILKMEN!-YES!- I was born in '79, and I remember mum leaving the glass bottles out to be collected, and they'd be replaced with full glass bottles of milk with those little aluminium foil lids!
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Learner Panda 2 years ago
I had occasion to call emergency services in the UK and I quoted the "whatthreewords" reference. The operator laughed and said it shows as a phone box. I replied that all that remains is a square of different coloured tarmac.
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LizzieBoredom 2 years ago (edited)
Plus the demise of pay phones made any number of Rock songs obsolete.
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Traveling Lady Railfan 2 years ago
There's the "Bell" phone I was talking about! :) I actually just saw one just like this a few days ago in the Welland Ontario canada hospital
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PattyK 2 years ago
In the old “Superman” TV series, Clark Kent ran into a pay-phone booth to change into Superman. In the 1978 movie with Christopher Reeve, Clark Kent starts to run toward a pay phone, but realizes there’s no booth, just a phone on a pole like the one shown above. So resourceful Clark uses a revolving door to change into Superman.
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Upstaged75 2 years ago
And giant yellow phone books that got delivered to your house. We used that instead of Google. :)
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PattyK 2 years ago
“Adventures with the Mojave Phone Booth” by Godfrey “Doc” Daniels tells of a pay phone in the middle of nowhere. People from around the world would visit it in order to answer it when it rang. And people from around the world would call it, hoping that someone would be there to answer it.
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Tyranamar Seuss 2 years ago
My grandmother was so obsessed with maps. Now we don't need them. But I know how to read one.
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Regina Holt 2 years ago
That would have been an interesting job to have, dealing with whatever gunk was on those phones.
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Learner Panda 2 years ago
Expecting my first baby, our new build didn't have a landline. I drove myself to the only phone box in the village and called hubby. Little lady arrived four hours later!
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Brian Droste 2 years ago
I just thought ospf something. They would come in handy if you were in some small town out of the way and reception was bad. But then again what would it cost to maintain them.
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Sarah Jones 2 years ago
I highly recommend Richard Coles’ autobiography (part 1) “Bringing in the Sheaves”, lovely book!
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Mimi La Souris 2 years ago
the red English phone booths ! what a time ! it was pretty and practical, immediately recognizable.
Mimi La Souris 2 years ago
the red English phone booths ! what a time ! it was pretty and practical, immediately recognizable.
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