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Let's reminisce on the ole pay phone.
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:15 am
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:15 am
Saw an old pay phone the other day and kind of got excited about it until I saw the actual phone was no longer there. Brought back tons of memories in my youth. Sneaking out of the house in the middle of the night so I could ride my bike 2 miles to the nearest pay phone to call my girl friend. Car breaking down and walking to the nearest pay phone only to find the damn receiver wasn't attached to the cord or you didn't have .25 cents so you made a collect call. Calling an operator to look up someone's phone number for you. Asking someone to come pick you up at a pay phone and looking around trying to describe where the hell you were at.
Good times!
ETA: Fixed erroneous spelling in title.
Good times!



ETA: Fixed erroneous spelling in title.
This post was edited on 3/5/20 at 7:20 am
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:17 am to AtticusOSullivan
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Let's rimeniss on the ole pay phone.
Gone are those days, as are the days correctly spelling words!
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:17 am to AtticusOSullivan
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rimeniss
WHAT THE frick.
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:17 am to AtticusOSullivan
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rimeniss
Jesus Christ
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:17 am to AtticusOSullivan
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rimeness
Well that’s not how you spell that at all.
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:17 am to AtticusOSullivan
“You have a collect call from ‘Bob wehadababyitsaboy’ do you accept the charges?”


Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:18 am to AtticusOSullivan
It's a lot harder to conduct clandestine business.
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:20 am to AtticusOSullivan
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Let's rimeniss on the ole pay phone.
Tgrtwat08 alter??
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:21 am to Sasquatch Smash
i want to believe it was ntenshonal.
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:26 am to NorceauxTigerFan
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Well that’s not how you spell that at all.
Well, it's close. If you add/sub some letters and do some rearranging, it'll work.
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:27 am to AtticusOSullivan
they also served as a great decoy when needing to handle personal matters
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:30 am to Got Blaze
That's a legit badass move. What's that from?
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:31 am to AtticusOSullivan
I used to use them all of the time.
I could call our office on our 1-800 number and the secretary or dispatcher would patch me through to any number.
Can remember when they cost a nickel for a local call.
I could call our office on our 1-800 number and the secretary or dispatcher would patch me through to any number.
Can remember when they cost a nickel for a local call.
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:40 am to AtticusOSullivan
Anyone ever call collect and say "its joe im at bobs really fast"
or whatever message you could put in the 2 seconds.. to avoid paying the charge.. ha ha
or whatever message you could put in the 2 seconds.. to avoid paying the charge.. ha ha
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:40 am to AtticusOSullivan
The old phones were quite heavy. My dad taught many a lesson with the old phone, before I wised up and stayed out of range of the cord.
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:42 am to AtticusOSullivan
I carried a bag of quarters in my vehicle as a teen so i could make a call on a pay phone when needed.
Especially after pagers we’re out and you needed to return a call
Especially after pagers we’re out and you needed to return a call
Posted on 3/5/20 at 7:43 am to AtticusOSullivan
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That’s a legit badass move. What’s that from?
You’re either to young to remember, or not from South Louisiana .... that’s the Gary and Jody Plauche story
Jody posts on TD and wrote a book about his experience
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