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re: The pleasing mechanical tactile experience that was the public pay phone
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:44 am to weagle1999
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:44 am to weagle1999
There’s a pay phone at the new HEB gas station near me. I had to do a double-take that in the year 2026 there was actually a brand new pay phone installed at a gas station.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 6:49 am to achenator
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Bout 15 years ago when the maroon 5 song "payphone" came out I had to explain to my kids what a payphone was. they looked at me like I was speaking alien
The same thing with the Travis Tritt song Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares).
Posted on 10/12/26 at 7:01 am to weagle1999
The smell of the handset was DISGUSTING.
Every time.
Every time.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 7:05 am to weagle1999
Ah yes, I used the one at Howell Park often. RIP to both.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 7:10 am to weagle1999
The rotary dial version was even better.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 7:12 am to weagle1999
We had a payphone at my elementary school, and I remember there used to be a number you could call and it would call you back and we all thought it was the coolest thing that we could dial a number and make the phone ring. We used to do that shite all the time. 
Simpler times.
Simpler times.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 8:32 am to McLemore
Don't forget the ear grease. When afros became a thing, the ear grease got a lot thicker. My very white uncle had an afro, you didn't want to use the phone after him without a box of Kleenex.
I owned a payphone at work, nice little side income. When I saw minimum wage guys with cell phones, I sold it.
I owned a payphone at work, nice little side income. When I saw minimum wage guys with cell phones, I sold it.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 8:39 am to McLemore
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Don’t forget the AIDS.
I remember the hysteria that homeless drug addicts were leaving HIV-riddled needles inside the coin return slot so that when you reached your finger in there to check for a quarter you'd get pricked and contract the virus.
Good times.
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