It might not seem like it right now but, today, will eventually be a “good ol’ day”.
azlibertarian
11 days ago
Not that it was ever really an issue for me, but I think that many of us have forgotten the almost-complete anonymity that came with placing a call at a pay phone.
Is your refrigerator running
Yes
Better go catch it then.
jean
11 days ago
Wasn’t all that long ago…Was it?
Mary Ann
11 days ago
The year we were married, 1970, we bought bacon for 39 cents…at the gas station in his hometown in Indiana.
Snakepit Kansas
10 days ago
Back in the late 80s I had a field service job. I used a pay phone after most jobs so the shop could tell me where to go for the next job. I always had quarters in my pocket. Pay phones and land lines are obsolete.
HJB in Texas
10 days ago
until the EMP or other disasters make them critical for extended periods of time ……of course, the EMP would likely take out the wires as well, these days
EMP shouldn’t affect wire but will affect many integrated circuits on either side of those wires (such as switching networks). Memory/uP chips are particularly sensitive to EMP.
Your world will be disrupted. Your (newer) vehicle won’t run, your cell phone won’t work (but the towers would be done anyway), your internet, your access to money (Bank of Mattress should be immune), something as benign as your (modern) thermostat … just to begin.
Chris
10 days ago
50 cent calls.
How many of you remember when it was a dime, and a long-distance call involved talking to an operator?
In high school I wore penny loafers, except instead of tucking in a penny in the front, it was a dime for phone calls. I should feel O.L.D. but, dammit I refuse!
Why is it I remember both phone numbers that were important in the 1950’s. My mom’s beauty shop and our home phone. They come so easy–much easier than my own cell phone number–which I have had for 15 years!
It might not seem like it right now but, today, will eventually be a “good ol’ day”.
Not that it was ever really an issue for me, but I think that many of us have forgotten the almost-complete anonymity that came with placing a call at a pay phone.
Do you have Prince Albert in a can?
Why, yes we do!
Better let him out before he suffocates! HA HA HA HAAAA
You little bastid, if I get my hands on you….
Is your refrigerator running
Yes
Better go catch it then.
Wasn’t all that long ago…Was it?
The year we were married, 1970, we bought bacon for 39 cents…at the gas station in his hometown in Indiana.
Back in the late 80s I had a field service job. I used a pay phone after most jobs so the shop could tell me where to go for the next job. I always had quarters in my pocket. Pay phones and land lines are obsolete.
until the EMP or other disasters make them critical for extended periods of time ……of course, the EMP would likely take out the wires as well, these days
EMP shouldn’t affect wire but will affect many integrated circuits on either side of those wires (such as switching networks). Memory/uP chips are particularly sensitive to EMP.
Your world will be disrupted. Your (newer) vehicle won’t run, your cell phone won’t work (but the towers would be done anyway), your internet, your access to money (Bank of Mattress should be immune), something as benign as your (modern) thermostat … just to begin.
50 cent calls.
How many of you remember when it was a dime, and a long-distance call involved talking to an operator?
Yes, I remember the time of the dime and LD operator. They were all nice polite ladies.
In 1974, talking to my mother in FL from Germany almost took an act of congress, and about $100.
In high school I wore penny loafers, except instead of tucking in a penny in the front, it was a dime for phone calls. I should feel O.L.D. but, dammit I refuse!
Yeah, HS, penny loafers, I double stacked the dimes.
Seems retarded now, but back then we put rails on the heels.
Good times.
“rails on heels” ? Please explain
Why is it I remember both phone numbers that were important in the 1950’s. My mom’s beauty shop and our home phone. They come so easy–much easier than my own cell phone number–which I have had for 15 years!
249-2701 (CHapel 9-2701) That was our number in PA until I was 11. 60 year later I still remember it.
You understand. How easy it is !