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Furrry Pete User ID: 77797769 United States 07/11/2019 05:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I owned two pay telephones on a busy corner that brought in over $300 per month in net revenue... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77099820 Problem was, you'd really need one and they would be vandalized "It's a friendly friendly world" (Andy Kaufman) Calm seas do not a sailor make, Nor easy horses, a horseman. And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water And he spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower and when He could be certain only drowning men could see Him- Leonard Cohen |
BBQ BOY™ User ID: 71292324 United States 07/11/2019 05:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] "Never underestimate the pain of a person. In all honesty, everyone is struggling. Just some people are better at hiding it than others." Everyone has to work out their own salvation. Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77762657 United States 07/11/2019 05:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Remember when your phone didn't give your brain cancer, vestibular schwannomas, acoustic neuromas? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74840013 Remember when your phone didn't kill your sperm? Remember when your phone didn't give you colon cancer because you carry it your back pocket? Remember when your phone wasn't a propaganda tool used by the Beast System? Remember when your phone wasn't running Google Android and financially supporting pedophilia? Yea, that's why I have a land-line. No kidding! I always have my iPhone (I know, I know) on speaker and hold it away from me when talking. Drives my dad nuts. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77805588 United States 07/11/2019 05:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have a landline, I have never owned a cell phone and still use the phone booth when on the road to make a call. I was on a party line until I was 35 years old, yes your neighbors listed in all the time and you had to wait for them to get off the line before you could call out. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77221282 United States 07/11/2019 05:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Waiting for an important call? Better sit next to the phone at home/in the office without bathroom breaks. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77745990 Emergency? Try to find a payphone or run to store to make a call? The good side was that unlike now, nobody expected you to be on call 24/7. I remember even the party lines that were shared |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 64586599 United States 07/11/2019 06:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "Pay phone? What's a pay phone?" she asked. "Well it's a phone you put 50 cents into and it lets you make a call" I told her. "Hey, that's a great idea" she replied. "You could make a call if your battery is dead. Someone should invent that". I walked out shaking my head. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77762657 United States 07/11/2019 06:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | All you people are giving database OP your personal information, now your IP is linked to an age demographic. Just stop it, I beat my wife when she does dumb stuff like this. Quoting: Billy Beater 77808410 That battle is long over. Privacy lost. No one likes it, but... Disclaimer: I don’t have social media accounts, just a few forums I frequent. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77762657 United States 07/11/2019 06:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I had to make a call and found my cell phone battery was dead. Looking around I saw a bowling alley so I went in. There was a 19-ish looking girl behind the counter so I asked her if they had a pay phone. Quoting: Larry Hinklestein "Pay phone? What's a pay phone?" she asked. "Well it's a phone you put 50 cents into and it lets you make a call" I told her. "Hey, that's a great idea" she replied. "You could make a call if your battery is dead. Someone should invent that". I walked out shaking my head. Remember this discussion: “You mean you don’t have call-waiting yet?” |
American Indian Elder User ID: 77761559 United States 07/11/2019 06:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The worst thing that happened is lack of ability to get ahold of anybody any more unless you have their cell number. I used to travel a bit and could look someone up in a phone book and visit with old friends...Or check if my favorite beauty shop was still in business...Now we are fenced in by the having access only to the numbers we have! I really miss "Information". amdg Forgiveness means giving up every hope for a better past, In exchange for a better future. P.S. Ive always had an American Flag, now all of a sudden you gave me a Canada one. ?? Please whoever did this change it back. Not that free Ojibwe/Chippewa acknowledge any imaginary boundry lines... |
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Crypto-Tard User ID: 77372940 United States 07/11/2019 06:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I remember taking a ride to the park when I was in high school a few miles away from my house growing up. Played some basketball and was the last one to leave before realizing I locked keys in car. I couldn’t flag anyone down so I went to the gas station and asked for a dime to use for the pay phone outside. The guy rolled his eyes, opened the register and gave me one. I called my dad to come bring the spare key. He was annoyed as fuck. I went and shot more hoops while I waited for him to arrive about an hr later. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 36247204 Hopefully, you gave the gas station their dime back. It would be about $10000 with interest by now. When you are afraid of losing your life, you have already lost your life. Don't be afraid. |
wisconsin User ID: 77623511 United States 07/11/2019 06:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | . ... ONLY problem with those landlines was that YOU had to go to the PHONE! ... couldn't take the phone with you ... . . Our family celebrates The Lord's Feasts: [link to www.grafted-promise.net] Fools and the dead don't change their minds. Fools won't and the dead can't. When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar. You are only telling the world that you fear what he might say. Quoting: CountryWise Amos 5:13 - Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps silent, for it is an evil time. |
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GSB/LTD User ID: 8080014 United States 07/11/2019 07:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Waiting for an important call? Better sit next to the phone at home/in the office without bathroom breaks. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77745990 Emergency? Try to find a payphone or run to store to make a call? The good side was that unlike now, nobody expected you to be on call 24/7. Still have one and intend to keep same. I do NOT own a cellphone and likely never will. |
GSB/LTD User ID: 8080014 United States 07/11/2019 07:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Waiting for an important call? Better sit next to the phone at home/in the office without bathroom breaks. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77745990 Emergency? Try to find a payphone or run to store to make a call? The good side was that unlike now, nobody expected you to be on call 24/7. I remember even the party lines that were shared Me, too! There were two and three party lines just like Hooterville in GREEN ACRES. We had a really gabby neighbor that royally pissed off my Mom when she would tie up everybody's lines for hours on end. Single lines were hard to get [there were actually waiting lists!] and more expensive than the other two service tiers. In fact, there was even an afternoon local women's TV show that featured recipes, household hints, and celebrities that visited our town; it was called THE PARTYLINE and was incredibly popular. I watched it as a kid in the mid-50's when I'd be sick at home and had the day off from school. It came on just before my cartoons. I still remember that show's logo and opening jingle and the name of the host. It had two receivers that were connected by a bunch of twisted cords and had losts of ringing phones under the theme song! Her name was Ethel Jane King and was considered the hottest thing since sliced bread. Naturally, that show was in black and white since color TV broadcasts were still several years in the future... ...so was stereo radio, come to think about it! Last Edited by GSB/LTD on 07/11/2019 08:28 PM |
GSB/LTD User ID: 8080014 United States 07/11/2019 08:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | pretty sure everyone around here uses scanners to listen in on your calls, so I use a landline at times Quoting: Furrry Pete A couple of days ago, my buddy pulled out his phone to see how many WiFi connections there were around my townhouse. Up popped about 9 and -somehow- he was even able to pull up their passwords. He laughed at the one my neighbors used until I told him it was the name of their CAT! Last Edited by GSB/LTD on 07/11/2019 08:06 PM |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77043857 United States 07/11/2019 08:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Remember when people went went full retard and switched from landline phones to ' smart phone ' tracking devices that spy, broadcast location and listen to everything their user says? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77351559 Hahaha! You think landlines weren't spying on you and listening to you? The official secrets act prevents me from saying more. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77043857 United States 07/11/2019 08:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | All you people are giving database OP your personal information, now your IP is linked to an age demographic. Just stop it, I beat my wife when she does dumb stuff like this. Quoting: Billy Beater 77808410 That battle is long over. Privacy lost. No one likes it, but... Disclaimer: I don’t have social media accounts, just a few forums I frequent. Billy Beater obviously doesn't understand all the role playing that goes on in these data mining threads. |