Monday, August 18, 2008

obsolete?



Used to be you had to stand in line for one
of these. I don't even know what it costs
to make a call at a public phone anymore.

6 comments:

  1. Alexa, your title reminds me of that old Twilight Zone movie with Burgess Meredith (AKA Rocky's coach). You know the episode where he is this librarian that is to be liquidated by the State because books have no place in the new world order and he is seen as no longer serving a purpose...he is OBSOLETE! OBSOLETE! OBSOLETE! Almost like the phones on the wall. Honestly, it used to cost a dime (ask Jim Croce in "Operator"), but I don't remember the last time I used one of them. One thing is for certain: this blog is not OBSOLETE!

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  2. *gulp*

    I've never owned a mobile/cell phone. I'm waiting for the credit union style phone company to emerge first.

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  3. I can assure you that, for a foreign traveller who didn't agree with paying for international connection on her cellphone to use it during only 10 days a year, it is not obsolete.
    I just wish the operators or the persons who record the messages had learnt to speak an articulate English !!!

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  4. No, clearly not really obsolete. I do know people (other than you, uselaine) who don't want to have a cellphone. But, Marylene, did you have trouble finding working public phones when you were here?
    (I do take my cell to Europe—no extra charge except the cost of the call @ 99 cents a minute. I only use it to make restaurant reservations, which takes much less than a minute.)
    coltrane -- that's one of my favorite episodes on one of my all-time favorite shows!

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  5. Just the other day I was wondering if pay phones still existed. Thanks for providing an answer.

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  6. I actually saw an old man using the pay phone this afternoon.

    It's amazing how technology has changed our lives.

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