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I haven't seen one of these in years
11 April 2019, 07:21 PM
Steve MillerI haven't seen one of these in years
I wonder who uses it?
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11 April 2019, 07:54 PM
ShiroKuro
Literally the first thing I ever tool a photo of in Japan was a public telephone -- it looked so foreign to me. Now I think they are as rare in Japan as they are in the US.
11 April 2019, 07:56 PM
ShiroKuroThe green ones are standard, the gray ones can be used for international calls.
11 April 2019, 10:29 PM
Steve MillerI’m guessing it takes 2 pounds of quarters to make it work.
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12 April 2019, 11:35 AM
LLLast time I had to use one was in an airport. Pre track phone days.
It was going to cost me $75 to call 6 miles away to get them to pick me up for the car park.
I hung up an asked a fellow passenger for his phone.
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12 April 2019, 01:01 PM
NinaCell phones have also lead to the demise of the wristwatch. I never wear one now. My daughter has several watches she wears for fashion reasons, not function.
In the olden days, leaving the house without my watch would be unthinkable.
12 April 2019, 01:48 PM
QuirtEvansquote:
Originally posted by Nina:
Cell phones have also lead to the demise of the wristwatch. I never wear one now. My daughter has several watches she wears for fashion reasons, not function.
In the olden days, leaving the house without my watch would be unthinkable.
I wear a watch all the time, but it’s a smartwatch.
12 April 2019, 02:17 PM
jon-nycquote:
I haven't seen one of these in years
Really? Where do you change into your cape?
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12 April 2019, 02:21 PM
pianojugglerThings I don't use anymore (or almost never) because iPhone:
GPS unit
Compass (I still travel with one)
Voice memo recorder
English-Russian dictionary
Small flashlight
MP3 player (and Discman, Walkman, etc.)
Pocket calculator
Handheld photo light meter
Note pad.
I still use a camera.
I still have walkie-talkies for camping, because I'm usually far away from good cell service.
I don't think it will ever replace the three things I am never without: nail clipper, chapstick, and dental floss.
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12 April 2019, 05:52 PM
piqabooThe SD Opera has pay phones on each floor, in a posh nook. They are now labeled 'courtesy phones' and allow you to make a call free, within a requested maximum radius.
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13 April 2019, 12:33 AM
RealPlayerThe Staten Island ferry terminal, when rebuilt a few years ago, was still in the pre-cell phone era. So a whole wall bank has a sign reading PHONES in huge letters with a few phones beneath it. I don't think these are the old-fashioned pay phones anymore, maybe card phones.
There are half a dozen or so places in Manhattan with real old phone booths and coin phones. They are in high demand for film shoots. One of them is at the Greenwich House Music School; a couple are in old taverns.
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13 April 2019, 02:54 AM
piquéMy must carries to leave the house:
Keys
Sunglasses
Wristwatch
Cell phone
Microphone
Pocket notebook
Pen
Lip balm
Phones are for making and receiving calls and texts, and recording interviews.
It's too much of a pita to look at the time on a phone. I have to dig it out of my pocket, and I constantly lose track of where exactly it is. The wristwatch is always right where i left it and easy to glance at.
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13 April 2019, 08:53 AM
RealPlayerI like my wristwatch too. It's always so much easier to glance at the watch.
The problem is I don't really like my watch because its metal band irritates my wrist, so I keep taking it off and on. The band's not replaceable...I ought to buy a different watch.
I still use the Uniball Vision Elite pens you recommended to me years ago, Pique'. I regret that the fountain pens I used to love are sitting in a drawer.
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“It's hard to win an argument with a smart person. It's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person." -- Bill Murray