squatting dog
Remember when... thirty seemed so old.
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Things you won't find anymore...
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jimintoronto
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Things that you don't find much anymore ? Working pay telephones in the USA. JIMB>
squatting dog
Remember when... thirty seemed so old.
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- For now, just Florida
You just have to know where to look.
Working pay phones still exist in the USA, though they are rare, with estimates suggesting fewer than 100,000 remain nationwide. Mostly found in rural areas, transportation hubs, and correctional facilities, (I swear I'm not familiar with these),
. Some independent, functioning phones persist, and a few are being restored for community use, including in Vermontjimintoronto
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Way back in the mid 90's, I was a long distance cross border owner/operator for a Toronto based direct door to door courier company. We had 1-800 sat pagers, and when we were finished with a delivery in the USA, we had to call back to the company dispatch office in Toronto, using a pay phone. Even back then, finding a working pay phone was a challenge. So many were trashed, had the wires cut off, or the entire phone was missing from the phone booth. Even the ones in the truck stops were a hit or miss kind of situation. JIMB>You just have to know where to look.
Working pay phones still exist in the USA, though they are rare, with estimates suggesting fewer than 100,000 remain nationwide. Mostly found in rural areas, transportation hubs, and correctional facilities, (I swear I'm not familiar with these),
squatting dog
Remember when... thirty seemed so old.
- Location
- For now, just Florida
Well... I guess you'd call it things you hardly see anymore. Just need to look at the back of my car.
Murrmurr
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Teens epic battle in the face of a challenge: figure out how to use a rotary phone. (4 minute video)
spoiler: 2 against 1, and they still lose.
spoiler: 2 against 1, and they still lose.
Sunkist
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ChiroDoc
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Well it's hard to believe. But also pathetic...
squatting dog
Remember when... thirty seemed so old.
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- For now, just Florida
Sunkist
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Yes!!!!
horseless carriage
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There was a time when if you heard the acronym MG you would think of a small British sports car, like this.
The marque disappeared when the parent company went bust. Along comes the Chinese to buy up the name from the receiver.
Whoopee doo, new MG sports cars. ER, not exactly: MG aficionados, look away now.
The marque disappeared when the parent company went bust. Along comes the Chinese to buy up the name from the receiver.
Whoopee doo, new MG sports cars. ER, not exactly: MG aficionados, look away now.
My DH still has all his collection of 45s and the disc's for them. His old stereo unit with those big speakers in wooden cabinets from
circa 1975-1980 not sure the exact year he got it. His LP collection would make mouths water and he is a fanatic about the albums
conditions as well as covers. I won't touch them, I value my life and limbs more than playing a record.
He will gladly play one for meif I ask.
squatting dog
Remember when... thirty seemed so old.
- Location
- For now, just Florida
JoeFromMo
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Easy to open jars, cartons, bottles and other items. I believe it all started after the Tylenol murders of 1982.
In 1983, the U.S. Congress passed what was called "the Tylenol bill," making it a federal offense to tamper
with consumer products. In 1989, the FDA established federal guidelines for manufacturers to make all such
products tamper-proof.
In 1983, the U.S. Congress passed what was called "the Tylenol bill," making it a federal offense to tamper
with consumer products. In 1989, the FDA established federal guidelines for manufacturers to make all such
products tamper-proof.