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Communication and Transportation Hub

On It — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:25:07 GMT

@ROMARY I thought of this photo when you asked if anyone remembered phone booths. This one had it all. Talk to someone, mail a letter, and catch a cab. All in one convenient location.

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Mz iMac — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:32:17 GMT

There are a few places where I have seen "indoor" phone booths.

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cheriere — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:39:32 GMT

@On It

Great picture!!! I remember indoor phone booths.😃

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Bookplate — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:38:17 GMT

@cheriere wrote:
@On It

Great picture!!! I remember in door phone booths.😃

@cheriere Train and bus stations; hotels and department stores and restaurants.

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cheriere — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:42:21 GMT

@Bookplate wrote:

@cheriere wrote:
@On It

Great picture!!! I remember in door phone booths.😃
@cheriere Train and bus stations; hotels and department stores and restaurants.

Believe it or not, there's still one pay phone in a gas station parking lot in my town. However, it's not the old fashioned indoor box style. I wish it were.😃❤️

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SportyShorty07 — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:45:59 GMT

There are a few rows of payphones left at BART stations across the bay area .

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SandySparkles — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:57:23 GMT

@On It WOW!😍 What a nostalgic walk down memory lane just now!💝💝 I remember sometimes being out and about with my dear mother, and her searching for a booth and a dime to call my step-father, or a cab home.🥰 I actually enjoyed walking to the mailbox and felt so grown up.This generation has NO IDEA how good they have it!!!😁

THANKS for caring to share this feel good photo!❤

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

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Mz iMac — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:14:10 GMT

@SportyShorty07 wrote:
There are a few rows of payphones left at BART stations across the bay area .

@SportyShorty07 As well as airports & casinos across the country. Payphones are not obsolete.

At some airports they look like this......

In some casinos, there are rows of phone against the wall near and/or next to the car garage exits & entrances.

And all prisons & jails have wall block pay phones......"You have a collect call from xxxx penitentiary/jail house. Do you accept?"

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ROMARY — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:21:24 GMT

Yes, SandySparkles:

Kids are very lucky......all of their school questions and answers are right at their finger tips.

Long ago, we had to take public transportation to the main library's reference section......couldn't take out books to borrow....had to 'copy' everything by hand, and re-write everything in order to hand to our teacher.

And never mind 'taking notes'......I guess kids now-a-days can record teacher's lessons/lectures in the classroom.

I often tell grandkids how lucky they are.......

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Mz iMac — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:30:42 GMT

@ROMARY wrote:

And never mind 'taking notes'......I guess kids now-a-days can record teacher's lessons/lectures in the classroom.

@ROMARY In college I had trouble "taking notes" in 2 of my classes because the professors talked to fast. My father mailed me a small reeled tape recorder to take to my classes.

I lied to the professors & told them I had hearing issues reason for the recorder. I was embarressed because no one else but me was having "taking notes" issues.

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meallen616 — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:42:21 GMT

@On It,

Thanks for the memory!

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SportyShorty07 — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:44:08 GMT

@Mz iMac Ooh thank you for all of these payphone facts and photos ! I like the look of the row of the casino payphones with the hanging Yellowpages phonebooks at the bottom of each payphone!

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Carmie — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 20:52:09 GMT

My high school had a indoor phone booth right in the hall out side of the gym.

It was pretty cool at the time. I called for a ride home many times from there.

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SandySparkles — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 23:10:00 GMT

@ROMARY wrote:
Yes, SandySparkles:

Kids are very lucky......all of their school questions and answers are right at their finger tips.

Long ago, we had to take public transportation to the main library's reference section......couldn't take out books to borrow....had to 'copy' everything by hand, and re-write everything in order to hand to our teacher.

And never mind 'taking notes'......I guess kids now-a-days can record teacher's lessons/lectures in the classroom.

I often tell grandkids how lucky they are.......

@ROMARY Now you are taking me back!!!❤ I have not thought about it in a month of Sundays😁, but can recall many days having to take notes for an assignment or upcoming test and the HOURS it sometimes took!!!! I so do NOT miss those days!!😄 This makes me most grateful for the the convenience of internet, cell phones, puters and tablets as learning aids at your fingertips!!!!❤❤🥰

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

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SaveTheTurtles — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:29:03 GMT

Boy does this bring back memories. Reminds me of the 10cent phone calls made in them. That's as far back as I can recall anyway.