Don't See This Much Anymore.......

[Lawdwaz]

Wife and I were in Wellsboro PA for an evening recently and the next morning we went for breakfast.  On our way out after a nice western omelet and bacon I found this strange looking thing screwed to the wall, a pay phone!!

To think of all the many hundreds of calls I made on one of these things over the years when I had my business and before cell phones!!  Heck I remember hunting out west and dying to find a pay phone to check in with the family and my secretary back in the old days. 

Remember the "calling cards" from ATT, MCI etc?  They were (for you youngsters) for making toll calls (look it up kids) out of the area.

Sometimes pay phones were used to call a friend to get a ride home after you couldn't find your car on a drunken Friday or Saturday night. 

Good memories.......

Edited October 5, 2018 by Lawdwaz

[moog5050]

Did it work.  It’s funny that this is now unusual. 

[Zag]

They had payphones? Jk yeah it always cracks me up when I see one

[wooly]

Ohhh yeah...., those WERE the good old days, when you used to be able to call your G/F and  your wife couldn't check the call history,lol

[Lawdwaz]

2 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

Did it work.  It’s funny that this is now unusual. 

Yes it did work!

They just started doing breakfast a couple weeks ago as they are known for BBQ meals and wanted to give the breakfast thing a shot.

http://www.sweetcarolinesbbq.com/

[Marion]

Wife and I were in Wellsboro PA for an evening recently and the next morning we went for breakfast.  On our way out after a nice western omelet and bacon I found this strange looking thing screwed to the wall, a pay phone!!
To think of all the many hundreds of calls I made on one of these things over the years when I had my business and before cell phones!!  Heck I remember hunting out west and dying to find a pay phone to check in with the family and my secretary back in the old days. 
Remember the "calling cards" from ATT, MCI etc?  They were (for you youngsters) for making toll calls (look it up kids) out of the area.
Sometimes pay phones were used to call a friend to get a ride home after you couldn't find your car on a drunken Friday or Saturday night. 
Good memories.......

Toll calls. You mean you didnt just dial 1800-CAL-LATT?

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[greg54]

And the operator voice would say"please deposit another 10 cents to continue your call" LOL

[JRod 8G8H]

I was born in 87 and can say i dont think I've ever used a pay phone before. Earliest phone remember was the finger spinning one which i don't even think was connected, just kept on the wall for entertaining us mischievous kids

[crappyice]

How about the fake “collect call” and cram message into the voice recording, “call from...pick up at train!” Do you accept the charge? “No!” And then my mom would be at the train 10 min later.




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[Adkhunter1590]

Last fall when I was out in Nebraska hunting we stayed in a small little town. The gas station down the street had a phone booth outside along the wall. Hadn’t seen one of them in a long time. We got a kick out of it and I snapped a pic

[grampy]

Spent more than a little time in phone booths too! Always picked up a funny joke or two that someone scrawled in there. Any of you older guys, ever call the number "for a good time call ***-****"?.......

[Lawdwaz]

13 minutes ago, grampy said:

 Any of you older guys, ever call the number "for a good time call ***-****"?.......

I'm going WAY out on a limb and say pygmy has a story................

[Lawdwaz]

41 minutes ago, greg54 said:

And the operator voice would say"please deposit another 10 cents to continue your call" LOL

Here ya go, another blast from the past..........

 

[Pygmy]

Gives me goosebumps...!!  Also loved " Cover of the Rolling Stone "

 

I also remember a line from the " Freaker's Ball" by Dr Hook...

"BLACK ones, WHITE ones, yellow ones, red ones, NECROPHILIACS lookin' for the dead ones".... Hehehehe...

[Marion]

You could never destroy one of those things. I remember smashing them as hard as I could when I'd get pissed off on the phone. Not once did it ever show much damage. More stuff should be made like an old fashioned payphone

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[Pygmy]

50 minutes ago, Lawdwaz said:

I'm going WAY out on a limb and say pygmy has a story................

Sorry to disappoint, Larry, but most of my memories are from  restroom graffiti..

A few of my favorites ( over the trench style urinal)….

" Stand closer...That's not a WINCHESTER you're holding"

"Please don't piss on the floor...The janitor has holes in his shoes"

" Don't throw cigarette butts in the urinal.. It makes them soggy and hard to light"....

[rob-c]

9 hours ago, Lawdwaz said:

Wife and I were in Wellsboro PA for an evening recently and the next morning we went for breakfast.  On our way out after a nice western omelet and bacon I found this strange looking thing screwed to the wall, a pay phone!!

To think of all the many hundreds of calls I made on one of these things over the years when I had my business and before cell phones!!  Heck I remember hunting out west and dying to find a pay phone to check in with the family and my secretary back in the old days. 

Remember the "calling cards" from ATT, MCI etc?  They were (for you youngsters) for making toll calls (look it up kids) out of the area.

Sometimes pay phones were used to call a friend to get a ride home after you couldn't find your car on a drunken Friday or Saturday night. 

Good memories.......

If it would have been a rotary  dial now that would have been something. Wellsboro is a nice little p.a. town. 

[Jeremy K]

I remember there was a number plus the last 4 of the phone number that would make the phone ring ,we used to stand back and watch people answer it.

[wooly]

A friend was telling me they have a wall full of these things down town at the holding center.

I wont mention his name to protect the identity of the INNOCENT!

[GreeneHunter]

At least it was Touch Tone !

[Hitching post meats]

My brother works in a metal fabrication factory that specialized in phone booths. When they started getting rid of them the business almost folded. Thank goodness for him he had enough time there he didn't lose his job. Now they just do small contracts.  I can remember when we would be out somewhere he would look underneath the phone booth to see if his company made it.

[Marion]

Sorry to disappoint, Larry, but most of my memories are from  restroom graffiti..
A few of my favorites ( over the trench style urinal)….
" Stand closer...That's not a WINCHESTER you're holding"
"Please don't piss on the floor...The janitor has holes in his shoes"
" Don't throw cigarette butts in the urinal.. It makes them soggy and hard to light"....

The best I have ever seen was in one of my dad's warehouses's bathroom stalls. "They paint these walls to hide my pen, but the shithouse poet strikes again." It was really quite artistic

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[BizCT]

How about the fake “collect call” and cram message into the voice recording, “call from...pick up at train!” Do you accept the charge? “No!” And then my mom would be at the train 10 min later.




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Yup. I did that from school everyday after sports practices. “Mom pick me up”


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[BizCT]

I used to carry a beeper and a bunch of quarters in my car.


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[moog5050]

6 minutes ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:

I used to carry a beeper and a bunch of quarters in my car.


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Same period you were wearing your cap sideways with the big gold chain OG.