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From: Adam on 19 Aug 2007 20:52
Moe Trin wrote:
> At least around here, most of the pay phones seem to be located in
> front of convenience stores and gas stations, or in front of stores in
> shopping malls.

Or, in more urban areas, on posts outside stores.

[phone booths]
> Since you mentioned this, I've been paying closer attention to them on
> the commute. I've yet to see a single one that is closed.

I thought of another functioning wooden phone booth, in a local
luncheonette that seems straight out of the 1950s (except for the
prices), menu selections and all. And I think there are some at a local
resort that prides itself on its "old fashioned" image.

>> And I can remember the days when pay phones could receive calls too.
>
> Haven't noticed one way or the other.

I think the change happened sometime in the '80s, because drug dealers
started using them to receive calls while "open for business". Now they
use cell phones, and pay phones are dial-out only.

Adam
From: Moe Trin on 20 Aug 2007 16:16
On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandrake, in article
<mB5yi.2420$Wr3.1943(a)trndny03>, Adam wrote:

>I think the change happened sometime in the '80s, because drug dealers
>started using them to receive calls while "open for business". Now they
>use cell phones, and pay phones are dial-out only.

I did look at this - two different "phone companies"; one had no
obvious phone number (or even a place for one on the phone). The other
had numbers, but on attempting to dial the number, I get an
Unreachable tone. Shows you how often I use a pay phone.

Old guy
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