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[–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don’t disagree but in his defence pay phones used to be everywhere and are practically gone today vs relatively few telegraph offices.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    True, but it was pretty common in old movies for someone to go down to a hotel lobby and have the clerk say, "Sir, this came for you," then hand them a message where every 3rd word was, "stop." It didn't make much sense to me, but I didn't think it was made up for the movies.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Also, kids today still know what a phone is and what its used for. It doesn't take a genius to realise that phone boxes aren't needed anymore now that everyone has a phone in their pocket.

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