I know he’s not cosmopolitan and sophisticated like that flat guy with all his international connections…But you’d be surprised what he gets out of some good old-fashioned networking down at the Rotary Club.
Apparently our cartoonist has not seen a coin box unit in years, either. There were only 10 holes on a rotary dial, not 12. There is no # or * on a rotary phone, and they didn’t exist on phones until TouchTone was introduced years later (coin boxes were around 25 cents at that point in major cities).
missjunebug, first of all, I love your name….I love June bugs….I’ve run into kids that don’t have any idea how to use a rotary phone…And analog clocks….Most kids have no idea what quarter after five means. To them it’s digital. 5:15…When the hand is on the 1 why does it mean 5? 2 is 10 minutes? What?
Pay phones, if you can find a working one, generally cost 50 cents. I recall, about 10 years ago, I found one that still did local calls for 35 cents, but that was an exception to the norm.
Odd Dog Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Last one we had at work was .35 cents took it out in 2000 or 01.
jreckard almost 11 years ago
You can’t be Sirious.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 11 years ago
So which phone is smarter now?
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 11 years ago
If he doesn’t have his lawyer present, the one on the left shouldn’t say much anyway…I think the big guy is wearing a wire.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I know he’s not cosmopolitan and sophisticated like that flat guy with all his international connections…But you’d be surprised what he gets out of some good old-fashioned networking down at the Rotary Club.
Digital Frog almost 11 years ago
Throw him in a holding cell.
Varnes almost 11 years ago
Drop a dime on him…..
Ginrummy33 almost 11 years ago
Ones in south Florida used dimes until the early 80s, IIRC, then went to a quarter. I think we were one of the last areas to lose the old rate.
abbatis almost 11 years ago
Apparently our cartoonist has not seen a coin box unit in years, either. There were only 10 holes on a rotary dial, not 12. There is no # or * on a rotary phone, and they didn’t exist on phones until TouchTone was introduced years later (coin boxes were around 25 cents at that point in major cities).
missjunebug almost 11 years ago
We have a pay phone at our historical museum. Not many under the age of 15 know exactly what it is.
Varnes almost 11 years ago
missjunebug, first of all, I love your name….I love June bugs….I’ve run into kids that don’t have any idea how to use a rotary phone…And analog clocks….Most kids have no idea what quarter after five means. To them it’s digital. 5:15…When the hand is on the 1 why does it mean 5? 2 is 10 minutes? What?
JR6019 almost 11 years ago
Pay phones, if you can find a working one, generally cost 50 cents. I recall, about 10 years ago, I found one that still did local calls for 35 cents, but that was an exception to the norm.