Comments on: A Payphone Map, 25 years on http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1392 Jason Scott's Weblog Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:54:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: The Public http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1392/comment-page-1#comment-5239 The Public Tue, 20 May 2008 00:51:53 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1392#comment-5239 Hell, payphones were cool and all, but I craped my pants when yahoo maps first became available and I could plot where all the central offices were. Granted, it was one at a time, and I had to make a list of links, but it was the fastest way to plan the evening "activities." You know, back before you could use AltaVista and quickly find all the things you could pull out of the trash. Hell, payphones were cool and all, but I craped my pants when yahoo maps first became available and I could plot where all the central offices were. Granted, it was one at a time, and I had to make a list of links, but it was the fastest way to plan the evening “activities.” You know, back before you could use AltaVista and quickly find all the things you could pull out of the trash.

]]> By: Chris http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1392/comment-page-1#comment-5238 Chris Tue, 13 May 2008 00:36:08 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1392#comment-5238 And I thought that I was the only kid that made lists of payphones! I had a pretty substantial list of payphones that were located in the vicinity of Pawtucket, Rhode Island back in the late 70's. Sadly, this list, which took hundreds of kid-hours to research and compile, is long gone now. I remember that some of the phones were in booths, some were in open enclosures, some had dials, and others had those new-fangled touch-tone keypads. Some wouldn't accept incoming calls, and others would. Some were the "old" type, painted green or black, with the dial at the top, and others were the "new" rectangular, chrome-plated style with the armored handset cable. It was a strange hobby for a kid, I suppose, but I wasn't good enough to play any sports, and didn't have many friends, so it helped pass the time. It really did have a lot in common with hunting and/or collecting, and it was always fun to add another previously "undiscovered" payphone to my list. And I thought that I was the only kid that made lists of payphones! I had a pretty substantial list of payphones that were located in the vicinity of Pawtucket, Rhode Island back in the late 70’s. Sadly, this list, which took hundreds of kid-hours to research and compile, is long gone now.

I remember that some of the phones were in booths, some were in open enclosures, some had dials, and others had those new-fangled touch-tone keypads. Some wouldn’t accept incoming calls, and others would. Some were the “old” type, painted green or black, with the dial at the top, and others were the “new” rectangular, chrome-plated style with the armored handset cable.

It was a strange hobby for a kid, I suppose, but I wasn’t good enough to play any sports, and didn’t have many friends, so it helped pass the time. It really did have a lot in common with hunting and/or collecting, and it was always fun to add another previously “undiscovered” payphone to my list.

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