When was the last time you used one of these???
 

I remember when it was a dime to make a 3 minute call, then it went up to .20 cents I think. I haven't used one in over 15 years, if not longer.

You?

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Can't even remember the last time I used one, hell I can't remember the last time I have seen one!

WTF is it?

Probably around 1998 :1orglaugh

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i saw one on the street few years ago lol

It must be a male prostitute then.

never used one :2 cents:

I am sure I've used it last time before 2000

at an airport not too long ago. No cell service. Tokyo.

weeks ago, but it wasnt long after that that they pulled most of the out of my side of town

i saw a girl on one in a village here like 3 months ago but thats about the last time i remember anyone using one

Few months ago, in Kuala Lumpur airport...

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I can't remember when I last used one. At the grocery store I go to they have one in the entry way next to the water kiosk that I use to fill up my 5 gallon water bottles. I was in there a few weeks ago and there was a guy actually using it. I have lived in this town and gone to that store for about 5 years now and that was the first time I ever saw it in use.

wow... so long ago... at least 15 years...

Anyone remember the paper clip trick?

a few months ago... my cell phone died. its now 50 cents here to make a call. back in the day my friends and i would use payphones to prank people calling collect. and there was always 1800REDPUSSY.

old days

Hay... gimme da quarter tone nukka!

I left my cellphone at home the other day, and the battery in my car was flat - I scraped around my glovebox for some coins (had just woke up, dropped the nipper off at daycare), took me 10 minutes to find a payphone, then I stared at the thing for about 30 seconds trying to figure out how it worked. LOL. You have to put the money in first, if it fails for some reason, it invariably eats the money and you're fucked. :1orglaugh

no idea!! hated the damn smelly things!!

Can't remember the last time I used a public telephone, but if I did, I'd only touch it with 2 fingers and most definitely not press it up against my ear.

Just the other day. I turned my cellphone off a couple months back, really love getting rid of that hassle.

That's funny. I remember them interrupting you to put in more money the longer you spoke or your call would be disconnected. Kind of the same way we do with credits on the cam sites. :1orglaugh

those were the days :) I think the last time for me was around 15 years ago.

I think baddog has.

I was wondering the same thing, I was trying to remember the last place I saw one the other day and couldnt.

Yes, on March 28, 2010.

don't ever try to rip the cord out with your hand

that metal spiral coax will cut you down to the bone :2 cents:

That is what the handset is for. Much easier to grasp as well.

I saw one by the side of the road last week. First time I've seen one in ages.

A few months ago I used one because I left my cell in the car and it was raining like hell so I didn't feel like getting drenched to confirm what I was supposed to pick up.

When I used one last I used a phone card. Not knowing if you can get phone cards in the states, but they are useful to keep in your wallet incase your battery dies & you have no loose change in your pocket.

Two years ago I didn't have a prepaid north american cell like I do now, just my costa rican phone (non roaming)... I was in Vancouver trying to find a payphone to call a buddy, but every payphone I remembered the location of was either gone or broken... Walked around for almost an hour before a chick at Starbucks let me use hers.

got lost on my way to montreal, didnt have my gps or cellphone... it was raining and very windy, I had to stop at a gas station to get some coins and drive across this huge parking lot.. and as I am on this damn thing trying to get directions my 4yr son pees himself.

Last time I wanted to use one I had a few quarters in my pocket and the damn thing only accepted cards. :error

tried to use one in mexico....


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I remember that, I did as well. Tried to call and the operator didn't understand my Spanish and I didn't understand hers. :1orglaugh

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh holy chit .75 for a local call ?

No kidding.

They still have one at the 7-11 near me and at a nearby gas station as well and I see people using them all the time.

Last time I used one was back when pagers were popular around 1995 I'd guess.

I thought they only used those in the movies so that you can call someone and not be traced by the cops?

I have a phone card that dates back to at least 2002. Still have $10 on it. Used it once in 2007, and MCI didn't expire it or charge me for disuse.

Tiger Could have saved himself a heap of trouble if he would've used them. :)

the black/yellow wire trick was far more l33t... :2 cents:

I know that chick

Wow, I think the last time I used one of those was in 2000 or so.

Now for a post that no one gives a fat flying fuck about. The phone in the picture looks like a mid-late Protel Sentinal. Somewhere between a model 4000-8000. Though it could be a Wetsern Electric (Protel kind of knocked off the look and I'm kind of Rusty these days) Protel manufactures(mafactured?) COCOTs, or Customer Owned Coin operated telephones, which are generally owned and operated not by the telco, but private owners, much like a vending machine.

Used to see quite a few of these kicking around, then and the Nortel centurions. Now all I see anywhere anymore are the Nortel milleniums. Even those used to be easy as fuck to play around with in the early days, when most of the service codes were all left to default.

Man I miss phucking with phones sometimes. Reminds me of wardialing for hours on end in momma's basement.

I used it to page my drug dealer during my college days.