Rare sighting confirmed

Russ T Chambers · March 07, 2020, 01:24:37 PM

A rare sighting of the elusive, and sometimes believed extinct, PAYPHONE has been confirmed. This herd numbered a total of 6 individuals and have taken up shelter in a lower level of a casino in downtown Reno. They appear to have settled in for the long term, so I will check on them once in awhile.

Silver Creek Slim · March 07, 2020, 01:47:04 PM

Do they take coins or just plastic?

Slim

Delmonico · March 07, 2020, 02:25:11 PM

Every Casey's gas station here has one.

Russ T Chambers · March 07, 2020, 03:31:35 PM

Slim
They do take coins, but I'll have to wait till I get back there and see if I can get close enough to see if there is a card slot.

Abilene · March 07, 2020, 07:14:09 PM

rotary dial ?

lackawanna 2-2-2-2

Capt Quirk · March 07, 2020, 09:43:04 PM

I still remember the nice lobby booths of the 40's, 50's, and 60's. For a while, I even worked for a company that repaired pay phones. That was a while ago.

Abilene · March 08, 2020, 12:08:50 AM

If that company still exists, they are probably repairing ATMs.

Capt Quirk · March 08, 2020, 10:50:41 AM

They went under, shortly after I left. And I like to think that my leaving was what put them under... 😉

Jeremiah Jones · March 08, 2020, 01:42:46 PM

The next time you are there, give Jenny a call. Her number is 867-5309.

Capt Quirk · March 08, 2020, 03:39:32 PM

Without the area code, that number is useless. If the story is true, I grew up in that area code

Russ T Chambers · March 12, 2020, 04:06:54 PM

Was back at at the phone lair today.

Abilene:

They have 12 belly buttons, no helicopter parts

Slim:

No Plastic, just hard currency

Silver Creek Slim · March 12, 2020, 05:45:20 PM

Quote from: Russ T Chambers on March 12, 2020, 04:06:54 PM
Was back at at the phone lair today.

Abilene:

They have 12 belly buttons, no helicopter parts

Slim:

No Plastic, just hard currency

That is amazing.

Slim

RRio · December 28, 2023, 02:52:58 AM

Youngsters be askin' what the hell are those??

River City John · December 28, 2023, 08:07:24 AM

It's fun to watch those unfamiliar with payphones to try to play them like a slot machine . . .

Baltimore Ed · December 28, 2023, 10:07:23 PM

''Please deposit another 85 cents''. Kaching -kaching -kaching -kaching. 3 quarters and a dime.

Russ T Chambers · December 29, 2023, 12:02:26 AM

Now that I think of it, the location of this lair of the wily critters was right on the path to the un-watering hole. They may have been waiting there hoping to lure some unsuspecting prey into giving up some of their sustenance in hope of greater return.

I guess I may need to return to the site and see how their numbers are faring.

Abilene · October 28, 2024, 03:43:04 PM

coinhub reported. Go back to the skynet hell you came from.