[splat]

On Sunday While doing a Metric Century I stopped at a Convience store to get a gatorade and a Munchie , and While I was eating my Twix , I was looking at the pay phone and was thinking in this day and Age of Cell phones does anybody really use them any More ? and of course as if on Cue so Guy pulls up in his truck , and goes right to the phone. called some one and was bragging about Telling the B**** get the F*** out , and she was now packing up her S***. He seamed quite happy about the whole thing.


But I can't think the last time I used a Pay phone was.

 

[valve bouncer]

I used one in Australia at Christmas only because my mobile phone doesn't work there.

 

[stevew]

I own a Volkswagen, so I used to use them quite often before I had a cell phone.

Once or twice if I do not have my cell with me.

 

[SilentJ]

There are still areas up here where cell phones no worky. I probably use one once a month or so while in the city here - generally when I've left my cell phone at home or havent charged it. Sucks that they charge 35cents here, though.

 

[fluff]

In the UK the chances are that it would be vandalised anyway. Not used one for many years.

 

[jacksonpt]

I do. Not frequently because I don't generally have the need to call someone from the road, but I do use them.

I don't own a cell phone, and have no plans to in the near future.

 

[valve bouncer]

In the UK the chances are that it would be vandalised anyway. Not used one for many years.

One night in London just off Trafalgar Square I was waiting with Partsy for the night bus back to Brixton. They had a ticket machine there and a few people were putting coins in but nothing was happening. After a bit of jiggling they'd resign themselves to losing thieir money and wander off. A few minutes later this seedy guy shuffled over, stuck a knife or something in the coin slot, pulled out a bit of plastic, hit the coin return, picked up a handful of 1 and 2 pound coins, re-inserted his bit of plastic and melted back into the shadows waiting for the next suckers to come along. Didn't use any phones or vending machines after that in London.

 

[TreeSaw]

I can't even remember the last time I had to use a pay phone!

 

[llkoolkeg]

When in urban areas, I use the booths or breezeways of both pay phones and ATMs whenever I need to duck out of the wind to light up a cigar or other smoke. In my younger days of hooliganism, they sometimes made a good place during the winter months to take a 2:00am beer squirt.

 

[Rip]

Nope.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Payphones are NASTY and smell like cigarettes usually. Only in an emergency do I use one.

 

[I Are Baboon]

I installed a pay toilet in my house. I am flushing myself into bankruptcy.

 

[Ridemonkey]

I installed a pay toilet in my house. I am flushing myself into bankruptcy.

More fibre. Or is it less fibre? Either way, cut that **** out.

 

[sanjuro]

In Downieville, there is no cell phone coverage (a godsend), so the payphone in town gets a lot of use. There was a photo with Ariel and Abby of Maverick crammed into it in Bike Magazine last year.

 

[Tenchiro]

I am still suprised when I see them around. Most of them charge outrageous sums for local calls so I can't see how they get much use. Except maybe by the desperate.

 

[Ridemonkey]

Yeah, I would imagine they're more of a liability for the phone companies these days. With regular maintenance and vandalism costs they can't be very profitable.

 

[Ciaran]

Yeah, I would imagine they're more of a liability for the phone companies these days. With regular maintenance and vandalism costs they can't be very profitable.

I don't think the phone companies own many of the any more. I believe most are privately owned these days.

Last time I used a pay phone was in Ireland because my cell didn't work there.

Pay phones get alot of use for drug deals.

 

[jimmydean]

My wife bought me a phone a month ago, before that I uused them once and a while.

There are 2 in front of Plaid Pantry by my house and at night, there s at least one, of not both in use when I go by. Always by either white trash or latinos.

 

[MtnbikeMike]

I took a trip to Downieville a few weeks back, an had to use one there cause, like sanjuro said, there was no cell reception.

 

[TheMontashu]

In Downieville, there is no cell phone coverage (a godsend), so the payphone in town gets a lot of use. There was a photo with Ariel and Abby of Maverick crammed into it in Bike Magazine last year.

That is the only pay phone I have used in probably 5 years, and I used it to call you. Good thing you couldn't talk that long or you would have costed me a fortune.

 

[Da Peach]

I installed a pay toilet in my house. I am flushing myself into bankruptcy.

Now the cropduster knows I wasn't working just then...

 

[ukjason]

In the UK the chances are that it would be vandalised anyway. Not used one for many years.

so true ****ing chav's

 

[ukjason]

 

[Cooter Brown]

hobos use them for housing