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02-19-2011, 03:51 PM
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Things that are archaic
phone booths
I was watching a movie it had phone booths in it in Manhattan. There are no phone booths there that I recall....
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02-19-2011, 04:07 PM
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I asked a friend's sixteen year old daughter if she had ever used a 'pay phone'. I had to explain what a pay phone was.
Archaic also rans: rotary dial phone film camera "little black book"
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02-19-2011, 04:09 PM
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knobs (like on a TV or radio, nothing has knobs anymore)
Also archaic, the phrase: "Don't touch that dial..."
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02-19-2011, 04:11 PM
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"I'm a small black woman in a big silver box ..."
It's even rare to see payphones anymore. Where does Superman go to change these days? We're a bit short on honest-to-goodness video arcades (not just a corner of the movie theater or a theme restaurant).
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02-19-2011, 04:13 PM
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02-19-2011, 04:27 PM
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It just occurred to me that we may have lost phone booths because Americans have become too fat to comfortably fit in them?
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02-19-2011, 04:38 PM
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Heck, you can hardly find a pay phone of any sort around here, let alone one in a phone booth. I blame the ubiquitous cell phone. Also, is this just my small town or are those big mail drop boxes disappearing elsewhere, too?
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02-19-2011, 04:48 PM
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Night watchmen.
It's all done with video and cameras now. elevator operator.
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02-19-2011, 06:53 PM
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guilty pleasure song for me. I LIKE it.... so fuck you. I slip from shadow to shaaaa ha dooow
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12-28-2011, 08:07 PM
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Cash registers that do NOT calculate the change
Typewriters that type on paper (and carbon paper and white out) Slide rules - straight and circular One-man Post Offices Sears Roebuck Service Departments |
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12-29-2011, 03:47 AM
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They're closing a huge one in Bowling Green, KY.
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02-19-2011, 08:02 PM
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02-19-2011, 08:03 PM
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