Phonebooth

2 years ago

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Tags: art, phones

6 Responses:

1. Wout says:

   2 years ago at 11:27 am

   It looks as if The Last Phonebooth rose up from the netherworld to help our protagonist contact The Oracle.

2. japh says:

   2 years ago at 2:03 pm

   Cool. I wonder if that was taken somewhere around Hokkaido (Japan)...

   -j

3. Ndarew Morele says:

   2 years ago at 7:54 pm

   The world doesn't yet know what it's lost.

4. JohnD says:

   2 years ago at 5:40 am

   John Udell's post seems relevant here as well:
   https://blog.jonudell.net/2021/01/03/why-public-phones-still-exist/

   And then there was this: “Dial 611 for help.”

   Me: 611
   611: Hello, this is Steve.
   Me: I’m at the Pinnacles Visitor Center trying to send a message.
   Steve: Use the WiFi.
   Me: I can’t, it’s broken.
   Steve: Huh, that’s interesting. Let me see if I can reboot the router.
   And he did. So there you have it. The public phone still provides a valuable service. Its mission has evolved over the years. Nowadays, it exists to summon Steve the IT guy who can fix the WiFi by turning it off and on again.

   Works like a charm!

   • margaret says:

     2 years ago at 7:43 am

     that's a really expensive on|off switch.

5. thielges says:

   2 years ago at 9:38 am

   Impressive loaf on that booth. You can find similar situations in the high Sierra after a big 6’+ dump. Once I saw an old VW beetle supporting a loaf that might have weighed as much as the car.