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2nd August 2012
Please hang up and try your call again by melissapike

Please hang up and try your call again

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Ah, the subjects I get stuck on shooting. I guess I got into shooting pay phones when people outside the city mentioned how uncommon they are now. Of course when I saw this one placed upside down, I had to get a shot.
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come to think of it, I haven't seen one in a long time...bygone era I think. There must be a pile of these somewhere. 5 cent phones...10 cent phones...25 cent phones...I vaguely remember a 5 cent phone but mostly they were 10 cents when I was a kid.
posted August 3rd, 2012  
LOL! Somebody wanted to be contrary! Cool shot, Melissa!
posted August 3rd, 2012  
Cool shot! There are still plenty of pay phones here in Thailand - but I've only once seen someone use one, everybody has cell phones by now!
posted August 3rd, 2012  
Ha ha ha. Love it
posted August 3rd, 2012  
Hanging on the Telephone by Blondie springs to mind , good job Melissa
posted August 3rd, 2012  
Yes I remember the 10 cents phones. when you see one now it's an oddity..nice capture of the upsidedown hanging phone.
posted August 3rd, 2012  
I'm surprised you were able to find one
posted August 4th, 2012  
@hjbenson Harry, they're all over the city still, and most of them still work, although I rarely see them being used.
posted August 4th, 2012  
Just seeing this now, Melissa. I guess great minds think alike, huh?
LOL!
posted August 5th, 2012  
I found the booth that used to store the pay phone at Zips, but it was too cramped for a good photo. This is awesome...
I used the most amazing pay phone in Bennington Maine. It was outside, and I had to stand on a crate to use it...it was really high up and it had a crank on the side...no lie! It had the mouthpiece on the body of the phone and the earpiece on the end of the cord. I had to go inside of the general store and ask someone how to use it. Of course this was before my crazy need to photograph everything, so I did not get a photo of it.
posted August 7th, 2012  
@5unflow3r Oh, that is SO cool! Too bad you didn't get a photo of that... those are a rarity for sure!
posted August 7th, 2012  
@melissapike it's probably gone now...it was uh-hum...a few years ago....like 20. LOL Still you never forget something so cool.
posted August 7th, 2012  
Great shot. I love those old phones. I actually used on the other day.
posted August 11th, 2012  
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