{"id":418,"date":"2023-04-11T15:15:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T22:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paultcottey.com\/Blog2021\/?p=418"},"modified":"2023-04-23T22:22:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T05:22:55","slug":"if-you-know-what-these-are-you-are-old-part-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paultcottey.com\/Blog2021\/2023\/04\/11\/if-you-know-what-these-are-you-are-old-part-23\/","title":{"rendered":"If you know what these are, you are old. Part 23."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It used to be that these were absolutely everywhere!  For a dime, or then a quarter, you could reach your home to update your parents on your schedule or on your whereabouts or to ask for a ride home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New York City removed its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/05\/23\/new-york-city-removes-the-last-payphone-from-service.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">last one<\/a> of these on May 23, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cell phones helped kill the need for these, but some number of them still do exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They served as plot devices in a number of movies (think <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0087995\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Repo Man<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/find\/?q=the%20matrix&amp;ref_=nv_sr_sm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Matrix<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0096928\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_bill%2520and%2520ted%27s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bill and Ted&#8217;s Excellent Adventure<\/a><\/em>, and so on).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, if you remember them, or, better yet, remember using them, then you are old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It used to be that these were absolutely everywhere! 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