Comments on: “Mark Thomas Knows Pay Phones.”

By: admin

admin — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 02:02:32 +0000

In reply to Barbara. Highest number of payphones per capita for any U.S. state, as of about a year ago, and probably still. :)

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 01:19:10 +0000

I have a friend who lives on Maui. He was complaining once, a few years ago, that he had forgotten his cell phone when he went shopping and couldn’t find a pay phone. So I drove around the island of Oahu, taking pictures of pay phones to show him that we had them over here!

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:13:00 +0000

I have a pay phone story if I would ever get on Jeopardy, but haven’t been called yet. I talked the telephone operator into getting in the phone booth with me. 48 years ago or so I tried to call a girl to make arrangements for the weekend from a phone booth in downtown Rolla, Mo. The operator said “Put your money in.” I said “I did.” She said that she didn’t hear it go ding. I said it didn’t but I put the money in. She asked if I expected her to believe that. I said “I’m right across the street from the phone company, come across and see for yourself.” She did and ended up giving me credit for the money I put in. There were a ton of operators peeking out the window watching history made.