Neil BrownApr 4
Have you ever...
Used a telephone book
19.3%
Spoken to a (human) telephone operator
11.6%
Reversed charges on a call
7.4%
Made a call from pay phone / phone box
18.4%
Received a call on a pay phone / phone box
7.2%
Used a phone card
15.2%
Dialled from one exchange to another to route a call
2.6%
Used a rotary dial phone
18.2%
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Show threadGirl on the NetApr 4
@neil when I was a teenager, we all used to hang around at a park on a corner by a phone box. Our mums all had the phone number of that phone box so they could ring us and let us know when it was time to come home for tea.
Show threadMx. Eddie RApr 4

@girlonthenet @neil
So that really worked, eh? I've only ever seen on TV or movies when calls come in to a phone booth, never in real life.

When I was a kid I was 100% unreachable out of the yard; I'd just end up eating leftovers if I happened to be out late and missed supper.

Show threadDaniel Durrans
@silvermoon82 @girlonthenet @neil somewhere I have the number for one of the phone boxes on Whitehall that the tourists use for photos. It’s mildly amusing to ring it and pretend to be in a spy movie.
Apr 4 at 4:52pmWeb
Show threadGirl on the NetApr 4
@dan @silvermoon82 @neil oh NICE. I once arranged a treasure hunt for my sister’s birthday and one of the clues had her hunting for a sticker on the back of a post box. I was watching from a distance and when she found it, the phone box next to her rang to give another clue. Phone boxes are so fun for this kind of thing.