It’s strange that something that was a part of life for decades simply doesn’t exist anymore. I can’t remember when I last used one. Twenty years ago? Twenty-five years ago?
Now it’s even so interesting that I take a photo.
Since it is installed in a narrow dark underpass perhaps France Telecom simply forgot it? ;-)
Technology has a way of moving on. Just think how important records were for music, and those were replaced by music CDs, which have now been replaced with digital downloads. I still have a pile of records and CDs, but haven’t played a record in decades now. Phone technology is much the same. My grandparents had a candle stick telephone, and for a while my parents had a hand crank, party line phone connected to an operator. My Dad put in a private line as soon as he could which was about six months after we moved there. What will make the iPhone obsolete?
Ancient history :-) I like the shadow play.
Paah! I grew up with these. Ancient.
Humpf.
But really, even this one won’t take coins …
Thank you.
Pay phones, even with credit cards, are rare finds. Cell phones, which we all carry, have eliminated these antiques. Great find.
It’s strange that something that was a part of life for decades simply doesn’t exist anymore. I can’t remember when I last used one. Twenty years ago? Twenty-five years ago?
Now it’s even so interesting that I take a photo.
Since it is installed in a narrow dark underpass perhaps France Telecom simply forgot it? ;-)
Technology has a way of moving on. Just think how important records were for music, and those were replaced by music CDs, which have now been replaced with digital downloads. I still have a pile of records and CDs, but haven’t played a record in decades now. Phone technology is much the same. My grandparents had a candle stick telephone, and for a while my parents had a hand crank, party line phone connected to an operator. My Dad put in a private line as soon as he could which was about six months after we moved there. What will make the iPhone obsolete?
Implanting chips in our skin I guess. Would be the logical next step.
It also looks like one of the phones in Battlestar Galactica. Are the Cylons here?
I must admit I haven’t watched neither the series nor the movie. So – I don’t know. :-(
(hm, neither – nor … I am really doing complicated things right now…)