Daddy's Home by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein for July 23, 2012

When was the last time you used a pay phone?

I remember in the first Christopher Reeve “Superman” movie Clark stopped by a telephone booth just like that when he was about to go to the emergency. (It was the George Reeves series when he changed in a walk-in booth, right?)

I used to install those things.

Summer of 2007. Car broke down, cell phone battery was dead.

Man, I can’t even remember, to be honest…

It’s been a long time since I’ve even seen one of those – unless it’s in the the movies that were made before the turn of the century.

At least thirty years.

Better hope that update doesn’t mess up your song collection.

It’s been a while, high school maybe, or a few years after I graduated in 1971. Also haven’t seen a pay phone anywhere that I can remember in many years, let alone an actual phone booth.

Pay phones are around, you just have to look for them.Make a game of it while you’re out and about.

Last time I used one was 1994. After Navy boot camp the company commander recommended we all tape a quarter to the back of our ID card so we could always call a cab in an emergency. Last time I saw a pay phone it was fifty cents to make a call.

We have a few of those around here.

way too long…but probably about 10 years ago when I was driving from Texas back to Minnesota and I had no bars even though my phone was charged…there are spots in Arkansas/Missouri where there is just no T-Mobile access I guess…

2001…before I had my cell phone, I had a pager, for work and home, paged for work I had to find the nearest pay phone call the office and find out what was up. Got the cell phone when my usual pay phones started disappearing.

in the 90’s. i used a scrap of newspaper to wipe off the ear-hole and when i was done it looked like a paper sack that had been used to carry egg rolls.

I pay for my cell phone every month.