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To: napscoordinator

Long distance. Expensive back then.

Pay phones were a dime.


34 posted on 04/24/2024 12:40:03 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: Fledermaus

“”””Pay phones were a dime.””””

Except for Louisiana where they were a nickel, I don’t know why.


37 posted on 04/24/2024 12:54:16 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Fledermaus

Yeah. I briefly had a phone when I had to call long distance. I was glad to ditch it for a cell. My bills are less now even though a monthly fee.


45 posted on 04/24/2024 2:14:19 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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