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Old May 18th 06, 07:19 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Moving more toward the cashless society I guess.

http://www.marketrasentoday.co.uk/Vi...icleID=1510156

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Old May 18th 06, 09:00 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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"stonej" wrote in message
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Moving more toward the cashless society I guess.

http://www.marketrasentoday.co.uk/Vi...icleID=1510156


It rare now to see a phone box being used as 99% of everyone has a mobile
phone. Billy


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Old May 19th 06, 01:07 AM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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"e" wrote in message
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"stonej" wrote in message
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Moving more toward the cashless society I guess.


http://www.marketrasentoday.co.uk/Vi...3&ArticleID=15
10156


It rare now to see a phone box being used as 99% of everyone has a mobile
phone. Billy


they're great public loo's for the drunkers.



I still saw plenty of the old red phone boxes in London a couple weeks ago. Not
quite as many hooker-escort service ads plastered on the inside as I remembered
from thirty years earlier. Never saw the phone actually being used. The only
people using the boxes were tourists posing for photos.

Bruce




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Old May 19th 06, 01:24 AM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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In article O_7bg.13035$8q.9019@dukeread08 "Bruce Remick" writes:
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I still saw plenty of the old red phone boxes in London a couple weeks ago.
Not quite as many hooker-escort service ads plastered on the inside as I
remembered from thirty years earlier. Never saw the phone actually being
used. The only people using the boxes were tourists posing for photos.


I did use them, but the last years not with cash but with phone cards.
it's operation is fairly simple, you enter a freephone number, followed
by the number of your card, and after that you can call the number you
wish. I think that quite a few of the red phone boxes you saw could not
operate with coins either.
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Old May 19th 06, 02:10 AM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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On Thu, 18 May 2006 20:07:09 -0400, "Bruce Remick"
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"e" wrote in message
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In article , "note.boy"
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"stonej" wrote in message
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Moving more toward the cashless society I guess.


http://www.marketrasentoday.co.uk/Vi...3&ArticleID=15
10156


It rare now to see a phone box being used as 99% of everyone has a mobile
phone. Billy


they're great public loo's for the drunkers.



I still saw plenty of the old red phone boxes in London a couple weeks ago. Not
quite as many hooker-escort service ads plastered on the inside as I remembered
from thirty years earlier. Never saw the phone actually being used. The only
people using the boxes were tourists posing for photos.

Bruce



I was at RAF Chicksands outside of Befordshire from 1973 to 1976. I
always had a pocketfull of 2p coins so I could use the phone box to
call my wife to check in during the day. The phone had a 10p slot but
I never talked more than 2 2p worth of time.
Seems all the public loos in London took 1p coins or 5p, hard to
remember. The loos in Hitchin were always free. I never went to
London without a pocketful of change.
Cliff

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Old May 19th 06, 12:36 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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On Thu, 18 May 2006 20:00:43 GMT, "note.boy"
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"stonej" wrote in message
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Moving more toward the cashless society I guess.

http://www.marketrasentoday.co.uk/Vi...icleID=1510156


It rare now to see a phone box being used as 99% of everyone has a mobile
phone. Billy


Obviously you don't live in Amish country.

beekeep


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Old May 19th 06, 02:38 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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On Fri, 19 May 2006 11:36:03 GMT, (beekeep) wrote:

On Thu, 18 May 2006 20:00:43 GMT, "note.boy"
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"stonej" wrote in message
groups.com...
Moving more toward the cashless society I guess.

http://www.marketrasentoday.co.uk/Vi...icleID=1510156


It rare now to see a phone box being used as 99% of everyone has a mobile
phone. Billy


Obviously you don't live in Amish country.

beekeep


Who would the Amish call if they DID have cell phones?

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Old May 19th 06, 02:55 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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On Fri, 19 May 2006 09:38:31 -0400, Reclining Buddha wrote:

On Fri, 19 May 2006 11:36:03 GMT, (beekeep) wrote:

On Thu, 18 May 2006 20:00:43 GMT, "note.boy"
wrote:


"stonej" wrote in message
egroups.com...
Moving more toward the cashless society I guess.

http://www.marketrasentoday.co.uk/Vi...icleID=1510156


It rare now to see a phone box being used as 99% of everyone has a mobile
phone. Billy


Obviously you don't live in Amish country.

beekeep


Who would the Amish call if they DID have cell phones?


Who would they call even if they used a phone box?

take care,
Scott
"I've churned butter once or twice
Living in an Amish paradise"

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Old May 19th 06, 09:37 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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In a recent message "Bruce Remick" wrote:


"e" wrote in message
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In article , "note.boy"
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"stonej" wrote in message
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Moving more toward the cashless society I guess.


http://www.marketrasentoday.co.uk/Vi...3&ArticleID=15
10156


It rare now to see a phone box being used as 99% of everyone has a mobile
phone. Billy



Our village phone box and phone was saved by being listed! However, a coin-less
system was installed there also ages ago.



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Old May 20th 06, 06:47 AM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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On Thu, 18 May 2006 20:00:43 GMT, "note.boy"
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It rare now to see a phone box being used as 99% of everyone has a mobile
phone. Billy


I'm a proud holdout, part of your 1%. Even my home phone is wired to
the wall. Have been concerned that wireless=transceiver=not private.
But, heck, the NSA kinda blew my naive impression of security away,
haha. Seriously though, I don't know why I bother paying for phone
service at all ... except the telemarketers need someone to talk with.
I see people walking around and driving around constantly chatting on
their cell phones ... and I feel I am surrounded by madness. Don't
get me wrong, there are people I love to talk with ... just not on the
phone.

#1 Cell phone peeve: People at the checkout, talking on the phone
with a line behind them. Don't even try to tell me the checkout is as
fast as if they weren't distracted by their all so important chit
chat. That's just rude.
 




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