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Engineer Fixes and Re-Installs Old Payphones, Provides Free Calls to the Public (www.core77.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/retrotechnology@lemmy.ca

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

His goal is to offer, for free, public telephone service. (Schlott foots the bill himself.)

What an absolute hero. I can only see one flaw with his plan though... Who the hell memorizes phone numbers anymore?

[–] guaraguaito@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

When I was poor and homeless. I still had a phone with contacts. Just no phone subscription.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

I know 3 numbers by heart, mine, my wife's, and my dad's because he's had the same number since I was 10.

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Dope