At the Getty Museum in LA

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 06/23/2019 at 16:12 • Filed to: None

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A true cultural artifact. 

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 06/23/2019 at 16:19

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Ooh that’s a nice exhibit 

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 06/23/2019 at 16:25

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I was at an event at an El Paso concert hall a few ago.  I noticed the building had little alcoves off the main walkways that once house payphones.  These days all they house are the empty wood carrels without phones.

Brickman > ttyymmnn 06/23/2019 at 16:26

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10-10-220

Why that stuck in my head since the 90's and I cannot remember what I did 20 minutes ago. 

Goggles Pizzano > ttyymmnn 06/23/2019 at 16:28

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Does it function ? Do you have small shiny flat cylinders?

DipodomysDeserti > ttyymmnn 06/23/2019 at 16:31

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There’s a taco shop near me with a payphone in the  lot. My kid saw it and asked me what it was.

ranwhenparked > Brickman 06/23/2019 at 16:36

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Didnt 1-800-CALL- ATT have better rates?

For Sweden > ranwhenparked 06/23/2019 at 16:37

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Yes, which is why smart people dial down the center

Brickman > ranwhenparked 06/23/2019 at 17:07

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Dont know. I was 8 at the time :P

Then cell phones became affordable and all that went away

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > ttyymmnn 06/23/2019 at 17:08

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That takes me back to my 1st trip to Vegas 1996, there was a bank of gold pay phones by the bathroom at C easar’s Palace and all the hookers hung out there waiting for their pager to go off.

Tekamul > ttyymmnn 06/23/2019 at 17:15

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Did you use it to dial 1-900-MIXALOT? Or maybe 867-5309?

ranwhenparked > Brickman 06/23/2019 at 17:16

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Yeah, I don’t think I had one until freshman year of college. And that was a crappy clamshell flip phone. Until then, collect calling from pay phones was what got me through (I’ve always hated carrying change, leave it to collect d ust at home in an ashtray or old hub cap).

facw > ttyymmnn 06/23/2019 at 17:28

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Went to a reception at night at the Getty, was a pretty spectacular experience, though they didn’t have the whole collection open for viewing.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 06/23/2019 at 17:57

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What the hell os that?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 06/23/2019 at 18:50

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Is Mappelthorpe still on exhibit?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Tekamul 06/23/2019 at 18:51

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8-6-7-5-3-Oh-9

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > ttyymmnn 06/23/2019 at 20:00

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I often transfer at the ROOSEVELT station when I ride the El in Chicago. There is still what appears to be a functional pay phone ON THE PLATFORM.

ttyymmnn > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/24/2019 at 01:13

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I think it’s called a “payphone.”

ttyymmnn > facw 06/24/2019 at 01:14

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The collection is stunning. And the building itself is every bit as amazing as the artwork. I took a lot of photos of the museum building. 

ttyymmnn > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 06/24/2019 at 01:14

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Pager. LOL.

ttyymmnn > Goggles Pizzano 06/24/2019 at 01:15

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I did not see if it had a dial tone. But I used to have an ATT calling card back in the day.

ttyymmnn > ranwhenparked 06/24/2019 at 01:17

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We were at the Monterey Bay Aquarium a few days ago and there was a guy rocking a flip phone to take pictures of the fish. The flip phone I had back in the day had such a shitty camera as to make it almost useless.

ttyymmnn > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 06/24/2019 at 01:17

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They should turn them into charging stations.

user314 > Tekamul 06/24/2019 at 11:31

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user314 > ttyymmnn 06/24/2019 at 11:32

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