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Only slightly related, but a story from back when pay phones were still a common thing. My first or second year of high school I lived in a rural town in Washi
by kelp 5y ago
Only slightly related, but a story from back when pay phones were still a common thing.
My first or second year of high school I lived in a rural town in Washington state with very little to do. But it was also a tourist destination. In the summer me and my friends would just sit around downtown (this was 1 street with a 4 way stop) trying to figure out what to do with our days. One day the pay phone was randomly ringing and we picked it up.
It was two girls, near our age, who were also bored and had written down the number of that pay phone and were randomly calling it. They were from out of town (if they lived there we'd have known them, it was that small of a place) and staying at their grandfathers funky vacation home just a couple of miles away.
We ended up meeting up with them and got up to all sorts of trouble that summer. We were friends for years and years after. I'm still occasionally in touch with one of them, over 25 years later.
Just a completely random way to meet some new friends that I can't imagine happening anymore.
- sedatk 5y ago> a rural town > also a tourist destination So, Winthrop? :)
- Aurelius3 5y agoDamn, must have been a different time.
- sixothree 5y agoIt's so difficult to describe what life was like before cell phones and the internet. Imagine making and carrying out plans with people and not being able to easily communicate with them in the moments leading up to meeting. My brother still operates like this. For example on Monday he will say "I'll see you after work on Thursday". He won't call to tell you he's on his way. He won't confirm the night before. He just shows up after work on Thursday. When exactly? After work like he said. It feels so adult and self-assured compared to dealing with other people.
- Moru 5y agoThat's how everyone I know acts. I thought that was normal.