A Minnesota man installed this vintage pay phone in his front yard

A throwback to the good old days when small computers weren't in our pockets, Brian Davis says the phone has been a hit in the neighborhood. www.kare11.com/article/news/l...
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[@CODYORMOE]

Seeing a staple of my childhood labeled “vintage” kinda hurts.

[@sexyjosiecatcindylou]

THANK U!!!.... AND I M NOT EVEN 50 YET!!!... WTHeck they mean by VINTAGE!!?????

[@rickershomesteadahobbyfarm3291]

@@sexyjosiecatcindylou I’m 30 and I remember these being everywhere when I was a kid. I think they may have still been pretty common when I was a teenager to.

[@humachine5226]

It most definitely brings nostalgia to me. I used to have to skate around the corner from my house to use it so I can get some privacy calling my girl, the 90's were amazing!

[@nerdgeekcosplay909]

@@sexyjosiecatcindylou I’m 22! I remember pay phones !

[@addicted367]

Time moves on ⏳ We have to face the facts that we are all getting older now.

[@edwinrodeo]

Way back when you memorize all your buddies numbers.

[@sunoclockoneday2576]

I still remember some of the old ones but I don't even have my mom's cell # memorized now . I could memorize a # after hearing it one time ,just repeat it through three times and I had it .

[@edwinrodeo]

@@sunoclockoneday2576 Today I’m so used to a smart phone 📱 I can’t hardly remember my own number 😂

[@henryonly8351]

Looking back I don't know how 🤔

[@kazemizu]

Nope, that was too hard

[@naledymoshoeshoe9998]

We had prodigious memories!

[@Mrdrivereight]

When I was a kid my mom worked at the local pay phone company in town. The owner was super cool and gave me a copy of the companies calling card when I was in the 3rd grade. I never once had to pay to use any pay phone. That dang card would have like 100k minutes at all times to be used and worked everywhere even when we went out of state on vacations until about 2001 or 2002 when the guy sold the company. He saw cell phones being more and more accessible and sold it before the market died off. He was smart and very generous.

[@BangBang-hk4rg]

It’s crazy how something as simple as a pay phone can bring back so many memories for those of us that grew up before cell phones.

[@RandysDirtyBurger]

Stop commenting under every comment

[@ebonyeyed08ti]

I really miss the pay phones , my phone was dead a couple times and needed to use a pay phone , luckily there is still one gas station in Lakeland that has one , came in handy

[@snoopu2601]

I'm old I remember using phone booths with a door and everything.

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

Yeah superman hasn't been able to work since they got rid of those

[@BangBang-hk4rg]

I remember using them a few times. Seems like they had a dome light and a ventilation fan that would come on when you got inside and closed the door. I may be mistaken though. It’s been a lot of years ago.

[@rridderbusch518]

@@BangBang-hk4rg Yes, they had those lights ...and a tiny seat in the corner if you go farther back.

[@snoopu2601]

@@rridderbusch518 and a phone book called the yellow page's

[@cgiron3675]

I'm from the future bit I have gone back and visited those booths

[@1276chrissy]

I miss slamming the phone receiver down when you’re hanging up on someone LOL there’s no sound like it!

[@5x7m]

@ C.C. Absolutely! The satisfaction you get is unmatched! 😆

[@BangBang-hk4rg]

So true! 🤣

[@sugaboo3504]

😂😂😂😂yup!!!!

[@cannondaleman1]

And hearing the sound of the bell fading away after a good, hard SLAM!

[@getinthecar3624]

lol, right. Now when i hang up and get the "did you just hang up on me"? Ill say did it sound like this? And hang up again.

[@melissadye4416]

I just stayed in a hotel for the first time in a long time and the sight of the phone had me giggling. Those 20ft. phone cords were my everything as a teen!

[@sunoclockoneday2576]

Yeah go all the way in the other room to get away from the family...and have to sit right on the edge of the couch

[@Scott-got-caught]

@@sunoclockoneday2576 us privelaged people had cordless 😂 📞 i remember my grandma had a rotary phone hanging on the kitchen wall and one on her night stand. As a kid we would play with them. Even then it was old skool hahah

[@aprilgarcia6119]

I honestly wouldn’t be sad at all if we went back to landlines. Maybe people would actually have social skills again. If only...

[@jonathanbeeson1767]

Amen to that!

[@gaidhliglass]

I still have a landline. Works when there's a power outage or a hiccup with cell phones.

[@IHateThisHandleSystem]

I'm a 46 year old American and never owned a smartphone (nor ever will) I still use landlines for everything. People act as if my lifestyle is impossible in the modern world... it is not.

[@lindaward3156]

and l would get more of my calls because l don't have it glued to my body as so many do so l don't hear that tinny noise. l could be out in the back garden and still hear the wall phone ring. The connection was much clearer and you could talk simultaneously. I HATE the feeling of the tech leash. l get home & the phone spy asks me if l enjoyed my visit to ...How isn't that alarming to everyone? Sitting in a waiting room was a chance to strike up a conversation, etc, they were noisy - now they're dead silent.

[@sirena7116]

@@IHateThisHandleSystem It's not impossible.

[@professorchaos5058]

Now he needs to get himself a blockbuster

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

One in Oregon and also Alaska

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

Oh wait they got rid of the one in Alaska now I guess

[@Ellie80681]

You mean a VCR?

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

@@Ellie80681 blockbuster

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

@@Ellie80681 oh, I forgot... some people legit might not know what that is lol. It was the place you went to rent movies before Netflix

[@wildestcowboy2668]

He's got my vote. I'm miss the 80's, an early 90's. Life was so much easier 30 years ago!

[@peabody634]

Don’t be stupid ! You fools think you can turn the clock back and Make America great again! Sorry impossible! Impossible! Impossible!

[@peabody634]

BesidesAmerica was never great!

[@godoflifeasweknowit3411]

Yes it was I'm 55 and disabled i wish i could go back home to the 80s so much fun.

[@wds179]

Phone booth s were around way before then . Lol

[@danielsander9997]

Covid has changed many things in a good way

[@juanrodarte5005]

These are awesome, the tone it makes when dialing. The distinctive sound produced when you hang up. The way actors used the receivers to beat up people with is priceless.

[@JZCRAZY]

LOLOL 😆

[@sunoclockoneday2576]

When I was little I would always hit the coin return and check the change slot for forgotten quarters . It was like finding gold when there was something in there

[@silverserpent420]

Will you accept a collect call from:... "Mom come pick us up we ready!!" Sorry, they did not accept the charges. Please try again. 15min later and there's mom. Memories.

[@BangBang-hk4rg]

So I wasn’t the only kid doing this back in the day! 🤣

[@shannono8397]

exactly :) Glad to be part of this ritual! & passage

[@haroldpinter8076]

More like, "momcomepickusupwe'reready!!" Lol

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

I’d also use collect calls to leave voice messages.

[@honorbluelovelyful]

lol me too

[@westannaharveybobbitt4949]

Pay phone inside a nearby hotel from the Pentagon on 9/11 allowed me to connect with my family back home in Florida. I accidently left my cell phone at home on that morning. Having it with me would not have made a difference as cell phone towers were down. Land lines and pay phones were invaluable. My 85 years young mother did not rest until she personally heard from me that I was okay.

[@keanureeves7706]

I love your comment and nice to meet you 💝

[@integr8er66]

Too bad that was 20 years ago, and I bet 10-1 its gone now.

[@WhispersFromTheDark]

Bless her heart. I'm so glad you were able to call her.

[@loz911]

SO HAPPY YOU ARE OK & THAT YOU GOT TO CALL HER!

[@deepfreeze6893]

You know that phone was tapped

[@gimpygrandpa3230]

Never thought it see the day a pay phone was a novelty. Love that he keeps it alive.

[@ronchatex2867]

I installed this stuff as communications equipment, now it's antiques? Go Figure!!

[@Nate_Dogg714]

U know you’re old when they start calling pay phones “vintage”. And I’m only 31. DAMN😂😂

[@Literallyryangosling777]

Im 16 bruh this was used a lot when i was 10, damn now this is old tech

[@frankrosemeck9898]

Now imagine being old enough to remember blowing the "dials" off the older phones with firecrackers...

[@mascara1777]

@@Literallyryangosling777 if you're 16 um no payphones were not used a lot just a few years ago. I'm in my 40's. They stopped being used heavily a good 20 years ago before you were born.

[@timothys3119]

@@mascara1777 young people want so bad to be a part of that era that they just make up scenarios in their head. That’s why I laugh when people born in the 90’s say they miss the 90’s lol. I was born in ‘84 and barely remember anything from the early 90’s.

[@isolda980]

What a wonderful piece of nostalgia. I remember when the calls were a dime!

[@wildestcowboy2668]

You must be 62

[@fractuss]

@@wildestcowboy2668 I remember a nickel.

[@tarabooartarmy3654]

I remember calling people collect just to leave a message. Instead of saying your name, you would quickly leave a message and they would decline the call. Like that TV commercial where the guy would say his name was, “Bob WeHadABabyItsABoy”. 😂

[@Zeevuhl]

@@fractuss you damn oldFart

[@jackiek8792]

Omg I think I do too😆😢♥️🇨🇦

[@ZoKitchen]

Nostalgic ☎️

[@yousufadan898]

First comment

[@lordjudah4742]

Nostalgic indeed! Looks like you got a hater Indeed too!

[@crayoncer]

Aaaaand now I'm hungry........ and thirsty!!

[@nestor8369]

Pretty cool I owen a payphone it's in excellent shape color is silver bought it for 100$ and the phone word is blue text the phone is from 1999

[@mattie22011]

tricia takanawa back to you Tom

[@stolencommentpolice7600]

With the way the world going .....we need more payphones

[@virgilward870]

That is awsome!! As a kid,grandma always made sure I had a dime when I went out to play,or go to friends so I could always call if I needed to.

[@Dragracer612]

My dad owned a business that had a liquor store across the street, that had a pay phone in their parking lot. We used to call the phone when a drunk would walk by it and just start random conversations, ask questions, tell them they won a prize from a local radio station, etc. Was cheap entertainment back in the day.

[@BangBang-hk4rg]

As a kid in the 80’s me and my buddies would randomly call the payphone in town just to see if anybody answered 🤣

[@lisaamerson1547]

Better than me using them to call random people and tell them I was watching them,, yep stoped doing that when I accidentally calf the police department and told a random cop I was watching him and he ask me if I could see his badge,,, that was before 911 when you either had to dial a complete number or tap it 3 times for the operator to pick up

[@LyudmilaRGVK]

Too too funny!.

[@iridescentskink9031]

Wow, I never knew you could call them, I always heard you couldn't star69 them so I figured it wasn't possible to call back at all

[@richardsmith8342]

As a young man in the sixties, calls were a nickel and a coke was fifteen cents. I remember when they went to .25 cents dad lost his mind. "Greedy corporations " grumble, grumble..... thought he was going to have a stroke when gas hit .30 cents a gallon.

[@elenaarman-tang7811]

.30 cents per gallon for gas ⛽ 😳

[@richardsmith8342]

@@elenaarman-tang7811 I don't speak emoji. What are you saying at the end?

[@quonkylops]

@@richardsmith8342 that emoji is sort of meaning that he is taken aback, he's really surprised that gas was only 30 cents then! My mom just got gas for 5 dollars a gallon a few hours ago

[@richardsmith8342]

@@quonkylops thank you. I'm old. 5 dollars? Damn! It's 3.67 and 3.87 for diesel.

[@sissyalexander7001]

THEIR WAS A COKE MACHINE AT MY SCHOOL THAT SOLD 10 CENT BOTTLE COKES

[@Ram-1231]

More news should be on this level and direction! Too much negativity, greed, corruption, control, and selfishness. So thank you for fantabulous reporting!

[@cajbaf]

She said " the quality is great". LOL does she seriously think we couldn't hear on those phones?? That's hilarious. They were no different than any landline phone now.

[@terrysnyder3599]

They were better! I used to have to put my thumb between my ear and the phone because it was so loud! 6 inches away and you could still hear the person talking clear as a bell.

[@Itschimp157]

@@terrysnyder3599 yeah I was going to say ever since they took the antenna away

[@CrossRoadsOfTime]

If she was anything like me she probably did not encounter any that where in such good repair out in the wild. So likely thought that the fully neglected half dead ones where normal. and so one that is working properly would of sounded a lot better.

[@maineeveryday3991]

I heard and thought the same thing.

[@2006glg]

Those were the days. When a payphone meant you could get a ride home from the mall. Always had a few quarters in my pocket, just in case.

[@prettyuglymonster]

That was me as a kid at the State Fair with friends.I always kept a few quarters aside to call my Mom for a ride home after the fireworks.

[@jackieoesterman6688]

Sure miss those days, a lot.

[@tarabooartarmy3654]

And if you didn’t have any quarters, you could call collect and when they asked you to give your name you’d just say, “Momcomegetmenow.” Then your parents would answer and hear, “You have a collect call from Momcomegetmenow.” And they’d decline the collect call and come get you. 😂

[@KeyAuth]

@@tarabooartarmy3654 that's pretty smart haha

[@nghtwtchmn129]

The Boy Scout Handbook taught you to always keep and "emergency dime" in your wallet. Although Frank Sinatra was no Boy Scout, it was said that he was buried with a number of dimes in his pocket. After the kidnapping of his son, he never wanted to be caught without change for a payphone.

[@shirleyhunt2482]

Nothing like the rush you get trying to finish your convo knowing you have less than 15 seconds to talk.

[@offroadvehiclelover]

@David Erickson come to think about being a truck driver back them must of been HELL getting directions to and from shipper to receiver. All while missing all the road restrictions, relying solely on atlas to get you around, those were well put men behind the wheel.

[@BangBang-hk4rg]

Yes! 🤣

[@johnhutton4788]

I’m 40 now but it brings me back…before cell phones. These corner phones use to be everywhere back in the day.

[@cannondaleman1]

These were the days we actually had more than one or two phone numbers stored in our head. Great times!

[@cannondaleman1]

@RedGryyn I remember just about everyone had a small book of some kind. LOL. Mine had a bunch of girls numbers. Ahhhh, the 80's!!!!

[@ms.anonymousinformer242]

I remember having to memorize (or write down) the number to certain pay phones, so I could make it ring or call it, in communication with others. No,nothing shady , just a way to communicate.

[@musicmaniac8787]

They have phones in booths now? Here I am lugging my phone around like a sucker!

[@nghtwtchmn129]

There have been a couple of movies set in phone booths: Phone Booth (2002) and Mojave Phone Booth (2006). The latter was based on a real-life phone booth.

[@autisticangell]

We have two pay phones in the town we live in. I don’t know if they’re functioning. Anyhow, we drove past them the other day and Here’s a Quarter by Travis Tritt was playing. I had to laugh when I looked at my son in the backseat and told him this song didn’t really age well. I miss pay phones. I miss the days when most drivers actually looked at the road while driving. Technology can be great. But give me the 80s and 90s allllllllll day every day.

[@jeffreyhershey5754]

50s and sixties were great until I got drafted for nam in 67

[@valarieosborne2958]

Let's go back further to 1960's and 1970's 😀

[@onelooongboi5838]

Same here. In southern Minnesota . We have two pay phones and me and brother tried using it. We put in quarters but it just eats quarters and does nothing

[@randyr.parker2698]

@@valarieosborne2958 YEP!!!! 70's (teenage/early adulthood years) were the best years of my life. Met my now wife in 1979 and at the time had NO clue we'd end up getting married and two kids. An ABSOLUTE great time to be alive, not to mention we had THE BEST music!

[@orbs1062]

"Please Mrs. Avery..." "And the operator said 40¢ more, for the next 3 minutes...."

[@MrArron1357]

I used to call people collect and say call me back and wait for the call at the payphone lol the good ole days

[@keanureeves7706]

I love your comment and nice to meet you

[@davidswarts3528]

I remember when the operator picked up when you wanted to make a call and you had to put a dime in before she would dial the number for you.

[@nghtwtchmn129]

The late, great Jim Croce did a song about that, "Operator."

[@icarus2k]

I am 20 years old and never got to experience that but I always thought phone operators were cool. It sounds like a good memory.

[@nghtwtchmn129]

@@icarus2k If you ever met one in real life she could usually tell where you were from by your accent. The phone company (there was only one) originally used boys who previously delivered telegrams as operators but boys were prone to making the wrong connections as pranks.

[@CraftAero]

In the 70's my best friend's Mom was an Operator (in our small town). Of course the home lines where automated but, if (by chance) you were making random prank calls and dialed a non-existent number, an Operator would pick up the line to assist you. "Craig, is that YOU ??" permanently ended that little game.

[@ms.anonymousinformer242]

Same thing as when the dial tone does not come, until you put that quarter in :) .

[@jdm1152]

Thanks, I've never seen one... Clean.

[@davidmc1489]

Hollee chit....u 4 real

[@justcurious1146]

the what we call 'little store' small area where I live had one up until 3 years ago when someone else bought the store. Have yet to see one since.

[@orbs1062]

@@davidmc1489 I think you missed the last word.

[@ericdee6802]

That's not too vintage, I'd consider the actual walk in phone booth with a rotary dial phone vintage. When I was a kid when I would go outside to ride my bike, my Dad would give me a pocket full of dimes to call and check up with him every couple of hours while I was out and about, he'd give me enough dimes to last the day long. I remember I went out and came back after two phone calls, he asked why was I home so early, well Dad, I used some of my dimes for some bubble gum and a grape Nehi. 😂🤣

[@ebonyeyed08ti]

Omg I loved me a nehi drink

[@NorCal-Killa]

It’s 20th century it’s 2022 so it’s becoming vintage?

[@planetconcourse]

EXACTLY. In fact, I came upon this story actually searching for such a thing to install on MY front lawn in an old town I'm considering making a purchase. Funny....

[@WireZombie253]

I love this. When times were good and stress free.

[@demariosreefaquarium7475]

I remember my Aunt in bklyn NY installed one in her apt back in the early 80s, cause her 3 son's and their friends was running up her phone bill. It worked all the proceeds went to paying the house phone bill. 👍

[@BangBang-hk4rg]

Genius! 🤣

[@askurmom1]

Is she still cheap?

[@stevejohnson1321]

I would still use these if they were around. Next town kept one in front of town hall as a public service -- until verizon charged $55 monthly for under-utilization.

[@stevejohnson1321]

The topic is pay phones -- not wireless.

[@DarkKnightBusa]

That’s why I cancelled my landline back in 2005 or so. They charged nearly as much as a cellphone with the unlimited plan.

[@stevejohnson1321]

Our cellular home phone is $15, and thus far has worked in power failures. Cable telephone had gone to $52 when we cancelled it.

[@smithbilly8903]

Last year when COVID was raging across the globe my cell phone battery happened to run out and I needed to make an important phone call. Due to COVID nobody wanted to lend me their cell phone.I drove around for 30 minutes but I couldn't find a pay phone anywhere. These things still have their uses!

[@dalegillett8171]

Be something to see a phone booth with a rotary dial phone.

[@moniquebarclay4925]

I remember when calls cost 10 cent.

[@justcurious1146]

I remember the phone booths all over the place, I dont know how many times ive seen someone in one on a call and there would be another person on the outside knocking cuz they needed to use it.

[@miaqueen9578]

Yes. I still remeber those days too. Just last week I saw one at the gas station. I asked my 9 year old son if he knows what it is. Of course he did. I think everyone knows what a phone looks like, but man he doesnt know what he is missing from back in the days when we grew up with those.

[@plants1362]

This is so true!!!

[@neilmansfield8329]

We must preserve phone boxes. They are a part of our history. Here in Melbourne we hardly have any phone boxes any more

[@incarswetrust]

I remember never leaving the house without quarters in my pockets in case I would need to make a phone call. The good old days.

[@frankrosemeck9898]

Heh. Mom always made sure i had a quarter in my shoe...

[@Leeland2486]

4 Quarters for a call? Now I know why they are gone.

[@FaithandNova]

Exactly I don't remember it being 4 quarters lol

[@imtheking_3256]

$1

[@BangBang-hk4rg]

The last one I used was only 35 cents per call but that was probably 25 years ago or more.

[@lordcringe1339]

$0.50 was the last price in chicago

[@tohrurikku]

It usually matters where you are calling, I used one last year and it was only two quarters for in town.

[@deniseabrams7212]

Thank God finally something good on the news 💕😘🙏

[@hughstephenson2957]

I have a wall phone in my kitchen and a table phone in my living room. It's amazing because I had to teach my teenage grandson how to use it.. I'm not THAT old but still remember having a party line at our farm..and having to click the hang up button until the yakky neighbor would hang up!!

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

I've got one of these in my garage, its even funnier when people realize that it actually works.

[@nusart_bearthorn]

I’ve got a photo of my wife talking on one in 1998.. at the time she’s like “why you taking my photo.?” Now it’s a classic photo

[@truthreignsforever9286]

This guy obviously has a lot of time and money on his hands. I’m jealous ☝️😁

[@kikatis3313]

He actually looks happy GOD BLESS HIM! A happy story

[@snoopu2601]

The town I live in still have a couple of those phone's around but they are not in service's. One by the high school and one by the post office building.

[@katrabbit]

it's strange to hear this payphone called vintage when those still existed in my city while I was growing up 29 years ago... am I vintage? 😂

[@johngumbs2111]

29 years is a long time ago.

[@katrabbit]

@@johngumbs2111 Ohp- just looked up the actual meaning for 'vintage' and one of the few non-wine related definitions was "The time that something of quality was produced"... I'm okay with being vintage now 💁🏽‍♀️

[@MrBignick88]

payphones should be kept operational they are useful for those fleeing domestic violence and after a disaster such as a tornado earthquake or wildfire that knocks out cell towers people just want to call their relatives to let them know they are alright

[@christaallen2105]

I remember when I got my first pager and would have to find a pay phone to call that person lol.

[@BangBang-hk4rg]

Heck yeah! Cruising around with your buddies on the weekend and then having to stop at a pay phone because somebody paged you. Good times! 😁

[@krotchlickmeugh627]

Nostalgia and happiness. Ruined by the monster at the end

[@krotchlickmeugh627]

@John Dunham yep ruined my whole up beat vibe of remembering when things were normal. Immediately.

[@steelisthemeal]

My thoughts exactly😮 🧟‍♀️

[@steelisthemeal]

@John Dunham Totally agree

[@steelisthemeal]

@@krotchlickmeugh627 back to the effed up reality of today😮😳

[@steelisthemeal]

@@BKT42 She’s your mama

[@stanleyshostak2737]

Both my mother and father worked for the phone company. My das retired with 35 years. He passed a year and a half ago. He would have LOVED this! Thanks for the memories.

[@roots2gotv]

Ahh the memories…absolutely love this!

[@alanm5090]

Reminds me when I was a kid in the 80s. Those where everywhere back then . Good times. Lol👍🎆🍻🙆‍♂️

[@PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts]

"Those were the days"

[@joelmulder]

I still remember using these a dozen or so times, just as they were becoming truly obsolete in the early 0’s. Better times people, better times…

[@boedillard8807]

I think this is awesome! This is someone who truly is trying to make his community a better place.

[@briandavis96]

Thanks so much!!😂

[@patriciaschuster1371]

I loved this story. Wish there were still more around. We have taken large steps backward these days.

[@keanureeves7706]

I love your comment and nice to meet you

[@madalene7724]

There are still many public pay phones in Australia and more importantly they are free to use!

[@chrisk6101]

But wouldn't you not call it a pay phone cause you aren't paying it

[@chrisk6101]

@Dan Wruck public phone just works fine just like how a city park is called a public park 😀

[@wildestcowboy2668]

@Dan Wruck I'm glad you told that Joe Biden loving gun banning clown off

[@Network126]

Free phone calls but no freedom to make medical decisions 😆

[@CGH250]

I miss these kinds of things! I’m 72 so I’ve used many pay phones. The good ole days! ❤️

[@Fidelcastropatria]

Id have a beer with him. Seems like a cool dude.

[@poeweezy808]

Sweet :) growing up all we had was payphone. Still remember those good ol days.

[@killshot2333]

He going to make money 💵💵💵💵

[@SavepointR]

I like how it’s considered vintage now. I remember when I used to stick dimes into it to call my mom.

[@samnguyen9245]

Looking at this Vintage phone give me a lot of memories..Thank you 👏👍

[@redandbluebulldog1508]

He needs a phone book now. 😂

[@fabsagu5421]

Just needs graffiti, gum and pee to make it nostalgic.

[@frankrosemeck9898]

And a scratched & bent up lockbox where the hoodlums tried to break in...

[@my2009Babies1]

I love it! I remember calling my dad on pay phone to tell him I was right around the corner from walking home😊💕

[@novaui4014]

God we need these stories now. Thank you sir.

[@briandavis96]

Thanks much! I agree!

[@catloverkawaii1000]

Wow that’s so awesome!

[@two2young93]

Love that!

[@scottphillips7108]

Reminds me of that video where a guy in Europe somewhere did the same with a old payphone attached to his building/home and also connected it through his personal line, and would prank/test people by calling it to see which people walking by on the sidewalk out front would stop to pick it up and say hello... That phone site also became popular for the vintage old school ways memories of people who lived in that day and age... I'm waiting for someone to do this type thing with the old British red box phone booths... Lots of people collect them but none never seem to connect them and make them work...

[@sostdm617]

I love the fact he has the yellow pages under the phone

[@Shonufff88]

Whoa! A buck now? Used to be $0.25 for me.

[@jojo9820]

I love the payphone my kids used to call me collect that would mean it was time to pick them up

[@keanureeves7706]

I love your comment and nice to meet you

[@sherry5136]

Glad to see one still around they should bring them back

[@plankface]

We’d call our parents collect and while operator is asking if you’ll accept, we’d yell “come pick us up” free phone call =)

[@Jayrey123]

LOL Yeessss !!!! I remember doing that too, so fun !!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@backyardFoods]

I remember in high-school back in 04' or 05' they removed the payphones out of the cafeteria hall. They wouldn't let us use to the office phone to call our parents if we needed a ride or forgot our lunch kinda thing. Ghetto school. 🥲

[@kjrchannel1480]

I used to install these. They made alot of money. They would outlive all modern Crapple phones and the like.

[@e-curb]

A friend used to work for the phone co and had to fly into remote communities to "fix" the pay phone every few weeks. When he arrived, the locals were happy that he was going to fix their pay phone. He would always confirm to them that it needed fixing. All he did was empty it. When it got full, it stopped working.

[@bjw4859]

From one Brian to another, well done dude, nostalgia is something you only get with age, you are a hero.

[@briandavis96]

Thankyou sir!

[@fancythat4284]

I want to go use it. Makes me happy to see. Awesome that he welcomes people to use it and made it so nice with a bench and everything.

[@JxT1957]

i used phone booths and it was never 4 quarters for a phone call. it was a dime and then it went up to a quarter.

[@paigeherrin29]

When my son was 10, we saw someone using a pay phone and he looked at me and said, “wait, those actually work?”. I had no idea what he meant at first. (Like why wouldn’t they work?) Then it occurred to me that what appeared normal and ambient background to me was very very odd to him. Had he really never seen one used IRL?

[@22lyric]

Cool. I have a wooden phone booth from inside the Del Mar racetrack. It's from 1960. I can only imagine all the stories payphones could tell. The lives that were saved because someone could call for help...

[@alexacosta148]

That's freaking great!, I love it, nothing beats old tech!.

[@tysonflowers1125]

Wow I remember calling my friends to see were they hangout lol. If they wasn't home you would have to go to all the places you think they could be.

[@richardquasius4940]

Are you turning a profit? Even more nostalgic would be a rotary dial.

[@birdhead73]

I want a rotary dial phone. My grandparents had one and I always thought it was cool

[@STho205]

Most Bell exchanges no longer have the rotary relay decoders. I had a rotary candlestick until 2010. The last five years you couldn't dial out, but it worked as sn extension for a touch-tone

[@chargermopar]

@@STho205 You can use an old channel bank and a computer running Asterisk to make rotary phones work,that is how I have done it for almost 20 years

[@STho205]

@@chargermopar seems like a lot of work for a quirky possession, but you are your own rotary translator then. Bell only gets the touchtone or digital down the line from your computer port. Sounds like a scene from.the movie "Brazil"

[@chargermopar]

@@STho205 I make and answer calls all the time in the phones including my payphones. I even have a computer set up with the payphone software to call them on a modem. Got rid of the landline a few years back but the phones don't know the difference!

[@Riomojo]

That Stevie wonder through the phone to mom touched my heart

[@WhispersFromTheDark]

Bless his heart. That one small thing gives so many people a flash back to the past and makes their hearts smile, if only for a moment.

[@briandavis96]

Thanks so much! That was the main reason!

[@WhispersFromTheDark]

@@briandavis96 hey, how are you? I think what you did was so cool. The news clip said you had it tied into your home phone, so if that's the case how do you deal with long distance calls that people would make? Or is the coin box setup to handle payment for those? I was just curious as to the specifics. Down here in north Texas, there's a payphone in a booth right off from the town square in Decatur Texas. I stopped, took some pictures and tried the phone and it was dead, no dial tone. If it had been working, I would have called my parents old home # just to see if anyone answered. They've been gone along time now but who knows what would happen...if you flashed back in time and stepped inside one. LOL Sounds more like a Twilight Zone episode I guess. Anyway, kudo's for the cool thing you did. I bet many parents have stopped by and used your pay phone for a teaching moment for their Kids who didn't grow up knowing what they were. Stay safe & cool.

[@brokerhenry]

Wait, I'm in Ham Lake, Anoka County! Where is this phone? My kids don't believe such thing existed. They even refused to believe there were desktop computers!

[@Blackwater_House]

Pivotal to this little trick, (which I used frequently when I was much younger) was having a Telephone extension in My Bedroom. If I was out late, I’d find a Telephone Call Box and Phone Home. Then when My Mum answered the phone, (it was usually My Mum) I’d say “it’s ok Mum, I’ve got this, it’ll be for Me anyways”. Then My Mum would hang up, confident in the knowledge that I was already home and safe in My Bedroom. Smart as she was, she never caught on.

[@fjb4932]

...or so she allowed you to believe...

[@Blackwater_House]

@@fjb4932 spoken by an individual who never knew My Mother. That woman never let Me get away with a single thing if she could help it. Eyes in the back of her Head. And a blind faith in the fact that if My Bedroom Light went On when it had been Off, then I was Home (God Bless Automatic Timer Switches).

[@shellyleighannkittle0909]

We really need these around still Bc not everyone has a cell phone and if they do much less service on it.

[@mesummika569]

There has been times I needed a pay phone because phone issues or what not. I completely miss them. I remember the day when you would put coins in your loafers to make sure you had enough for an emerg call as a kid.

[@matthewtaylor9066]

Payphones in Australia were made free calls for all about a month ago!! Flat battery no worries no coins no worries !! It's free

[@peterfunky8633]

They don't call us the lucky country for nothing.Wack on the free Medicare.Bobs your uncle.Wouldnt live anywhere else for quids.

[@russellegan3173]

Only problem is nobody remembers phone numbers anymore🤣🤣. Think about it, do you remember your parents phone number?

[@sandragreen9560]

No such thing as free - some one has to pay to keep it operating .

[@sandragreen9560]

@@peterfunky8633 Money only goes so far - hear they are running out of docs and materials - surgery must be postponed, etc. ? ?

[@matthewtaylor9066]

@@sandragreen9560 not my problem!! There is so few payphones or free callers it's not even. 0.1 percent of telstras income for the year! Telstra was government owned now it's on the stockexchange as private but they still answer to the government. Government decision not my problem!!

[@pinkfreud62]

I still see pay phones every now and then. Of course it's rare. The Boron rest area in California has a couple pay phones.

[@cunegonde4]

I was a free range kid and I remember leaving my house at 10-11 years old without telling a soul where I was going and when I'd be back. If I wandered far enough and daylight began to wane I'd find a pay phone to get a ride back. The thing I remember most is how vulnerable I felt as a kid on the pay phone, in order to reach family I'd have to be tethered to this thing that was out in the open, often in high traffic areas and it was a clear signal that I was without an adult. I'm very grateful that everyone, especially kids, has a way to contact family on their person.

[@spark5012]

Cause you were invisible the rest of the time.

[@kosartshop_com7954]

1:48 the warm 80-s straight to not so straight 2020s. Just great