Last public payphone removed from Manhattan streets

Re:Last public payphone removed from Manhattan streets by ensignavenger on Friday May 27, 2022 @01:37PM (#31532374)

That is sad. I don't carry my cell phone with me everywhere, and I have never had a problem finding some one willing to lend me their phone if I needed to make a call. I have never been to Sicily before though :)

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Re:Last public payphone removed from Manhattan streets by steelframe on Friday May 27, 2022 @02:42PM (#31533243)

Having lived a couple of years in Italy, I can attest that Italians are hard on the outside and chewy on the inside. They have built a hard outer shell to deal with all of the constant bullshit that they're awash in day-in and day-out. But once you're "in," you are *in*. The degree of mutual trust and goodwill among their in-groups would put most North American social groups, including and perhaps especially families, to shame.

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Re:Last public payphone removed from Manhattan streets by daniel-cussen on Saturday May 28, 2022 @11:22AM (#31540984)

How did you get those asterisks? I get in not *in*.

Oh now I get *in*.

I'm in.

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Re:Last public payphone removed from Manhattan streets by golemiprague on Friday May 27, 2022 @06:00PM (#31535429)

I think it is similar in most Mediterranean countries, the US culture is derived from north west European

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