<![CDATA[How old are you?]]>How old are you?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/ac429005-018d-4bb6-a5b1-f3e68ed89d93/how-old-are-youRSS for NodeFri, 24 Jul 2026 19:30:44 GMTSun, 19 Jul 2026 02:22:58 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:00:17 GMT]]>@PaulNickson @galacticstone Welcome to the oldies club! 😜

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/NormanDunbar/statuses/116950775707881375https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/NormanDunbar/statuses/116950775707881375Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:00:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:35:15 GMT]]>@jackeric @IrrationalMethod @galacticstone that’s a portal. No wait it’s a water heater. A snow cone maker?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/phredmoyer/statuses/116950677302413101https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/phredmoyer/statuses/116950677302413101Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:35:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:10:03 GMT]]>@galacticstone @IrrationalMethod I'm old enough but there's no way in hell will I join AARP. Their lobby is like the dumber half of the Republican Party.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/targetdrone/statuses/116950578187063648https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/targetdrone/statuses/116950578187063648Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:10:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:13:03 GMT]]>@galacticstone
I'm sure I must have seen rotary pay phones, but the image in my mind has been replaced by the dialpad variety.
Those are what I remember using.

Definitely had rotary around the house early on.

I only ever saw card operated phones in Europe, during the 90s. (Not before or since... But I also didn't go back to Europe.)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/gnate/statuses/116949882237114284https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/gnate/statuses/116949882237114284Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:13:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:09:14 GMT]]>@jamesb
How much income is that generating? 😁
@galacticstone

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/gnate/statuses/116949867198245126https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/gnate/statuses/116949867198245126Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:09:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:59:14 GMT]]>@NormanDunbar
A for incoming,B for outgoing?
@galacticstone

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/gnate/statuses/116949827886687867https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/gnate/statuses/116949827886687867Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:59:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:45:52 GMT]]>@galacticstone

I’ve used a rotary dial phone a long time ago to reach very local folks by dialing just four numbers!

My middle daughter enjoyed installing this phone.

https://ruby.social/@stepheneb/112052271909218429

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/stepheneb/statuses/116949775305785762https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/stepheneb/statuses/116949775305785762Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:45:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:14:38 GMT]]>@RachelThornSub @IrrationalMethod

I think it’s great. We must preserve our past.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/HopelessDemigod/statuses/116949416557063440https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/HopelessDemigod/statuses/116949416557063440Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:14:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:15:49 GMT]]>@HopelessDemigod @IrrationalMethod It is very Fediverse that this thread has a millennial contemplating purchasing a payphone to put in their living room. (This from a Gen-X-er who has a self-restored Swedish-American Telephone Co. "Hercules" wall phone in her house.)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/RachelThornSub/statuses/116949185323075198https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/RachelThornSub/statuses/116949185323075198Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:15:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:00:19 GMT]]>@galacticstone When I was a student, here is how I would call my mom:
1. Go to a special building
2. Talk to a human being behind a window
3. Pay them for a certain number of minutes.
4. Wait to be called.
5. Enter one of the 6 phone booths in the room (the number of the booth is given to me when I'm being called)
6. Talk to my mom.

I'm actually not that old (about a decade younger than you), just not from the US (and the calls were international)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/anton/statuses/116949124376459677https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/anton/statuses/116949124376459677Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:00:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:53:08 GMT]]>@galacticstone Old enough ( but NOT THAT old yet, still old enough ) to remember when "colour TV was quite a novelty thing" and to had for quite a number of years watched BW TV on a TV that still had some vacuum tubes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/gilesgoat/statuses/116949096115584267https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/gilesgoat/statuses/116949096115584267Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:53:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:49:57 GMT]]>@IrrationalMethod I’m pretty sure there are people that follow me that OWN a rotary payphone lol.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/phuzion/statuses/116949083613705812https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/phuzion/statuses/116949083613705812Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:49:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:48:18 GMT]]>@IrrationalMethod @galacticstone I feel seen. I once spent several days trying to find a purchasable specimen of a rare Japanese pay phone that appeared in That One Video Game for like 15 seconds.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/RachelThornSub/statuses/116949077098701074https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/RachelThornSub/statuses/116949077098701074Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:48:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:47:39 GMT]]>@galacticstone I built a red box on my Newton to make free calls on touch tone pay phones.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/hustvedt/statuses/116949074551980077https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/hustvedt/statuses/116949074551980077Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:47:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:45:16 GMT]]>@galacticstone I *think* the first time I used a rotary payphone was when I came to Japan, in 1981. It's rare to find them in service today but they still exist here.
https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C5122AQFIt_iizcLnMA/feedshare-shrink_800/feedshare-shrink_800/0/1581402043648?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=rRySyEDuW6IeaJDBBzVZSSnVLURYZW6EvzRrrKWeUFA

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/fgbjr/statuses/116949065200100444https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/fgbjr/statuses/116949065200100444Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:45:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:24:00 GMT]]>@galacticstone I have used rotary phones, but I can't remember a rotary payphone. But I didn't much use payphones until college.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Karen5Lund/statuses/116948981554120349https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Karen5Lund/statuses/116948981554120349Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:24:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:23:30 GMT]]>@galacticstone I don't know what a payphone is, and I don't know if it's because I'm a young chachŏr or a non-native English speaker, or both. :3

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://autistics.life/users/zigi_now9/statuses/116948979590886502https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://autistics.life/users/zigi_now9/statuses/116948979590886502Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:23:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:19:36 GMT]]>@galacticstone I've used a touch tone payphone to dictate a shopping list for dad's pager, is that anything.

And many years later to make a recipient-paid call when my prepaid sim ran out.

Other than those few occurrences, I'm really close to never having used any kind of payphone.

I might have been the last generation where it was normal and expected to not have a comms device on you at all times for most of my childhood. Good times.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://loud.computer/users/virtulis/statuses/116948964265806495https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://loud.computer/users/virtulis/statuses/116948964265806495Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:19:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:12:48 GMT]]>@galacticstone I once found a gram of weed in the change slot of a payphone, and a group of young boys down the sidewalk a little, nervously watching me (ie: old enough that payphones were used to score weed)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://disabled.social/users/MikeImBack/statuses/116948937503861357https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://disabled.social/users/MikeImBack/statuses/116948937503861357Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:12:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:58:48 GMT]]>@galacticstone I've used coin-operated, button-keypad payphones a single digit number of times, I don't know what a touch-tone is

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/chinmay/statuses/116948882436870195https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/chinmay/statuses/116948882436870195Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:58:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:56:42 GMT]]>@galacticstone ope! I didn't read carefully. I've used a rotary phone but not a rotary payphone. I have used a touch tone payphone. 1-800-COLLECT.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/stinerman/statuses/116948874183534287https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/stinerman/statuses/116948874183534287Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:56:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:53:06 GMT]]>@galacticstone @Wyatt_H_Knott Ah yes, the infamous butt set! I have one of those in my toolkit from way back in my early networking days. Telco services were a thing and confirming dial tone was important.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thecanadian.social/users/graand/statuses/116948860028075062https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thecanadian.social/users/graand/statuses/116948860028075062Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:53:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:44:07 GMT]]>@galacticstone rotary, 28yo

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.eu/users/ljrk/statuses/116948824701382060https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.eu/users/ljrk/statuses/116948824701382060Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:44:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How old are you? on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:13:49 GMT]]>@mweiss @shapr @IrrationalMethod @galacticstone

Thank you for clarifying that. I should see a phone geek friend tomorrow. I'll have to ask about it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/w_b/statuses/116948705590614560https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/w_b/statuses/116948705590614560Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:13:49 GMT