From: ctbishop@earthlink.net   
      
   In article ,   
    Moe Trin  wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 31 Mar 2016, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.folklore.urban, in article   
   > , Charles Bishop wrote:   
   >   
   > >Moe Trin  wrote:   
   >   
   > >>> coin phones,   
   >   
   > >> trying to remember the last time I saw one...   no luck.   
   >   
   > Wandering about Thursday afternoon, and found a kiosk for a coin phone   
   > on the sidewalk in front of a Walgreens drugstore - no phone however.   
   >   
   > >Oddly enough, in the last few weeks, I've seen banks of coin operated[1]   
   > >phones, in actual phone booths - the kind you can go into, and sit down   
   > >and close the door. There was even a shelf I think. I don't know (forgot   
   > >to check) if there were phone books. The first set was in the downtown   
   > >courthouse in LA, CA. The second was in the (older) courthouse in Santa   
   > >Barbara, CA. No surprise they kept them in such old buildings I guess.   
   >   
   > Wonder if that something to do with the legal system not wanting cell   
   > phones in the building, rather than the age of the building.   
      
   Probably not as cell phones are allowed. I think it's a combination of   
   tradition and the expense of removing them.   
      
   I never thought to check to see if they worked. Don't want to be in   
   these particular buildings, but if I have to go back, I'll check.   
      
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   charles   
      
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