From: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 08 Apr 2016, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.folklore.urban, in article   
   , Charles Bishop wrote:   
      
   >Moe Trin  wrote:   
      
   >> Last time I was on jury duty, the bailiff made a bit of noise about   
   >> call phones - obviously off in the court-room, but also in the rest of   
   >> the complex.   
      
   >Off in the courtroom, and unused. Ok in the hallways, maybe unless you   
   >were close to a courtroom door, even if it was closed.   
      
   In this case, they didn't even want that - I think the only reason we   
   were allowed to have the phones with us is the hassle of finding a safe   
   place to store the phones while you were there.   
      
   >I think, but am unsure, that some (many?) coil phones are owned by   
   >private parties,   
      
   Yeah, the phone company got out of the business over ten years ago here   
      
   >and they collect the money.   
      
   But they've got to collect enough money to pay the rent, and the cost of   
   collecting the money and maintaining the phones.  People don't use the   
   phones, means no income, and the phones are gone.   
      
           Old guy   
      
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