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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-12-31 06:57:44 +0000, Hibou said:   
   > Le 31/12/2025 à 02:35, Steve Hayes a écrit :   
   >>   
   >> Yes, my image of Dr Who was shaped by William Hartnell and the Daleks.   
   >>   
   >> Are there still "Police Boxes" on London streets?   
   >   
   > Not sure about London. There are some here, but they're either empty or   
   > have been turned into coffee outlets.   
      
   I'm not sure about actual Police Boxes (certainly none functional), but   
   there are still many phone boxes on streets around England, although   
   many have been turned into all sorts of things - coffee outlets, tiny   
   libraries, tiny art galleries, etc.   
      
   In New Zealand there are still a few public phone boxes around. Some   
   still have a phone in them and they had wi-fi access added to them, but   
   the NZ telecoms company has been planning to phase them out.   
      
   Since about the 1970s, the problem has been that morons vandalise them,   
   and now *almost* everyone has a mobile phone (I'm one of the few people   
   who don't).   
      
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